MACKINTOSH TO MOLLINO:
FIFTY YEARS OF CHAIR DESIGN

Derek E. Ostergard

8.5 x 11 softcover book with 96 pages with 68 b/w photographs and 15 b/w text illustrations. Published in conjunction with an exhibit at Barry Friedman Ltd. Hard to believe that the chair wasnıt a common piece of furniture until the Renaissance. By the twentieth century, the chair became more than a piece of furniture -- it became a reflection of the designerıs philosophy especially regarding his/her stance on technology. Sometimes form triumphed over function. How comfortable are some of Marcel Breuerıs chairs?

A checklist for the exhibition includes numerous photographs of the manufacturerıs marks, labels, and signatures. I suspect this information might be useful to somebody.

The designers for the 65 chairs include Henry Van de Velde, Antonio Gaudi y Cornet, Hector Guimard, Eugene Gaillard, Louis Majorelle, Carlo Bugatti, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Victor Horta, Josef Maria Olbrich, Bernard Pankok, Peter Behrens, Bruno Paul, Richard Riemerschmid, Adolf Loos, Otto Wagner, Josef Hoffmann, Wilhelm Schmidt, Hans Vollmer, Frank Lloyd Wright, Charles Rohlfs, Francis Jourdain, Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann, Pierre Chareau, Jean-Michel Frank, Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Charlotte Perriand, Marcel Breuer, Bruno Mathsson, Marcel Louis Baugniet, Alvar Aalto, Gerald Summers, Elsie de Wolfe, Ray and Charles Eames, Eero Saarinen, Hans Wegner, Jean Prouve, George Nelson, Carlo Mollino, Franco Albini, and Dan Johnson.

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