- Designer
- Donald T. Chadwick
United States, Alaska, Anchorage, active California, Los Angeles, born 1936 - Title
- Chair
- Date Made
- circa 1967
- Medium
- Fiberglass, original synthetic upholstery
- Dimensions
- 30 x 28 x 26 in. (76.2 x 71.1 x 66.0 cm)
- Accession Number
- M.91.209.1
- Collecting Area
- Decorative Arts and Design
- Curatorial Notes
The chair was intended to be made by a new process called rotational molding, in which plastic is placed in a mold, heated, and rotated slowly so that the malleable material coats the surface and takes the shape of the mold. The prospective manufacturer was not happy with the results of the prototype and canceled the project. Chadwick subsequently created the same form out of fiberglass to show in the 1968 California Design exhibition, hoping to find a willing manufacturer. The chair never went into production, making this prototype unique.
(California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way," 2011-12)
- Selected Exhibition History
- California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". October 1, 2011 - June 3, 2012
- California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". October 1, 2011 - June 3, 2012
- California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". March 20, 2013 - June 3, 2013
- California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". March 20, 2013 - June 3, 2013
- California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". July 6, 2013 - September 29, 2013
- California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". July 6, 2013 - September 29, 2013
- California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". November 2, 2013 - February 9, 2014
- California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". November 2, 2013 - February 9, 2014
- California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". March 29, 2014 - July 6, 2014
- California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". March 29, 2014 - July 6, 2014
