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Kōrero: Furniture

Pressed-plywood chair

Pressed-plywood chair

Garth Chester, designer of the Curvesse chair, also designed these elegant pressed-plywood chairs in 1947. Each was made of five plywood components and several solid wood components. Chester was inspired by the pressed plywood and radio cabinets and fighter plane bodies.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Reference: 1994-0010-1/1-2 to 2

by Garth Chester

Permission of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

William Cottrell, Furniture – Changing styles, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/object/37497/pressed-plywood-chair (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā William Cottrell, i tāngia i te 9 March 2012.

Comments

Frank Williams
08 April 2014
Hi, am chasing a bit of advice. My family has one of these chairs, well we are 95% sure it is one. Am hoping to verify this with an expert.