Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown
Chippendale chair


Knoll International
USA, 1985
laminate over plywood
37.5 h x 23.25 w x 18.5 d in (95 x 59 x 47 cm)

Chair features the Grandmother pattern laminate designed by Denise Scott Brown. Partial paper manufacturer's label to underside 'Knoll Int.'. Sold with Knoll: Venturi Collection catalog, poster, invitations and folder.

Provenance: Collection of a Knoll Executive | Rago, 20th/21st Century Design, 2-3 March 2013, Lot 1050 | Private Collection

Literature: Knoll: Venturi Collection catalog, unpaginated Out of the Ordinary, Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown and Associates: Architecture, Urbanism, Design, Brownlee, DeLong and Hiesinger, pg. 209 Knoll: A Modernist Universe, Lutz, ppg. 214-215 1000 Chairs, Fiell and Fiell, pg. 549

This work will ship from Los Angeles, California.

Very good condition. Faint stains to edges of the backrest and reverse, visible under close scrutiny. A couple tiny nicks to edges of laminate. Presents well.