A BLUE-LACQUERED WOOD 'S'-CHAIR

DESIGNED BY VERNER PANTON FOR THONET, 1956, EXECUTED FROM 1966

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A BLUE-LACQUERED WOOD 'S'-CHAIR
DESIGNED BY VERNER PANTON FOR THONET, 1956, EXECUTED FROM 1966
OF CONTINUOUS MOULDED AND LAMINATED ROUNDED FORM, ON FOUR SMALL CYLINDRICAL WOODEN FEET
WITH ORIGINAL PAPER LABEL THONET

Literature

FOR COMPARISON SEE:
CHARLOTTE & PETER FIELL, 1000 CHAIRS, KEULEN 1997, P. 440 FOR AN ILLUSTRATION OF A COMPARABLE DESIGN

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INITIALLY DESIGNED FOR A COMPETITION IN 1956, THE 'S' CHAIR WAS THE FIRST SINGLE-PIECE CHAIR EXECUTED IN MOULDED PLYWOOD BY THONET. THE CHAIR CAN BE SEEN AS AN ADVANCED ECHO OF THE 'ZIGZAG'-CHAIR, DESIGNED BY G.TH. RIETVELD.

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