Cross Check Chair
Frank Gehry's interwoven maple dining armchair with structure and seat formed from slender strips
724 × 848 × 632 mm
Source: product page text — 93A Cross Check armchair / shop SKU 470018 — published as W 28.5 × D 24.875 × H 33.375 in
1990
USD 7,412, Gehry Cross Check Armchair (SKU 470018), knoll.com US shop, 2026-10-15
Description
Overview
The Cross Check Chair is Frank Gehry's 1990 bentwood armchair for Knoll. Hard white maple veneer strips form its frame, back and seat in an interwoven construction.
Construction
Strips are laminated six to nine layers thick with high-bonding urea glue. Thermoset adhesive stiffens the assembly, while restricted glue in the woven seat allows the strips to flex together. A fish-shaped foam cushion is optional.
Specifications
- W 28.5 x D 24.875 x H 33.375 in (724 x 632 x 848 mm)
- Seat height 18.125 in; arm height 28.75 in
Story
From bushel basket to furniture
Gehry brought Knoll an idea for a new kind of bentwood furniture in 1989. His childhood memory of sturdy apple crates led to experiments in which narrow strips could provide both the structure and the sitting surface.
Three years of prototypes
Knoll established a workshop for the project, and the collection reached the Museum of Modern Art's Frank Gehry: New Furniture Prototypes exhibition after three years of investigation.
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