Mid-Century Modern Pair
of Chairs - Arno Votteler for Knoll
Circa 1950s, Germany
Vintage Modern Designer
take on a club chair, ideal for relaxing.
Bent plywood arm rests, black painted metal frame.
Recently recovered in a Sheepskin look (synthetic) upholstery.
If you like this chair and
are looking for a single chair,
we also offer a single chair that is in need of new upholstery.
Please email us for further details
Dimensions: 42 high back,
18 wide at top, 21 wide at seat.
Overall 32 deep, 32 wide.
Arms: 21 Ύ high, 2-5 wide.
Seat: 17 high, 22 wide, 19 ½ deep.
Condition: In very good
condition, recovered in the last few years.
Item # FADCC79: Price: $ 5,800 for the pair
About Arno Votteler( 1929- )
Born in Freudenstadt in the Black
Forest. Votteler studied Interior architecture at the State Academy of
Graphic Arts in Stuttgart with Herbert Hirche. After his seat and chair
designs as a graphic designer with Walter Knoll in Herrenberg and after his
freelance collaboration with Robert Gutmann in London
he founded his own office in Brunswick (Braunschweig) in 1961.
Later that
year he was appointed professor for industrial design at the Brunswick Art
College.
In 1967 he became professor of interior fittings and furniture design at the
State Academy of Graphic Arts in Stuttgart, where he has since 1980 run the
Institute for Interior architecture and Furniture design that he founded.
With this institute, especially the periodic Weissenhof seminar that he
initiated, Arno Votteler succeeded in the following years to invigorate the
German and international design scene. In addition he played in this
institution an increasingly significant mediating role between research and
practice. Votteler is a member of the Deutsches Werkbund (German Industrial
Union) and a founding member of the German Industrial Designers'
Association.
He often speaks at universities internationally as a guest speaker.
