• Bamboo Chair Ubunji Kidokoro Perriand
  • Bamboo Chair Ubunji Kidokoro Perriand
  • Bamboo Chair Ubunji Kidokoro Perriand
  • Bamboo Chair Ubunji Kidokoro Perriand
  • Bamboo Chair Ubunji Kidokoro Perriand
  • Bamboo Chair Ubunji Kidokoro Perriand

Bamboo Chair by Ubunji Kidokoro for Chikukou-sha

1930s / Japan
Size W560 D720 H750 SH300
SOLD
Item No,21-58
CONDITION : good
Stock : 0
This chair made by using the elasticity of bamboo as a cantilever type was chair which was designed by Ubunji Kidokoro who was enrolled in Mitsukoshi Furniture Design Room in 1937 and was exhibited at "Mitsukoshi New Furniture Exhibition". Works that are a beginning work of making Japanese furniture for overseas, such as Charlotte Pereian who came to Japan later, has a strong influence on future designers both domestic and international.
かつてシャルロット・ペリアンが来日した際、彼女に多大な影響を与えたバンブーチェアのオリジナル作品。1931年にデザインされたアルヴァ・アアルトのアームチェア(model 31)の影響が見られる竹の弾力性を生かしたカンチレバー構造。1937年に城所右文次氏によってデザインされ、竹興社が制作した作品。非常に歴史的価値のある作品です。