A 20TH CENTURY TEAK CAMPAIGN ‘ROORKEE’ CHAIR, BY M HAYAT & BROTHERS [ C.1970 ]
WITH DEEP TEAK COLOURING TO THE TIMBER, AND RICH CHARCOAL-BLACK LEATHER WITH A DRY BUT DEEP PATINA. WITH METAL BUCKLES AND STRAPS (SOME MISSING TO THE LOWER BACK RAIL, BUT NOT IN DETRIMENT TO THE SOLIDITY AND FUNCTIONING CHAIR), AND ROPE TIES TO THE UNDERSIDE.
THE ROORKEE CHAIR WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED FOR THE 19TH CENTURY MILITARY CAMPAIGNS, BUT ITS UTILITARIAN CORE APPEALED TO MODERN DESIGNERS. KAARE KLINT, ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE DANISH MODERN STYLE, TOOK DIRECT DESIGN INFLUENCE FROM THE ROORKEE CHAIR FOR HIS FAMOUS “SAFARI CHAIR,” WHICH WAS POPULAR THROUGH THE 1970S. THE INFLUENCE OF THE ROORKEE SPREAD FURTHER, HOWEVER, THAN THE TEAK SCANDINAVIAN MODELS; MARCEL BREUER’S “WASSILY” CHAIR (1925), LE CORBUSIER’S “BASCULANT” CHAIR (1928), WILHELM BOFINGER’S “FARMER CHAIR” (1966), ARNE NORELL’S “SIROCCO” CHAIR AND VICO MAGISTRETTI’S “ARMCHAIR 905” (1964) ALL OWE A TREMENDOUS DEBT TO THE ROORKEE CHAIR.
H 78 CM, 30 3/4” X W 56 CM, 22 1/4” X D 56 CM, 22 1/4”
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A 20TH CENTURY TEAK CAMPAIGN ‘ROORKEE’ CHAIR, BY M HAYAT & BROTHERS [ C.1970 ]
WITH DEEP TEAK COLOURING TO THE TIMBER, AND RICH CHARCOAL-BLACK LEATHER WITH A DRY BUT DEEP PATINA. WITH METAL BUCKLES AND STRAPS (SOME MISSING TO THE LOWER BACK RAIL, BUT NOT IN DETRIMENT TO THE SOLIDITY AND FUNCTIONING CHAIR), AND ROPE TIES TO THE UNDERSIDE.
THE ROORKEE CHAIR WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED FOR THE 19TH CENTURY MILITARY CAMPAIGNS, BUT ITS UTILITARIAN CORE APPEALED TO MODERN DESIGNERS. KAARE KLINT, ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE DANISH MODERN STYLE, TOOK DIRECT DESIGN INFLUENCE FROM THE ROORKEE CHAIR FOR HIS FAMOUS “SAFARI CHAIR,” WHICH WAS POPULAR THROUGH THE 1970S. THE INFLUENCE OF THE ROORKEE SPREAD FURTHER, HOWEVER, THAN THE TEAK SCANDINAVIAN MODELS; MARCEL BREUER’S “WASSILY” CHAIR (1925), LE CORBUSIER’S “BASCULANT” CHAIR (1928), WILHELM BOFINGER’S “FARMER CHAIR” (1966), ARNE NORELL’S “SIROCCO” CHAIR AND VICO MAGISTRETTI’S “ARMCHAIR 905” (1964) ALL OWE A TREMENDOUS DEBT TO THE ROORKEE CHAIR.
H 78 CM, 30 3/4” X W 56 CM, 22 1/4” X D 56 CM, 22 1/4”
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