Birch Ply Armchair
Birch Ply Armchair
GERALD SUMMERS (1899-1967)
British 1935 to 1940
1000 Chairs, Charlotte and Peter Fiell
Design for Today 1934
British 1935 to 1940
Dimensions
60.50cm wide 78.00cm high 86.50cm deep (23.82 inches wide 30.71 inches high 34.06 inches deep)
Literature
Vitra Design Museum, 100 Masterpieces1000 Chairs, Charlotte and Peter Fiell
Design for Today 1934
Description / Expertise
Made from a single sheet of cut and bent birch ply. Produced 1935-40
There is no design that better illustrates the ideal unity of material, production and form than this armchair by Gerald Summers. However, the production costs of this Modernist masterpiece were so high that only120 were made.
Peter Petrou
c/o 20 Rutland Gate
London
SW7 1BD London
England
T +44 (0)20-8346 1464
c/o 20 Rutland Gate
London
SW7 1BD London
England
T +44 (0)20-8346 1464