Manufacturer | Vitra |
Color | Natural wood |
Size | L 8.5 x D 9.5 cm x H 12.5 cm |
Vitra Miniature Natural wood Wood. Dimensions: L 8.5 x D 9.5 cm x H 12.5 cm. “Located in Weil am Rhein in Germany (near the Swiss border), the Vitra Design Museum is a privately funded museum that showcases the unique design collection of the Swiss furniture manufacturer Vitra. The Vitra Design Museum collection is one of the most important furniture design collections in the world. It contains around 7,000 pieces of furniture, more than a thousand lighting pieces, numerous archives and the inherited series of famous designers such as Charles & Ray Eames, Verner Panton and Alexander Girard. The Vitra Design Museum's collection of miniatures, which started more than 20 years ago, is an illustration of the milestones in the history of design. This collection encompasses the entire history of industrial furniture from the 1800s to present day, creating a pathway through time leading to the creation of modern seating, from historicism and Art Nouveau to Bauhaus and New Objectivity, Radical Design and Postmodernism to present day. A magnificent collection of emblematic works is presented to you. These chairs that have taken their place in history all carry the memories of their times: Materials, shapes, colours… They reveal the often forgotten dreams of their time, the (sometimes utopian) aspirations of their designers, but above all to their vision of the world. The chairs are reproduced on a one-sixth scale and faithfully replicate the original historical model down to the smallest details in the design, material and colour shade. This precise detail is also applied to the wooden grain, the reproduction of the screws and the meticulous methods of handcrafting. These miniatures are not only valuable collector's items, but are also an educational tool for universities, design schools and architects. Rolf Fehlbaum, President of Vitra: “We can deduce and understand an era, its social order, its materials, its techniques and its taste by observing its chairs. I should point out that no other everyday object offers such diversity.” The Y Chair, or Wishbone CH24, is the most famous and best-selling chair by Danish designer Hans J. Wegner. Beautiful from all angles, it belongs to the series of Chinese armchairs, through Wegner’s inspiration from portraits of Danish merchants sitting on Ming chairs. The iconic shape of the Wishbone CH24 chair has earned it a place in the exclusive club of iconic chairs that have become landmarks in the history of global design. Wegner chose to merge the backrest and armrest into one piece. To stabilise the steam-curved top and give comfortable back support, he developed the chair's characteristic Y-shaped support. More than 100 steps are needed to make a Wishbone chair, most of them done by hand. The hand-woven seat alone takes a skilled craftsman around an hour to complete, using about 120 metres of paper rope, a material that came about from the wartime rations that is impressively durable and stable (it takes about 50 years to be used). Over the years, the Wishbone chair has become an icon of Danish design. As a sign of its success, Carl Hansen & Søn has been producing the Wishbone CH24 chair continuously for over half a century.