The Bertoia wire stools are surprisingly strong and comfortable, while maintaining a magnificent appearance. Bertoia once said of his famed wire chairs, “"If you look at these chairs, they are mainly made of air, like sculpture. Space passes right through them." 

The chair's organic shape fits the contours of the body making the wire chair a perfect choice for residences and workplaces alike. The wire stool truly is a masterpiece. 

Materials & Features
The frame of the wire stool is made of solid core mirror polished stainless steel. The seat pad is upholstered in top grain Italian leather. 

 

This product is a reproduction and not the licensed original.

Dimensions
Width – 52.5 cm
Depth – 58 cm
Height – 98 cm
Seat height - 66cm

Leather Description: Full Italian Semi Aniline Leather
Leather origin: Bovine Leather
Dyeing: Semi Aniline
Typology: Full grain
Thickness: 0.9mm – 1.1mm

Frame – Polished stainless steel

Harry Bertoia (b. March 10, 1915 in San Lorenzo, Pordenone, Italy. d. November 6, 1978 in Barto, Pennsylvania, United States), was an Italian-born artist, sculptor, and modern furniture designer.

Opening his own metal workshop in 1939 he taught jewellery design and metal work. Later, as the war effort made metal a rare and very expensive commodity he began to focus his efforts on jewellery making, even designing and creating wedding rings for Charles and Ray Eames and Edmund Bacon's wife Ruth. Later in 1943, he married Brigitta Valentiner, and moved to California to work with Charles and Ray for the Evans Product Company. Evans provided technical work for airplane and medical equipment. Bertoia was also drawing training manuals. At this point they began to experiment with moulded under the auspices of their Ply formed Products Company, which was later bought out by Evans. With Eero Saarinen they developed a method for making moulded plywood splints that would later evolve into processes for designing furniture. Bertoia remained as part of their staff, working on a variety of projects. He is informally credited with creating the metal spine/leg structure of the Eames Plywood Dining & Lounge chairs (DCM/LCM) Three years later he split with the Eames, concerned that his work was not receiving due credit, and preferring to work with metal rather than wood. In the same year he finally became a US citizen.

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