Bertoia Bird chair

Name: Bertoia Bird chair
Brand: Knoll

The Bird Chair is an astounding study in space, form and function by one of the master sculptors of the last century.

Harry Bertoia's 1952 wire collection for Knoll turned industrial steel rod into sculpture you can sit in. The high-backed Bird Chair is its most enveloping form — a hand-welded lattice shell on a bent-rod base, worn with a full upholstery cover and paired with its matching ottoman. Authentic Knoll production, made to order in a choice of covers.

High Back Chair: 98cm W x 89cm D x 101cm H, with seat height at 38cm.

Ottoman: 62cm W x 44cm D x 39cm H.

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Designer

Harry Bertoia

Harry Bertoia was a complete and gifted artist. Knoll historian Brian Lutz once said, “Bertoia’s paintings were better than his sculptures. And his sculptures were better than his furniture. And his furniture was absolutely brilliant.”

On the suggestion of Herbert Matter, who had worked alongside Eames and Bertoia, Florence and Hans traveled to California and encouraged Bertoia to move east and set up his own metal shop in the corner of Knoll’s production facility. Having studied with Bertoia at Cranbrook, Florence was sure that he would produce something brilliant if given the time and space to experiment.

While he only designed one collection of furniture, Bertoia continued to be involved in the Knoll story by providing sculptures and architectural installations for Planning Unit projects. He collaborated with Eero Saarinen to design the altar for the MIT Chapel. He spent the next 25 years of his life experimenting with light, sound and volume through sculptures, paintings and architectural installations.

Today Knoll carries on Harry Bertoia’s legacy of innovation, inspiration and beauty with the Bertoia collection, which has been in continuous production around the world since its introduction. In 2005 Knoll introduced the Asymmetric Lounge, a design from Bertoia’s initial experimentation that never reached production.

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Knoll

Knoll is where modern furniture history was made, and it's an American story from the very start. Founded in New York in 1938 by Hans Knoll, the company was shaped from 1943 onward by Florence Knoll, an architect and designer in her own right, who built Knoll's now-legendary partnerships with the era's leading modernists.

It's through Knoll that pieces like Eero Saarinen’s Womb and Tulip chairs, Harry Bertoia’s wire chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair and Warren Platner's intricate wire collection became modern design icons, alongside Marcel Breuer's Wassily and Cesca designs, which joined the collection through Knoll's 1968 acquisition of Gavina. These aren't reissues: they're the genuine article, still made to the same exacting standard today, ready to anchor a considered home rather than sit behind a museum rope.

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Bertoia Bird chair

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