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Low Chair

Chair
1993 (Designed), 2001 (Manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Top Mouton (Manufacturer)
Van Severen, Maarten (Designer)
Place of origin
Belgium (Made)

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

Category
Furniture
Object type
Chair
TitleLow Chair (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Beech, beech plywood and aluminium
Aluminium
Beech Plywood
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.
Dimensions
  • Height: 72cm
  • Width: 48.5cm
  • Depth: 60cm
Dimensions taken from Mutual Art. https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Chauffeuse/923CD9B09B633F9A
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
Furniture and Woodwork Collection
Accession number
W.672-2001

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Record createdAugust 31, 2001
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O62438/low-chair-chair-van-severen-maarten/
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