What chair design is this? (versus, match, furniture, better)

[CollegePalooza]

Hello,

I was at a library and saw this chair and immediately fell in love with the design. I would like to look at possibly buying it but I cannot find anything similar online. The library also didn't know where the chair came from.

Does anyone know what this design is called? Or can you please paste a link from an online store where you may have seen it?

Thanks!

[WorldKlas]

Is kind of an Eames type chair; if you do a web search you might find similar styles. Also look for modern or retro modern chairs.

[CollegePalooza]

Originally Posted by WorldKlas

Is kind of an Eames type chair; if you do a web search you might find similar styles. Also look for modern or retro modern chairs.

Thanks. I googled that and didn't see anything similar.

[K'ledgeBldr]

It's a plywood "clam shell" chair.

There were a few manufacturers that built similar chairs. One was Grier(?) and another was Danish. But I don't recall either having a chrome frame- so that would make those chairs relatively new. And a play on the ones from the 60's/70's.

'Course, you could go back to the library and look at the bottom of the chair for a name/model #/ etc.

[CollegePalooza]

Originally Posted by K'ledgeBldr

It's a plywood "clam shell" chair.

There were a few manufacturers that built similar chairs. One was Grier(?) and another was Danish. But I don't recall either having a chrome frame- so that would make those chairs relatively new. And a play on the ones from the 60's/70's.

Thanks!

That is an exact match! I just googled it and I found this link. Very very close. Ill look at some furniture store websites now to see if they have it.


Herman Miller Swoop Chair

[jerseyj]

Originally Posted by K'ledgeBldr

It's a plywood "clam shell" chair.

There were a few manufacturers that built similar chairs. One was Grier(?) and another was Danish. But I don't recall either having a chrome frame- so that would make those chairs relatively new. And a play on the ones from the 60's/70's.

'Course, you could go back to the library and look at the bottom of the chair for a name/model #/ etc.

Nice call, not Eames but surely Eames inspired. Brian Kane designed and Herman Miller produced. The swoop chair.

Swoop - Lounge Seating - Herman Miller

[K'ledgeBldr]

Originally Posted by jerseyj

Nice call, not Eames but surely Eames inspired. Brian Kane designed...

I'd use that term loosely-
Like I* previously mentioned, there were the same basic chair in the late 60's, early 70's. His "design" was in the 90's. Wonder how Herman Miller got a patent? Did the chrome frame really make it that different?










*ex-employee of Herman Miller.

[Sunbather]

for a residential environment versus commercial, you may like a Knoll Womb chair just as much or better:



Womb Chair | Knoll

[gentlearts]

Here are some...

Swoop - Lounge Seating - Herman Miller