Availability:: Usually Ships in 24 to 48 Hours Chair features: steel wire mesh with chrome feet Black vinyl seat pad with polyurethane foamBarstool measures: 21"W x 23"D x 46"H.Seat Height: 30"Set Of 3 Wire Bar Stools 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful: Jared M. from Miami, FL United States Shipping was amazingly fast and well packaged. Upon opening I noticed that the chairs are different than pictures. These chairs are "styled" off the original Bertoia chair so variation was expected, but they differ greatly from the pictures on the website. The metal lattice work around the edges is completely different from that in photos. They came with a thick solid edge where the photo shows a double thin wire edge. Also, the foot of the chairs are cheap black plastic caps where in the photo they show as a much nicer metal ball and socket foot. The seat pad is also much larger than shown in photos. The pad is so large that it almost doesn't fit the seat itself where in the photo it shows an inch or so gap on all sides.
With that being said, they do appear to be good quality. All welds are strong but the plastic feet worry me.For the price, the chairs are good but for a little more I could have gotten exact replica chairs like I was expecting given the photos provided. Was this review helpful to you? Browse for more products in the same category as this item: SEATING > Bar & Counter ChairsJoinLog InSign Up Design Classic: Bertoia Seating CollectionBy / Published by – March 19, 2014Recognized worldwide as a genius of 20th century design, it's hard to believe that Harry Bertoia designed only one series of furniture. His steel wire chairs, designed in 1951, are a masterpiece of structure and transparency and remain a staple in every midcentury inspired home. While most of his contemporaries were interested in the properties of wood and plastic in their designs, Bertoia focused on steel, combining his metalworking knowledge with his interest in sculpture in producing a collection of woven-wire chairs, "If you look at these chairs, they are mainly made of air, like sculpture.
Space passes right through them," Bertoia said.Bertoia chairs come into their own when used in dining rooms, the metal frame offsetting the wood of the dining table. In the home of architect Barbara Hill the Bertoia chairs make the dining room a more dynamic space through the shadows the wire frame leaves on the floor. Photo by Dean Kaufman.The production of Bertoia chairs for Knoll started in 1952.Bertoia, who was born in Italy and immigrated to the United States in 1930, met Florence Knoll at the famous Cranbrook Academy of Art. While he started working on chair designs in California, collaborating with Charles Eames, another Cranbrook alumnus, he moved to Pennsylvania to develop an original seating collection in 1951. Florence and Hans Knoll encouraged Bertoia to explore whatever he liked, and he was immediately drawn to the idea of utilizing steel wire in developing a new chair design. To further soften the hard shell of the woven-wire, furniture designer Richard Schultz was asked to help Bertoia in coming up with ideas for the upholstery.
The collection was introduced by Knoll in 1952 and quickly became a classic. The success of the collection allowed Bertoia to move away from furniture design and devote himself entirely to his art.With proper care Bertoia Diamond chairs can make a lovely addition to any outside space, bringing a sense of the industrial to nature. In this multi-generational home in San Diego, California, a set of Bertoia chairs offer an appealing perch around a vintage glass-and-metal table. Photo by Ye Rin Mok.Sheepskin rugs are one of the most popular ways to offset the severity of Bertoia's wire chairs. Here, Sophie Demenge, cofounder of infant brand Oeuf, plays with textures in her kid-friendly home in Brooklyn. See how to utilize sheepskin in your home in this slideshow.Bertoia, here shown sitting in one of his famous chairs, designed in 1951 for Knoll.Two classics are bound to work well together. Here, In a corner of this master bedroom, a black Greta Grossman Grasshopper lamp sits next to a white Bertoia Diamond chair with matching ottoman.
Photo by Andrew Cammarano.Bertoia Barstools break up the minimalism of this Scavolini Scenery kitchen in the home of architect Jeff Jordan.In the home of two interior architects the marble-topped occasional table and the wood table are vintage, the antique rugs are from Morocco, a Low Pad chair by Jasper Morrison for Cappellini sits near the fireplace, and the brass-and-steel coffee table was designed by Poorter and Holdrinet. But the stars of the living room are still a pair of pink Bird chairs Bertoia for Knoll. Photo by Frederik Vercruysse.The only problem with Bertoia chairs is that once you have one you're going to want more. Here Bertoia steel side chairs for Knoll ring the concrete dining table that the owners of this Belgian home designed themselves. Photo by Frederik Vercruysse.@doravanetteDora Vanette is a part time lecturer at Parsons The New School for Design. She holds MA degrees in 20th Century Art History and English from University of Zagreb, Croatia, as well as in Design Studies from Parsons The New School for Design.
She has written about art and design for a variety of print and online publications. Download our iOS AppAdvertise on DwellShop unique and handmade items directly from creative people around the world Popular items for wire chairHere's a spring-summer look to love: Bend Seating, a recently launched collection of wire chairs that Los Angeles-based Gaurav Nanda spent two years developing. The line's five seats include the Farmhouse chair, above, which takes its name from the barn-shaped back. Bend Seating takes its cues from the 1950s work of sculptor Harry Bertoia, whose metal rod chairs remain midcentury modern classics. "They are mainly made of air," he once said. "Space passes right through them." Nanda, a former designer for General Motors, says the Bertoia creations for Knoll Studio are "the standard in wire chairs," though he wanted to find a way to update the concept -- "to offer something different, something edgier, a lot more intricate and comfortable." Nanda's decorative influences stem from 1970s crafts: The intricate patterns of his mother's handmade macrame planter-holders show up in the Farmhouse chair.
String art and Spirograph drawing sets inspired the Drum, which triples as an ottoman, stool or side table. It's shown at right with Nanda's Bunny chair. With prices from $400 to $475, the pieces fall on the high end of the spectrum for wire chairs. Knoll sells made-in-U.S.A. Bertoia side chairs for more than $600, but knockoffs in the $100 range are plentiful. Nanda says each of his pieces is machine-molded and receives 300 to 400 handmade spot-welds at a factory in China. The chairs are sandblasted, rust-proofed and powder-coated in Los Angeles. The amount of materials also plays a role in pricing. The wires on Nanda's chairs are spaced less than a quarter-inch apart, much closer than wires on a Bertoia chair. "They provide tons of support," Nanda says. "You can sit on these chairs without a pad for a long period of time and be extremely comfortable." Channel-quilted cushions are available starting at $50 and can be special-ordered in outdoor fabrics such as Sunbrella for an additional charge.