Esoteric Survey

  The Modern Chair  at the  Palm Springs Art Museum Architecture and Design Center  This exhibition is organized by Palm Springs Art Museum and curated by Brad Dunning, architecture and design specialist, with support from Rochelle Steiner. The Modern Chair traces the evolution from the first cantilevered example by Mart Stam, and then onward to designs of current times including examples by Cini Boeri, Charles and Ray Eames, Frank Gehry, Eileen Gray, George Nakashima, Charlotte Perriand, Rudolph Schindler, among many others. Technological and stylistic advances pushed chair design forward at a breakneck speed in the 20th century like no other time before. The exhibition will also contain important examples of 21st century as well. The exhibition starts with two Dutch designs by Gerrit Rietveld and Mart Stam. R.M. Schindler Cantilevered chair, 1926-1940  Alvin Lustig Paramount Chair, 1948 I'm without my one comfortable chair until April.  Only 55 chairs wer...

Cool table, Ravenware, Raymor, and Paul Laszlo for Pacific Iron chairs Wastepaper basket and mini-me pencil cup. I missed this Daniel Wenger Lotus chair; too bad. Good job to whoever got it. This Luther Conover table was too much and too refinished; too bad

Often misattributed Leathercrafter sling chair. It's actually by William Katav o los , Source: Modern Leather Design, 1969 Leathercrafter,  New York, New York Source: Modern Leather Design,1969 Laverne T-Chair by Katavolos, Littel and Kelley, New York, New York Source: Good Design, 1953 via Laverne Furniture, Textiles & Wallcoverings   Laverne T-Chairs with X-Table by Katavolos, Littel and Kelley Source: Interior Design, 1963 via Laverne Furniture, Textiles &  Wallcoverings  Max Gottschalk, Tucson Arizona Source: Red Max Gottschalk brand Source:  Red Daniel Wenger (my favorite), Santa Cruz, California Source: Wenger Designs Daniel Wenger dining set Source:  Wenger Designs