On the Trail of an Elusive Midcentury Chair
The New York Times••entertainment
Key Points:
- Carlos and his partner own a 1946 Modernist home in Palm Springs, designated a Class 1 historic property, and are trying to identify specific outdoor chairs seen in a circa 1952 photo by Julius Shulman.
- The chairs are described as made of canvas with simple metal tubes, wing-shaped armrests, and legs connected by crossbars, but no exact matches have been found through extensive online searches or auction house inquiries.
- Attempts to link the chairs to well-known midcentury designers like Richard Schultz, Antonio Bonet, Juan Kurchan, and Jorge Ferrari Hardoy were unsuccessful, as none matched the chair’s specific design features.
- The inquiry was escalated to experts in 20th-century design
