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Warren Platner, Coffee Table
In the 1960s, Warren Platner transformed steel wire into a sculptural
furniture collection, creating what is now considered a design icon of
the modern era.
The furniture's unique,harmonious form is produced by welding curved
vertical steel wire rods to circular frames, producing a moiré effect
and capturing the decorative, gentle, graceful quality that Platner
sought to achieve.
All metal components are finished in bright nickel with a clear lacquer
protective coating. The surface is 3/4" thick tempered glass. The
Platner Coffee Table is part of a collection including a dining table
and side table.
Dimensions: 15.25"H x 36" or 42.25"
Sold by Knoll
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1956 Charles and Ray Eames lounge chair.
Frame is molded plywood with walnut, rosewood, or cherry veneer; star-shaped base.
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Wassily Chair No.B3 (1925-1927) designed by Marcel Breuer
Marcel Breuer was an apprentice at the Bauhaus in 1925 when he
conceived the first tubular steel chair, the Wassily chair, based on
the tubed frame of a bicycle. Believed to be the first bent tubular
steel chair design.
This is the most copied of all Breuer's chairs. The frame was
originally made from bent, nickelled, tubular steel. It later became
chrome plated. The seat and the back are made from canvas, fabric or
leather.
It was designed for Kandinsky's quarters at the Dessau Bauhaus. It was
at the time quite revolutionary in its use of tubular steel. It was
inspired by an Adler bike.
Chrome plated steel tube frame ... Italian saddle leather on seat, back, arms
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