4 pretzel chairs by norman cherner for plycraft newly upholstered mmc.
Norman cherner plycraft chair.
A pioneer in molded plywood norman cherner was a master of wood.
The cherner chair company 218 north street ridgefield ct 06877 usa.
The firm plycraft had until then been manufacturing pretzel chair of george nelson for herman miller company.
Goldman collaborated in its realization.
1960s vintage norman cherner chairs for plycraft a pair 975 1 200.
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Design norman cherner 1958 molded plywood solid beech or walnut arms made in the usa by the cherner chair company the cherner family is proud to realize the reintroduction of the famed cherner chair.
Also known as the pretzel chair thanks to its swooping arms that connect to an hourglass shaped seat the cherner chair was originally created for plycraft in 1958.
George nelson recommended that norman cherner design a sturdier and more affordable pretzel type chair that could be more easily produced on plycraft s equipment so paul goldman the owner of plycraft hired cherner contract and all.
Although a pioneer in prefab housing norman cherner is best known for this chair.
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Soon after the chair s popularity was heightened when it appeared in norman rockwell s 1961 painting the artist at work on the cover of the saturday evening post.
Priced per chair 4 available.
Designed by norman cherner for plycraft in 1958 this chair is found in design collections throughout the world including the vitra design.
Constructed of laminated plywood of graduating thicknesses from 5 ply at the seat edge to 15 ply at the slender waist the cherner chair 1958 possesses exceptional structural strength and dramatic sculptural beauty.
Norman cherner eames era mid century wood chair.
Nowhere is cherner s mastery more apparent than his namesake chair the cherner chair.
Whose owner paul r.
Cherner midcentury modern style side chair walnut.
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Plycraft chair the cherner chair was designed in 1958 by the american designer norman cherner for the firm plycraft.
Cherner sued the company and plycraft agreed to pay cherner royalties yet the whole seating line was out of production by the early 1970s.
After cherner turned in his design to plycraft though he was told the project had been scrapped.
Original norman cherner pretzel dining chairs made by plycraft usa in the 1960s.