Detail View: Design Library Image Collection: Homage to Josef Hoffman, Begin the Beguine

Accession Number: 
111265
Order Title: 
Shiro Kuramata (111193-111425)
Type of View: 
front
View Title: 
view of process photography where the chair is soaked in oil and burnt to incinerate the Thonet bentwood frame
Image Rights: 
copyrighted
Source Institution: 
NCSU Libraries
Collection: 
Design Library Image Collection
Culture: 
Japanese
Subject: 
seating
Work Types: 
Furnishings & Equipment; furniture; chairs (furniture forms)
Preferred Title: 
Homage to Josef Hoffman, Begin the Beguine
Agent Display: 
Shiro Kuramata (Japanese designer, 1934-1991)
Date: 
1985 (creation)
Materials: 
polished and enamel plated flat steel wire wrapped and welded around frame of Thonet bentwood chair, soaked in oil and burnt to incinerate frame
Technique: 
wrapping (surface covering process)
Measurement: 
83 x 50 x 54 cm ()
Locations: 
Tokyo, Kanto, Japan
Location Type: 
(creation)
Locations: 
Private Collection, Tokyo, Tokyo, Kanto, Japan
Location Type: 
(current)
Style/Period: 
Postmodern
Style/Period: 
Contemporary
Classification: 
Industrial Design