Stacking Chair

Verner Panton (Danish, 1926–1998) · Zeeland · introduced in 1967

Throughout the twentieth century, designers dreamed of mass-producing a chair that would require no assembly of any kind. This chair, which allows for stacking, was the first single-piece plastic chair. It resulted from a design process that took seven years (1960–67), and during which its creator, the Danish designer Verner Panton, overcame near insurmountable problems. The chair became an icon of Pop design.

Medium

Orange ASA Terpolymer (molded glass fiber)

Dimensions

32.8 x 20.7 x 23.7 in. (83.2 x 52.7 x 60.3 cm)

Accession

1973.106.1

Credit line

Gift of Herman Miller, Inc.