SAPFM Museum Furniture Collection

Stacking Chair

Verner Panton (Danish, 1926–1998)

Stacking Chair, Verner Panton (Danish, 1926–1998), introduced in 1967, Orange ASA Terpolymer (molded glass fiber)
Maker
Verner Panton (Danish, 1926–1998)
Date
introduced in 1967
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)
Origin
Zeeland
Museum
Yale University Art Gallery
Accession
1973.106.1
Credit line
Gift of Herman Miller, Inc.
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.
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