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easy chair history: 1900 - 1930 ............................................................................................................................................................................................
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easy chair history: 1900 - 1930 starting from the late 18th century comfort was now being seriously studied, and the apparatus of comfort was always related to the source of heat in rooms. visible heat has guided the development of easy chairs - focussed upon the fireplace. easy chairs were also designed for specific uses, for the library, as a perfect complement for the cigarette-smoking ('chaise fumeuse'). from grammophone-playing fashionables of the early 1920ies through the jazz age, the easy chair became the centre of extravagant lifestyle. ---  'willow' by charles rennie mackintosh, scotland, 1904 ---  'koller' armchair by joseph hoffmann, vienna, austria, 1911 ---  'broncia' by josef hoffmann, vienna, austria, 1912 ---  'cabinet' by josef hoffmann, vienna, austria, circa 1915 ---  'kubus' by joseph hoffmann, vienna, austria, 1918 ---  f51 by walter gropius, germany 1920 now manufactured by tecta ---  easy chair by h.wouda, netherlands 1920 ---  easy chair by otto schulz for boet, germany 1920 ---  'bibendum' by eileen gray, france 1924 ---  ''bauhaus-cube' by peter keler, germany 1925 now manufactured by tecta ---  'E-1027'or 'transat' chair by eileen gray, france 1925-30 ---  'grand confort' by le corbusier, france 1929 ---  easy chair for the pressa-exhibition cologne by el lissitzky, 1928 now manufactured by tecta ---  'fauteuil de grand repos' by jean prouve', 1930 ---  'monza easy chair' by giuseppe terragni, Italy 1930 ---  club chair, europe 1928 ---  club chair, europe circa 1930 ---  'vanity fair', italy 1930 now manufactured by poltrona frau ---  lounge chair by gilbert rohde, usa circa1930 --- THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF EASY CHAIRS a fascinating study showing hundreds of examples © designboom compiled by birgit lohmann 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 --- ---  back to the easy chair history index --- ---  ------- monthly designboom newsletter ------- ------- ? comments and contact us ? ------- |
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