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THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF FOLDING CHAIRS
© designboom

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modern history
folding chairs / triangle-shape
(pivot over seat-level)
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---		 bamboo folding chair, ca. 1870
unknown origin

---		 folding chair, from thonet catalogue
germany, circa 1910

---		 folding chair by michael thonet,
austria, 1910

---		 lady's folding rocking chair
ca. 1925, europe, america

---		 folding chair by eric dieckmann
germany, 1932

---		 folding chair by gio ponti, 1938

---		 folding chair by hans j. wegener,
denmark, 1952

---		 'se 18', by egon eiermann,
germany, 1952

---		 'tric' design by achille and piergiacomo castiglioni
for bernini, 1965

---		 folding chair by samsonite,
usa, ca. 1970

---		 'arca' by gigi sabadin
italy, 1974

---		 'fiera di trieste' by a. jacober and p. d'aniello
italy, 1966

---		 samsonite's exclusive Y-frame design with patented hinge
places the legs at a wide, stable angle and makes the chair
practically indestructible in its normal use.

---		 american folding chair,
design unknown

---		 very thin japanese folding chair,
design unknown, 1999

---		 'kasese' by hella jongerius
for cappellini, 1999

---		 'africa' folding easy chair, 2000
by vico magistretti for campeggi

---		 'donald' folding chair
by cerri& associati for poltronafrau, 2000

---		 'air' folding chair by jasper morrison
for magis, 2002



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 : mail@designboom.com
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