By David Rowland
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is a set of five 40/4 chairs, initially designed by David Rowland in 1964. The listed price includes all five chairs as shown. This iconic chair has been praised as one of the most ingenious modern designs of the 20th century, and has been credited for being the first truly stackable chair.
These examples are important as they were formerly utilized in Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill’s Chase Manhattan Bank project. They all maintain their original tags. SOM was the firm that originally helped to make the 40/4 chair a viable product. They ordered 17,000 of them for UIC Chicago, which helped Roland and the product thrive afterward.
Each chair has a solid steel sled base, and has a brown plastic seat and back. These examples were manufactured by GF Business Equipment...
Category
1970s American Modern Vintage Plastic Side Chairs