Property from a Private Collection, New York Robert Venturi with Denise Scott Brown Rare red “Hepplewhite” chair 1978-1984 Laminated bent-plywood. 34 1/2 x 23 1/8 x 23 1/4 in. (87.6 x 58.7 x 59.1 cm) Manufactured by Knoll International, New York, USA.
Provenance Private collection, acquired in the 1980s Literature David A. Hanks, Anne Hoy and Martin Eidelberg, Design for Living: Furniture and Lighting 1950-2000, The Liliane and David M. Stewart Collection, exh. cat., Montreal Museum of Decorative Arts, 2000, p. 166 David B. Brownlee, David G. DeLong, and Kathryn B. Hiesinger, Out of the Ordinary: Robert Venturi Denise Scott Brown and Associates: Architecture, Urbanism, Design, exh. cat., Philadelphia Museum of Art, New Haven, 2001, p. 210, fig. 338 Catalogue Essay Originally conceptualized in 1978, Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown introduced their line of chairs based on historical styles in May 1984. Production at Knoll peaked in the mid-1980s, and though critically well-received, they were not a commercial success at the time. A few of the models were reintroduced in a lighter proportion in Japan in 1991. According to Dr. Kathryn B. Hiesinger, in her essay in Out of the Ordinary: Robert Venturi Denise Scott Brown and Associates: Architecture, Urbanism, Design, of the nine chairs, the Hepplewhite, Biedermeier, Gothic Revival and Art Nouveau chairs were available only through special order. Read More
Property from a Private Collection, New York Robert Venturi with Denise Scott Brown Rare red “Hepplewhite” chair 1978-1984 Laminated bent-plywood. 34 1/2 x 23 1/8 x 23 1/4 in. (87.6 x 58.7 x 59.1 cm) Manufactured by Knoll International, New York, USA.
Provenance Private collection, acquired in the 1980s Literature David A. Hanks, Anne Hoy and Martin Eidelberg, Design for Living: Furniture and Lighting 1950-2000, The Liliane and David M. Stewart Collection, exh. cat., Montreal Museum of Decorative Arts, 2000, p. 166 David B. Brownlee, David G. DeLong, and Kathryn B. Hiesinger, Out of the Ordinary: Robert Venturi Denise Scott Brown and Associates: Architecture, Urbanism, Design, exh. cat., Philadelphia Museum of Art, New Haven, 2001, p. 210, fig. 338 Catalogue Essay Originally conceptualized in 1978, Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown introduced their line of chairs based on historical styles in May 1984. Production at Knoll peaked in the mid-1980s, and though critically well-received, they were not a commercial success at the time. A few of the models were reintroduced in a lighter proportion in Japan in 1991. According to Dr. Kathryn B. Hiesinger, in her essay in Out of the Ordinary: Robert Venturi Denise Scott Brown and Associates: Architecture, Urbanism, Design, of the nine chairs, the Hepplewhite, Biedermeier, Gothic Revival and Art Nouveau chairs were available only through special order. Read More
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