Important 20th Century Design 
21 May 2006
Important 20th Century Design 
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Kem Weber

Airline armchair

Airline Chair Company
USA, 1934
birch, naugahyde, leather, steel 29¾ h × 25 w × 32 d in (76 × 63 × 81 cm)
estimate: $10,000–15,000
result: $21,600
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300 Airline chairs were produced for the Walt Disney Company’s movie projection room. Although prized by critics, the chair was never put into production. With its bent plywood seat, cantilever structure and dramatic streamline style, the Airline armchair is one of the most important seating designs of the decade.
literature: American Modern 1925-1940: Design for a New Age, Johnson, ppg. 139, 175 KEM Weber: The Moderne in Southern Califonia 1920-1941, Gebhard and von Breton, pg. 82

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