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Hot Seat Knoll

Poster
1980 (made)
Artist/Maker
Pentagram Design Ltd. (designers)
CTD Printers Ltd. (printers)
Zaehnsdorf and Croft (manufacturers)
Woody Pirtle (maker)
Place of origin
United States (made)

Poster depicting a drawing of a chilli pepper with chair legs

Object details

Categories
Posters
Furniture
Object type
Poster
TitleHot Seat Knoll (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Colour offset lithography
Printing Ink
Paper
Colour Offset Lithograph
Brief description
Poster, design by Woody Pirtle, entitled 'Hot Seat Knoll', produced by Pentagram Design Inc. USA, 1980
Physical description
Poster depicting a drawing of a chilli pepper with chair legs
Dimensions
  • Height: 89cm
  • Width: 59cm
89 x 59 cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Hot Seat' (Printed in red, top left of the poster.)
  • 'Knoll' (Printed in red, top right of the poster.)
  • 'Knoll International, Dallas, requests the pleasure of your company at a special chilli cookoff commemorating the introduction of a new collection of seating design by Bill Stephens?, etc' (Printed in black on yellow, bottom left of the poster.)
Credit line
Given by Pentagram Design Inc
Object history
Poster advertising furniture by Bill Stephens.
Bibliographic references
  • Taken from R.P. 1997/906 Acquisition Form
  • Taken from R.P. 1997/906 Catalogue Sheet
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.2221-1997

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Record createdApril 8, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O223004/hot-seat-knoll-poster-woody-pirtle/
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