Norman Cherner Plycraft Chair

Although a pioneer in prefab housing norman cherner is best known for this chair.
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The firm plycraft had until then been manufacturing pretzel chair of george nelson for herman miller company. 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. Priced per chair 4 available. 1 203 894 4702 outside usa fax.
Bentwood frame with a dark black brown vinyl seat and back. 4 pretzel chairs by norman cherner for plycraft newly upholstered mmc. A pioneer in molded plywood norman cherner was a master of wood. 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.
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. Nowhere is cherner s mastery more apparent than his namesake chair the cherner chair. Original norman cherner pretzel dining chairs made by plycraft usa in the 1960s. 25ʺw 25ʺd 31 5ʺh costa mesa ca accent chairs side chairs.
Cherner sued the company and plycraft agreed to pay cherner royalties yet the whole seating line was out of production by the early 1970s. The cherner chair company 218 north street ridgefield ct 06877 usa. 18ʺw 18 5ʺd 31 25ʺh jackson wy accent chairs side chairs swivel desk chair by george mulhauser for plycraft 1965 1 300. 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.
Whose owner paul r. 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. Goldman collaborated in its realization. Designed by norman cherner for plycraft in 1958 this chair is found in design collections throughout the world including the vitra design.