The butterfly chair is the result of a collaboration between three Argentinian architects, Jorge Ferrari-Hardoy, Juan Kurchan and Antonio Bonet, for the Edificio Charcas building in Buenos Aires. An ingenious construction, in which two bent steel bars were fitted together, created a frame over which a butterfly leather cover can be fitted. A later version used the cheaper but extremely strong canvas. This chair, produced at the time by Knoll, was very popular in the 1950s.
Specifications
Title | BKF chair |
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Material and technique | Chrome plated metal, canvas |
Object type |
Chair
> Furniture
> Living
> Utensil
|
Location | This object is in storage |
Dimensions |
Width 94,5 cm Height 90 cm Depth 80 cm |
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Artists |
Designer:
Jorge Ferrari Hardoy
Designer: Antonio Bonet Castellana Designer: Juan Kurchan Executor: Knoll International Producer: Grupo Austral |
Accession number | V 1763 (KN&V) |
Credits | Purchased 1991 |
Department | Applied Arts & Design |
Acquisition date | 1991 |
Creation date | in 1938-1939 |
Material | |
Object | |
Technique |
Chrome plating
> Chrome plated
> Plate
> Metallized
> Covering surfaces
> General technique
> Technique
> Material and technique
Chrome plating
> Chrome plated
> Plate
> Metallized
> Covering surfaces
> General technique
> Technique
> Material and technique
|
Geographical origin | The United States of America > North America > America |
Place of manufacture | New York City > New York State > The United States of America > North America > America |
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