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Armchairs

565

Designer Gerald Summer, year 1929
 

Gerald Summers, one of the earliest designer-producers of functional furniture, formed "Makers of Simple Furniture Ltd." in 1929. Its purpose was to produce practical furniture in the modern style.
In 1933, P. Morton Shand, editor of the Architectural Review, organized a small exhibition of the furniture of Alvar Aalto at Fortnum & Mason's department store in London. This was well received and proved to be influential. It was clear that modern bentwood suited English taste and offered an alternative to the coldness of the metal furniture that was then in fashion in modernist circles.
In 1943, Summers produced this remarkable chair which, unlike the chairs of Aalto, is composed af a single sheet of bent plywood. The rounded, swept-back, continuous shape into which this single sheet is formed gives an aerodynamic, streamlined effect softened by elements which, at a later date, wound be described as "organic" or "biormorphic". Summers produced only 120 of these chairs. Today these are rare and sought-after collector's items.
Makers of Simple Furniture Ltd. was forced to close in 1939 because of British government restrictions on the importation of plywood. Gerald Summers left furniture manufacturing and opened a factory for the production of ball bearings.

565

Armchair with frame in beech plywood covered with a layer of birch, natural or closed pore
lacquered.

L./W. H. D.
60 70 91 CM
W. H. D.
23,6″ 27,5″ 35,8″ IN

Finishes

The certified quality of Mvsevm’s italian design solutions, all traditionally-made using top-quality materials, becomes the focal point of furnishings where style is an experience to be explored. A collection born from formal creativity and sensibility for materials and a journey into the beauty of contemporary spaces.
FRAME
WOOD

04.84 Glossy – matt cream

05.60 Glossy – matt grey

05.70 Glossy – matt dove brown

10.60 Glossy – matt rope

15.65 Glossy – matt sand

40.20 Glossy – matt dark red

3007 amaranth

RAL 6003 Glossy – matt green

RAL 6033 Glossy – matt mint

RAL 7006 Beaver

RAL 8004 Glossy – matt rust

RAL 9005 Matt black

RAL 9016 Matt white

C23 off-white

D050.70.10 Powder

D060.40.05 Mud

D080.60.30 Mustard

D100.60.05 Grey

D200.40.10

D220.60.10

D260.40.10

04.84 Glossy – matt cream

04.84
Glossy – matt cream

05.60 Glossy – matt grey

05.60
Glossy – matt grey

05.70 Glossy – matt dove brown

05.70
Glossy – matt dove brown

10.60 Glossy – matt rope

10.60
Glossy – matt rope

15.65 Glossy – matt sand

15.65
Glossy – matt sand

40.20 Glossy – matt dark red

40.20
Glossy – matt dark red

3007 amaranth

3007 amaranth

RAL 6003 Glossy – matt green

RAL 6003
Glossy – matt green

RAL 6033 Glossy – matt mint

RAL 6033
Glossy – matt mint

RAL 7006 Beaver

RAL 7006
Beaver

RAL 8004 Glossy – matt rust

RAL 8004
Glossy – matt rust

RAL 9005 Matt black

RAL 9005
Matt black

RAL 9016 Matt white

RAL 9016
Matt white

C23 off-white

C23
off-white

D050.70.10 Powder

D050.70.10 Powder

D060.40.05 Mud

D060.40.05 Mud

D080.60.30 Mustard

D080.60.30 Mustard

D100.60.05 Grey

D100.60.05 Grey

D200.40.10

D200.40.10

D220.60.10

D220.60.10

D260.40.10

D260.40.10

BEECH

Bleached Beech

Bleached Beech

Bleached Beech

Colors and finishes are approximate and may slightly differ from actual ones. Please visit ALIVAR dealers to see the complete sample collection and get further details about our products.

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