On your mark…
August 9, 2012
get set….Whoa! Is it me or do both of these chairs look like they’re going somewhere while standing still? Produced decades apart, they share a similar design sensibility. The early Windsor style chair seems to proudly display the same rakish lines and simplicity as the Verner Panton design of 1960. It’s poised as if getting ready to sprint to catch up with the middle of the twentieth century from its early twentieth century origin. In a modern interior the Panton chair strikes a classic profile to be sure,but the introduction of a piece like this one-of-a-kind Windsor into a room full of modern classics presents all in a new light. We are encouraged to compare and contrast the shape , finish and patina of the old with the newer and see it as art, like sculpure…with a purpose, a function… even if that function is to simply and quietly please the eye. http://xenoscollection.com/index/home/
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Tags: 1960, Antique Chairs, interior design, Mid century Icon, Modern Interiors, Panton Chair, Verner Panton, vintage furniture, Windsor Chair, Xenos Collection
August 10, 2012 at 7:47 am
oh, yes, that top chair is quite lovely! so much potential energy in it.