Diamond chair
Illustration — Diamond Chair The Diamond Chair is a chair designed by Harry Bertoia in 1952. Made with welded steel with rods in polished or satin chrome, or bonded rilsan, a very durable adhesive-fused nylon-dipped finish. Scratch, chip, and chemical resistant.
Diamond chair
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- chair
- Period
- 1952
- Region
- United States
- Related practice
- Metal
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Illustration — Diamond Chair The Diamond Chair is a chair designed by Harry Bertoia in 1952. Made with welded steel with rods in polished or satin chrome, or bonded rilsan, a very durable adhesive-fused nylon-dipped finish. Scratch, chip, and chemical resistant.
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All wire seating includes glides. Cushions are secured to the chair with lock snaps. Full covers are stretched over the wire seat basket and attach to the seat basket with hooks. Bertoia said about the chairs: "They are mainly made of air, like sculpture. Space passes right through them."
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1952
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1952
Diamond chair is recorded from 1952.
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Diamond chair is associated with United States. Recorded as made of Metal. Classified as a chair. Recorded from 1952. Connected to 2 other published records in the VALÉORINE Encyclopedia.
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