‘Next-door Café’ Chair, 1960s
Painted timber and leather
33.7 x 20.2 x 18.3 inches
USD 1000
Made to order
For inquiries, email shop@gbtrust.net
The Next-Door Café was a curious venture by Geoffrey Bawa and his partner at Edwards, Reid,and Begg, Dr. K. Poologasundram, where a secret door through the office led to a restaurant in an old colonial house. The café was infused with the sensibilities of Europe in the 1960s, and the lighting and furniture was designed in-house. While the political circumstances did not allowing any imports, ideas were still moving freely – this chair, which is in fact a prototype of the chair that ended up in the café, perhaps shows the influence of the Roorkhee Chair, a popular British Campaign Chair that was adapted by Kaare Klint as the Safari Chair in 1933.
33.7 x 20.2 x 18.3 inches
USD 1000
Made to order
For inquiries, email shop@gbtrust.net
The Next-Door Café was a curious venture by Geoffrey Bawa and his partner at Edwards, Reid,and Begg, Dr. K. Poologasundram, where a secret door through the office led to a restaurant in an old colonial house. The café was infused with the sensibilities of Europe in the 1960s, and the lighting and furniture was designed in-house. While the political circumstances did not allowing any imports, ideas were still moving freely – this chair, which is in fact a prototype of the chair that ended up in the café, perhaps shows the influence of the Roorkhee Chair, a popular British Campaign Chair that was adapted by Kaare Klint as the Safari Chair in 1933.
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