Storm Chair

Physical description

Chair made of numerous batons, or 'sticks', of wood shaped and glued together. The batons vary in length but are all 14 mm gauge. The wood is unfinished.

Place of Origin

London, England (designed and made)

Date

2000 (designed and made)

Artist/maker

Richards, Stephen, born 1964 (designer and maker)

Materials and Techniques

Various woods, including ash, sycamore, walnut, oak and elm, jointed and glued together

Dimensions

Height: 1000 mm approx., Width: 1050 mm approx., Depth: 1000 mm approx.

Descriptive line

'Storm Chair', designed and made by Stephen Richards, 2000, London, Great Britain

Exhibition History

Telling Tales: Fantasy and Fear in Contemporary Design (Victoria and Albert Museum 14/07/2009-18/10/2009)
Designmuseen der Welt zu Gast in Nürnberg (Visiting Design Museums of the World) (Neues Museum: Staatliches Museum fur Künst und Design in Nürnberg 17/09/2003-23/11/2003)

Labels and date

103-6

STORM CHAIR
Designed and made by Stephen Lewis (British)
Batons of various woods, including ask, sycamore, walnut, oak and elm
British, 2005

W.1-2003 [2006]
‘Storm’ chair
Stephen Richards (born Britain, 1964)
2000
Various timbers including ash, sycamore, walnut, oak and elm
Unique
V&A: W.1-2003
Given by Stephen Richards

The ‘Storm’ chair looks as if it has been captured at the moment of explosion, or collapse. Its agitated form, tense angles and brittle character could stand as a metaphor for an anxious mental state. It seems to record its own end, or presage it. [14/07/2009-18/10/2009]

Materials

Oak; Walnut; Sycamore; Ash; Elm

Categories

Furniture

Production Type

Unique

Collection code

FWK