Hardoy Butterfly Chair

The butterfly chair has a width of 3225 82 cm a depth of 30 76 cm a back height of 355 90 cm and a seat height of 125 32 cm.

Hardoy butterfly chair. To select a replacement cover for a vintage chair measure your frame to determine the size that will fit best. The butterfly chair designed in 1938 by jorge ferrari hardoy also known as the bkf and the hardoy chair is available in matte black or stainless steel. Chairs to come to the united states went to fallingwater edgar kaufmann jrs home in pennsylvania designed by family friend frank lloyd wright and to moma. The butterfly chair bkf or hardoy chair is one of the most famous chair designs of the 20th century.

This piece is an original 1948 hardoy sling chair also known as the butterfly chair designed by jorge ferrari hardoy and made by the knoll company from 1947 until 1950. Chairalso known as the hardoy chair butterfly chair safari chair sling chair or wing chairwas designed in buenos aires and its name credits its three designers. The frame of the chair is generally painted black. The design is popular for portable recreational seating.

The sling was originally leather but can also be made from canvas or other materials. Thanks in part to knolls foresight the piece went on to become a true icon in the history of design and is best known as the butterfly. Click any swatch below for large view. This chair features original weld cups complete with newly made floor glides and newly made nylon sling.

The hardoy chair also known as the sling or butterfly chair owes much of its renown as a midcentury modernist icon to the perspicacious eye of a rust belt department store scion edgar kaufmann. This chair was later chosen by hans knoll to feature in the companys catalogue from 1947 to 1951 where it garnered immense success. Hardoy received his degree in architecture from the universidad de buenos aires in 1939. The first two bfk.

Jorge ferrari hardoy designed one of the most imitated chairs in modern furniture history the butterfly chair or as knoll sold it for three years the hardoy chair. The butterfly chair also known as a bkf chair or hardoy chair is a style of chair featuring a metal frame and a large sling hung from the frames highest points creating a suspended seat. Designed in 1938 by the trio of antonio bonet juan kurchan and jorge ferrari hardoy the butterfly chair is a simple and lightweight collapsible and portable lounge chair.