3107
Chair
1955 (designed)
1955 (designed)
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This is one of the most successful chair designs of the twentieth century. Its simple and elegant form, and suitability for mass production, ensured its success. It was one of the first chairs in which a continuous seat and back were formed from a single sheet of plywood, bent into compound curves. The curvaceousness of the chair is both organic and sensual, a characteristic that the photographer Lewis Morley exploited in his portrait of Christine Keeler in 1963. In fact he used an early copy of the chair, one of many lookalikes that have been made over the years. Literally millions of Jacobsen's design have been made in the half century or so it has been in continuous production.
Object details
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Title | 3107 (manufacturer's title) |
Materials and techniques | Moulded teak veneered plywood, with satin chromium-plated tubular steel legs |
Brief description | model 3107; Denmark, designed 1955 by Arne Jacobsen |
Physical description | Chair made of plywood and tubular steel legs. The one-piece back and seat are made of moulded teak veneered plywood. This is supported by four satin chromium-plated tubular steel legs that meet under the seat inside a protective grey plastic circular cover. There are rubber pads under the seat at the juncture with each leg and the legs have rubber feet on the ends. |
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Production type | Mass produced |
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Summary | This is one of the most successful chair designs of the twentieth century. Its simple and elegant form, and suitability for mass production, ensured its success. It was one of the first chairs in which a continuous seat and back were formed from a single sheet of plywood, bent into compound curves. The curvaceousness of the chair is both organic and sensual, a characteristic that the photographer Lewis Morley exploited in his portrait of Christine Keeler in 1963. In fact he used an early copy of the chair, one of many lookalikes that have been made over the years. Literally millions of Jacobsen's design have been made in the half century or so it has been in continuous production. |
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Accession number | CIRC.372-1970 |
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Record created | January 9, 2001 |
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