Wright Auction

Working in the Herman Miller prototype shop in 1967, George Nelson developed this chair for tandem seating for airports. Nicknamed "the Baseball Chair," this chair was to be mounted on a platform and attached to a swivel with accompanying tables. From the tool, thirteen casts were created. On the fourteenth cast, a worker inadvertently left a wrench in the mold, causing it to shatter. Herman Miller decided not to invest more money into the project to make a new mold, and the project was scrapped. From the original thirteen molds pulled, only four were ever upholstered, and the rest of the plastic frames were disposed. Herman Miller obtains an upholstered example in their collection and another example is in a private collection in Michigan. Our example of this prototype chair is the third known example, and the fourth has yet to be discovered.