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THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF FOLDING CHAIRS
© designboom

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modern history
folding chairs / triangle-shape with armrests
(pivot over seat-level)
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---		 garden folding armchair,
origin unknown, 1920

---		 deck folding armchair,
origin unknown, 1930s

---		 deck folding armchair
with canvas seat / back, 1940s

---		 folding armchair by franco albini,
italy, 1950s

---		 folding armchair by jacques adnet
in collaboration with hermes
france, 1950s

---		 folding armchair by russel wright
for samsonite, usa, 1950s

---		 'bridge' folding armchair by marco zanuso,
italy, 1951

---		 camping folding armchair,
usa, 1950s

---		 'samson' by russel w
usa, 1952

---		 folding armchair model by henry glass
usa, c.1962

---		 backpack folding armchair

---		 backpack folding armchair

---		 'ginevra', folding armchair,
by achille and pier giacomo castiglioni
for bbb bonacina, italy, 1979

---		 folding armchair

---		 'dolly' by antonio citterio and glen oliver löw
for kartell, 1998

---		 folding armchair by michele de lucchi
for collezione privata, 2001



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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