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1959	Work on this object began.
1986	We acquired this object.
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Cone Chair

This is a chair. It was designed by Verner Panton. It is dated 1959 and we acquired it in 1986. Its medium is cast steel, foam rubber, wool upholstery. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

Danish designer and architect Werner Panton created some of his greatest designs from experimenting with form, materials, and rich color, the latter being one of Panton’s trademarks. Color was often a focal point in his furnishings, as seen in this vibrant red, futuristic looking cone chair. In his later work, Panton created rooms as total environments, focusing on textiles as coordinating elements and a means of expressing color in a unified interior.

This object was donated by Barry Friedman and Patricia Pastor. It is credited Gift of Barry Friedman and Patricia Pastor.

Panton Stacking Side Chair
injection molded luran s thermoplastic.
Gift of Robert Blaich.
1977-1-1

Small Diamond Chair
bent plastic-coated metal wire, woven cotton upholstery, foam rubber.
Gift of the Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material....
2011-22-1

A concaved heart-shape chair upholstered in bright, cherry-red woven wool. A roung cushion of the same color and material rests on the seat. The wings of the chair form an inverted cone shape meeting at the horizontal x-form steel base on which it is mounted.

Heart Cone Chair Chair, 1959
steel, stainless steel, plastic, wool (upholstery).
Gift of George R. Kravis II.
2018-22-57

Our curators have highlighted 4 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:

Here we have one of four fabric, circular chairs. The chairs are an array of colors: a deep red for the largest size, gray for the smallest, bold blue for the second largest size, and a bright green for the second smallest. They are all shaped like a cone and sit on the ground, with a sharp end on the outside. Inside the circular opening is a gridded, padded wall in each respectable color. The smallest gray chair has a t-shaped belt lap belt, as does the second smallest green chair, while the blue, second largest has buckle and strap only, and the largest is red and strapless. Visible in the red chair is a line running across the bottom indicating its foldability.

Chair, Size 2, R82 Scallop, 2016
shell: polypropylene; cushion: polyester and polyurethane; straps: polypropylene.
Gift of Convaid | R82.
s-e-2609

Chair, Size 1, R82 Scallop, 2016
shell: polypropylene; cushion: polyester and polyurethane; straps: polypropylene.
Gift of Convaid | R82.
s-e-2608

Chair, Size 3, R82 Scallop, 2016
shell: polypropylene; cushion: polyester and polyurethane; straps: polypropylene.
Gift of Convaid | R82.
s-e-2610

Its dimensions are

H x diam.: 82 x 57 cm (32 5/16 x 22 7/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Cone Chair; Designed by Verner Panton (Danish, 1926–1998); Denmark; cast steel, foam rubber, wool upholstery; H x diam.: 82 x 57 cm (32 5/16 x 22 7/16 in.); Gift of Barry Friedman and Patricia Pastor; 1986-99-44

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2DrCT/
Accession Number 1986-99-44
Object ID 18621879