Terms and conditions of use
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Harry BERTOIA (designer), KNOLL INTERNATIONAL, New York (manufacturer), WILLIAM LATCHFORD & SONS PTY LTD, North Melbourne and Box Hill (manufacturer)
Diamond chair
designed (1951)
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1973
- Gallery location
- Not on display
About this work
In 1951 Harry Bertoia’s innovative wire chairs were produced for the manufacturer Knoll, with his most famous being the Diamond chair. Despite being almost entirely constructed by hand, the Diamond chair was such a success that the royalties made from sales allowed Bertoia to concentrate solely on his career in metal sculpture. He wrote, ‘In chairs, many functional problems have to be addressed first, but when you get right down to it, chairs are studies in space, form and metal. If you look at them you will find that they are mostly made of air, just like sculpture. Space passes right through them.’
Artwork Details
Purchased, 1973
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited