Name: Warren Platner Easy Chair - Gun Metal Black Base
Brand: Eternity Modern
Price: 1889.00 USD
Availability: InStock

Description
Designer

Inspired by the original 1966 Platner Collection designed by Warren Platner, this lounge chair captures the iconic Modernist era style. Both elegant and whimsical, the stainless steel wire base was designed to resemble a shiny sheaf of wheat. The design provides not just a unique look, but also full support and stability for the seating shell. In displayed chair, high-density foam cushioning has been upholstered in a soft cashmere blend upholstery for luxurious comfort. Both a joy to look at an sit in, this piece of mid century furniture truly reflects Platner's definition of a classic!

Material & Feature:

Frame: Polished #304 grade stainless steel with Gun Metal Black Finish
Back & Seat: molded fiberglass shell with highly resilient urethane foam
Premium Fabric,Top Grain/Aniline/Vintage Leather Leather upholstery (C.O.M available)
All materials are fire-resistant & non-toxic (Baby friendly)

Dimensions:

Width: 40" x Depth: 37" x Height: 39"
Seat Height: 18.75"

* All measurements are approximations.

American architect and interior designer Warren Platner was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1919. Platner attended Cornell University, graduating with a degree in architecture in 1941. Shortly after, he began working with legendary architects Raymond Loewy and I.M. Pei from 1945 to 1950, and with Eero Saarinen from 1960 to 1965. During this time he was part of the design process of many historically important projects including the Dulles International Airport, in Washington, D.C., the Repertory Theater at Lincoln Center, and several dormitories for Yale University. Platner joined Kevin Roche"s firm as the head of interior design, becoming more involved with interior and industrial design, as he believed that the essence and character of a building"s design should come from within.
In 1967, having gained a wealth of expertise and knowledge from working for architect-design luminaries, Platner decided to open his own firm, Platner Associates. Not limiting itself to architecture, it also experimented in furniture design, lighting, textiles, and interiors. From the late 1960s onwards, he exhibited widely and worked on a variety of interior design and architecture projects, including the interior design of the Ford Foundation headquarters (1967) in New York, the Georg Jensen Design Center (1968) also in New York, the interior to the American Restaurant in Kansas (1974), the interiors for Water Tower Place (1976) in Chicago, and the Windows on the World Restaurant (1976) atop the World Trade Center in New York.
In the 1960s, as the modernist movement became more expressive, Platner focused on a quieter aesthetic, wishing to create more graceful structures. In 1966 Platner, in collaboration with Knoll , unveiled the Platner Collection"a series of sleek modern chairs, ottomans and tables that rest on an intricately sculpted base of cylindrical steel rods replicating a moir pattern. Requiring over 1,000 welds for one piece alone, the complex design is a close marriage of architecture and industrial design. Though Platner designed other pieces, the Platner Collection was his most renowned collection that ultimately made a name for himself in furniture design.

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