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Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown

Art Nouveau chair

Knoll International
USA, c. 1978-1984
laminated plywood 37 h × 21 w × 23 d in (94 × 53 × 58 cm)
estimate: $3,000–5,000
result: $9,450
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This chair features the Grandmother pattern laminate designed by Denise Scott Brown.
literature: Knoll: A Modernist Universe, Lutz, pg. 215 1000 Chairs, Fiell and Fiell, pg. 548

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They’re examples of Postmodernism and I realized maybe this is the reason I like difficult furniture or atonal furniture. You don’t go, “Okay’s where’s my chairs?” You go “Holy shit what is that thing?” You have to think about it. It invades you and makes your feel uncomfortable in a lot of ways, and that’s the point. It opens up dialogue.

Jim Walrod on Venturi

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