folding chairs history: folding armchairs / frontal-X / deck chairs (pivot under seat-level) ..................................................................................................

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THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF FOLDING CHAIRS
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modern history
folding armchairs / frontal-X / deck chairs
(pivot under seat-level)
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---		 folding camp chair,
anonimous origin,
europe, 19th century

---		 folding armchair by mogens koch
for rud rasmussens snedkerier aps,
denmark, 1932


---		 common folding deck armchair
anonymous origin,
europe, 1950s

---		 hollywood folding chair
used by actress romy schneider,
usa, 1960s

---		 'april' by gae aulenti
for zanotta, italy 1964

---		 plastic folding chair by masayuki matsukaze
for kartell, italy, 1979

---		 folding chair with advertising.
usa, 1980s

---		 'monsieur X' by philippe starck
folding rocking chair,
for XO, france, 1996

---		 lightweight aluminium folding chair
1990s

---		 'captan hook' by marc berthier /elium studio
for spirix/lexon, france, 2000



THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF FOLDING CHAIRS
© designboom
(compiled by birgit lohmann - a thesis publication, july 1988, revised in june 2003)

this history timeline is provided for educational purposes only,
no reproduction, re-use or transcription for any commercial purpose or use of the content or images is permitted.
a print-publication will soon be available, for inquieries : [email protected]
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