Not on display

Barrel back armchair

Armchair
1983 (made)
Artist/Maker
Knoll International (manufacturer)
Meier, Richard (designer)
Place of origin
America (made)

Armchair with black lacquer finish. Semi-circular back.

Object details

Category
Furniture
Object type
Armchair
TitleBarrel back armchair (generic title)
Materials and techniques
lacquered bentwood
Wood
Lacquering
Brief description
Black lacquer chair, designed by Richard Meier and manufactured by Knoll International. American, 1983.
Physical description
Armchair with black lacquer finish. Semi-circular back.
Dimensions
  • Height: 71cm
  • Width: 54cm
  • Depth: 51cm
Taken from register
Style
Modernist
Gallery label
(1990-2006)
CHAIR
Designed by Richard Meier (American, born 1934)
Manufactured by Knoll International
Black lacquer finish
1983

This chair is a modern interpretation of a number of bentwood designs by the Austrian architect Josef Hoffmann, originally made around 1900. Viennese design from the turn of the century was particularly imitated during the 1980s both by modernist designers such as Meier and post-Modernists who took a less reverential approach to the design of the past. Meier originally designed this chair for the library of the Guggenheim Museum in New York.

Given by Knoll International
W.23-1990
Credit line
Given by Knoll International
Bibliographic reference
Domus, 1983
Collection
Furniture and Woodwork Collection
Accession number
W.23-1990

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2008
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O144159/barrel-back-armchair-armchair-meier-richard/
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