I’ve already made a confession once in this blog. It was January and I admitted I was addicted to chocolate. Now I have another confession: I love chairs. I can’t get them out of my head. I especially like certain famous chairs, for example, Eames chairs,
Eames Molded Plywood Lounge Chair
Bertoia chairs,
Bertoia Side Chairs
and Saarinen chairs. If I could live in a house filled with original artwork and iconic chairs, I’d be satisfied.
Saarinen Chairs
More than any other piece of furniture, the chair has been designed and redesigned by the world’s most creative minds. Architects, artists and designers all want to sink their teeth into a chair project and tackle the essence of chair-ness. Who knew that, when the ancient Egyptians invented the chair, the idea of this utilitarian object would be taken to such an inventive level?
(I don’t have this book, but I should have it. I must have it!)
Let’s take a moment to indulge in chairs and celebrate what the spirit of artistic pursuit has done for the sedentary over the years. Here are a few of my favorite chairs,
Panton C1 Chair
Frank Gehry Wiggle Side Chair vitra.com
vintage steno chair twentygauge.com
a few chairs that have caught my attention recently,
Drops Chair - camillahounsellhalvorsen.com
Bloom Coco Plexistyle
Fernando-and-Humberto-Campana-Sushi-III-Chair bonluxat.com
and a few paintings of chairs.
Van Gogh's Chair
Raimonds Staprans
David Pettibone "Yellow Chair" zatista.com
What is your favorite chair?
Wonderful post and selection of chairs -I especially love the austerity and serene colors of Raimond Staprans’ painting, and the luscious brushwork of David Pettibone’s yellow chair. I can’t resist adding my photographed chair: http://tinyurl.com/y98mxd8 . Now I gotta go figure out where to test out the sushi chair!
Chairs, mirrors, and chandeliers. Oh, and painting. What wonderful vices.
Thank you for including your photo, Jacquelyn! I like the color of the chair and how it relates to other cool areas of the photo, and I love the smooth texture of the chair in contrast to the highly textured wall.