Low Chair
Chair
1993 (Designed), 2001 (Manufactured)
1993 (Designed), 2001 (Manufactured)
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Chair with a seat and back formed from a single sheet of beech plywood supported on four legs. The front legs are beech and are continuous with the plane of the wooden seat; the rear legs are aluminium.
Object details
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| Title | Low Chair (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Beech, beech plywood and aluminium |
| Brief description | Low Chair; designed by Maarten Van Severen (Belgian, born 1956), 1993; manufactured by Top Mouton, Belgium, 2001; beech, beech plywood and aluminium. |
| Physical description | Chair with a seat and back formed from a single sheet of beech plywood supported on four legs. The front legs are beech and are continuous with the plane of the wooden seat; the rear legs are aluminium. |
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| Gallery label | LOW CHAIR
Designed by Maarten Van Severen (Belgian, born 1949), 1993
Made by Top Mouton, Belgium, 2001
Beech and beech plywood
This design developed the form of Chair No.2, shown nearby. The apparent simplicity of the structure is belied by the change in thickness of the formed plywood seat and back, giving the chair a sense of elegance and flow.
Given by Maarten Van Severen Meubelen TM, Belgium
W.672-2001(2001-2006) |
| Credit line | Given by Maarten Van Severen Meubelen by TM - Belgium |
| Object history | In 2001 the manufacturer claimed to make 40 examples of this chair each year. |
| Bibliographic reference | 'The Furniture Machine: furniture since 1990', Gareth Williams, V&A Publications, 2006, illustrated p.43. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | W.672-2001 |
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| Record created | August 31, 2001 |
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