Image source: Walter Knoll — 369 Armchair
© Walter Knoll and the respective rights holders. Quoted to accompany INTEBEE's independent design commentary and research.
369 Armchair
Classic Edition bucket-seat armchair from 1956, on a steel frame in chrome, black or brass.
740 × 710 × 710 mm
1956
Official product information
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Overview
The 369 Armchair is a small bucket-seat armchair in Walter Knoll's Classic Edition, credited to the Walter Knoll Team. It is a pioneering armchair dating from 1956.
Construction
Model 369 has a steel frame, which can be highly polished chrome-plated, satin-chromed, powder-coated matt black or brass finished. The armchair is completely upholstered. Glides are synthetic, felt or with a metal surface, chosen for stone, wooden or carpet floors.
Specifications
- Overall: 74, 71 and 71 cm (axes not labelled on the drawing)
- Seat height: 43 cm
- Series: Classic Edition
Story
A bucket seat from 1956
The press text sets the scene in 1956, when Germany was still furnished in a classic style, and says a small bucket seat appeared that was to change the design of the age. Its allies came from Scandinavia, the Bauhaus and the avant-garde.
Flowing lines in new materials
Flowing forms and sweeping lines were set against the straightness of the time, which the text attributes to experiments with new materials and the invention of plastic. In the Classic Edition the armchair reminds us that Walter Knoll was often an advocate of the avant-garde.
