Drawing
1982 (made)
| Artist/Maker |
Robert Venturi came out of the same anti-design strand as Ettore Sottsass but was more interested in the heritage-inspired rhetoric of Post-Modernism. Taking forms and images from previous historical styles, he remodelled and recontextualised them in his buildings and furniture.
In this early drawing, the elongated, elegant form of Art Nouveau is featured in the tall back. The chair was one of a group of nine chairs, two tables, a low table, and a sofa that Venturi designed for Knoll in 1984. The details in the shape of each piece refer to a particular period style, but the same basic forom of the carcass is retained across the set. The range also challenges traditional preconceptiosn of suitable materials used to make furniture as it was made in a thin plastic laminate and does not look substantial enough for its purpose.
In this early drawing, the elongated, elegant form of Art Nouveau is featured in the tall back. The chair was one of a group of nine chairs, two tables, a low table, and a sofa that Venturi designed for Knoll in 1984. The details in the shape of each piece refer to a particular period style, but the same basic forom of the carcass is retained across the set. The range also challenges traditional preconceptiosn of suitable materials used to make furniture as it was made in a thin plastic laminate and does not look substantial enough for its purpose.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Felt-tip on yellow paper |
| Brief description | Design sketch for 'Art Nouveau' chair, 1982, by Robert Venturi for Knoll International. |
| Physical description | Design for chair |
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| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | Robert Venturi came out of the same anti-design strand as Ettore Sottsass but was more interested in the heritage-inspired rhetoric of Post-Modernism. Taking forms and images from previous historical styles, he remodelled and recontextualised them in his buildings and furniture. In this early drawing, the elongated, elegant form of Art Nouveau is featured in the tall back. The chair was one of a group of nine chairs, two tables, a low table, and a sofa that Venturi designed for Knoll in 1984. The details in the shape of each piece refer to a particular period style, but the same basic forom of the carcass is retained across the set. The range also challenges traditional preconceptiosn of suitable materials used to make furniture as it was made in a thin plastic laminate and does not look substantial enough for its purpose. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.317-1986 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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