Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Archivision Base to Module 13
Preferred Title:
'Spring' Chair
Alternate Title:
Chaise 'Ressort'
Image View:
Overall view (displayed tilted) from the side; one continuous sheet of aluminum
Creator:
François Dallegret (French industrial designer, born 1937)
Location:
repository: Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (Québec, Québec, Canada) 2008.418
Location Note:
National Battlefields Park; 179 Grande Allée Ouest
GPS:
46.801106-71.225064
Date:
1967 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Canadian
Style Period:
Minimal; Modernist; Twentieth century
Work Type 1:
chair (furniture form)
Classification:
Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design
Material:
aluminum
Technique:
metalworking
Measurements:
98.2 cm (height) x 45.8 cm (width) x 66.5 cm (depth)
Subjects:
contemporary (1960 to present); decorative arts; seating furniture
Description:
François Dallegret's 'Spring' Chair received extensive media coverage. The artist was photographed in numerous poses on the chair, which can adopt different positions. Three chairs remain; this is the final prototype although it was never produced. The chair explores the potentialities of a unique material in light of an uninterrupted line and a minimal structure. (Source: Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec [website]; www.mnbaq.org/)
Collection:
Archivision Addition Module Twelve
Identifier:
8A1-DAIL-SC-A02
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

'Spring' Chair