- Sold Seating
- 4 x G-Plan Richard Young chairs
4 x G-Plan Richard Young chairs
4 x G-Plan Richard Young chairs
A set of four three-legged dining chairs (model 4511) designed by Richard Young as part of the G-Plan Group Three range for E.Gomme, c1962. This is one of G-Plan's signature chairs.. Made of teak, three-legged with rounded triangular seats upholstered in turquoise velvet , crescent-shaped backs. This compact shape allows six chairs to be accommodated around a small circular table. Makers label to the underside, dated 1962.
Price is for the set of four.
These chairs are a design icon of their time and are very rare. They are featured in Lesley Jackson's book "Modern British Furniture, Design since 1945". They are inspired by (and very similar to) Hans Olsen's three legged chair for Frem Rojle Møblefabrik, (c1954). The Hans Olsen chairs are on display in the 1960's sitting room exhibition at the Geffrye Museum in London.
Dimensions: H80cm, H42 (seat), W54cm, D46cm
A set of four three-legged dining chairs (model 4511) designed by Richard Young as part of the G-Plan Group Three range for E.Gomme, c1962. This is one of G-Plan's signature chairs.. Made of teak, three-legged with rounded triangular seats upholstered in turquoise velvet , crescent-shaped backs. This compact shape allows six chairs to be accommodated around a small circular table. Makers label to the underside, dated 1962.
Price is for the set of four.
These chairs are a design icon of their time and are very rare. They are featured in Lesley Jackson's book "Modern British Furniture, Design since 1945". They are inspired by (and very similar to) Hans Olsen's three legged chair for Frem Rojle Møblefabrik, (c1954). The Hans Olsen chairs are on display in the 1960's sitting room exhibition at the Geffrye Museum in London.
Dimensions: H80cm, H42 (seat), W54cm, D46cm
Richard Young (b.1930-2012) was a gifted in-house designer for G-Plan. He has trained at the Royal College of Art from 1954 to 1958, and later studied in Denmark under Ole Wanscher at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen. He was responsible for the Group Three range for G-Plan (1962), which was targeted at a younger market. After his stint at G-Plan, he went on to establish the very successful Merrow Associates business.