Chair
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1974
Materials
Steel, plastic, paint
Measurements
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Place of origin
Denmark
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The Homewood, Surrey
NT 864413.4
Summary
A white-painted steel and plastic folding nesting chair, one of a set of six, Danish, circa 1974, with white-painted tubular steel frames, the seat can fold up, the back and seat formed from slip-on orange plastic covers. These chairs are the same as those chosen by Patrick Gwynne for the Pergola Restaurant in Hyde Park, London in 1974. Patrick Gwynne designed the Serpentine Restaurant in Hyde Park built in 1964, an extension known as the Pergola Restaurant was commissioned in 1971.
Provenance
The Homewood and some of its contents were given to the National Trust by Patrick Gwynne in 1999.