Not on display

Verde 700

Armchair
1979-1980 (made)
Artist/Maker
Vivero Oy (maker)
Heikkila, Simo (designer)
Wiherheimo, Yrjö (designer)
Place of origin
Helsinki (made)

Armchair with tubular frame and wooden seat and back. 5 legs with castor wheels.

Object details

Category
Furniture
Object type
Armchair
TitleVerde 700
Materials and techniques
Tubular steel frame, metal springs, metal and plastic fittings, laminated birch and upholstery
Steel
Metal
Plastic
Birch
Upholstering
Brief description
Armchair, model Verde 700, designed by Y.Wiherheimo and Simo Heikkila, manufactured by Vivero Oy. Finnish, 1979-80.
Physical description
Armchair with tubular frame and wooden seat and back. 5 legs with castor wheels.
Dimensions
  • Height: 126cm
  • Width: 55.2cm
  • Depth: 64.5cm
  • Seat height: 50cm
Taken from register. Checked 28.1.10
Gallery label
(1989-2006)
'VERDE 700' OFFICE CHAIR

Designed by Simo Heikkila (Finnish, born 1943) and Yrjö Wiherheimo (Finnish, born 1941), 1978-9
Made by Vivero Oy, Helsinki, Finland
Tubular steel frame, metal springs, metal and plastic fittings, laminated birch and upholstery
1979-80

The Verde range was designed to provide work for redundant workers from non-furniture industries, using existing machinery in existing factories. Manufacturing effort was to be kept to a minimum. Design was thus driven primarily by an attitude to technology rather than by an analysis of market forces.

Given by Vivero Oy.
W.7-1981
Credit line
Given by Vivero Oy
Bibliographic reference
Design, 383, November 1980.
Collection
Furniture and Woodwork Collection
Accession number
W.7-1981

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Record createdJanuary 25, 2008
Record URL
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