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Brand: The Cherner Chair Company

Cherner Armchair

Retailer: Design Within Reach Designer: Norman Cherner
$1,199.00 USD at time of publication Buy from Design Within Reach

Description from Design Within Reach

Although a pioneer in prefab housing, Norman Cherner is best known for his molded plywood seating line he created for – and ultimately sued – the manufacturer, Plycraft. After telling Cherner that his design for what is now known as the Cherner® Chair (1958) had been scrapped, Plycraft’s owner continued to produce it, claiming himself as the designer. The Chair’s popularity soared when it appeared in Norman Rockwell’s 1961 painting “The Artist at Work” on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post. While Plycraft agreed to pay Cherner royalties, the line was out of production by the early 1970s. Then Cherner’s sons formed the Cherner Chair Company to revive the designs and produce them as their father originally intended. Made in U.S.A.
This original is an authentic, fully licensed product of Cherner Chair Company. Cherner Chair is a licensed trademark of Cherner Chair Company.
Constructed of laminated plywood of graduating thicknesses, from 5 ply at the perimeter edge of the seat to 15 ply at the slender waist, the design possesses exceptional structural strength and dramatic sculptural beauty.
The arm is a single solid piece of bent beech with a walnut stain.

  • Materials : European beech wood core; laminated plywood; walnut veneer; solid beech wood arms with walnut stain.
  • Measurements : H 31.5″ W 26.5″ D 21.5″ Seat H 18″ Arm H 26″
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