FLORIS VAN DEN BROECKE, 1969 'CHAIRPIECE', PROTOTYPE glass fibre reinforced polyester (GPR), uph

FLORIS VAN DEN BROECKE, 1969 'CHAIRPIECE', PROTOTYPE glass fibre reinforced polyester (GPR), upholstered in polyether foam and stretch Jersey wool Literature: '1000 Chairs' C. and P.Fiell, illus. p.514 Exhibited: Whitechapel Art Gallery, London 1974 Note: Jaak Floris van den Broecke, is ex Professor of Furniture Design at the Royal College of Art and ex Director of Design for Ercol Furniture. He is a Freeman of the City of London and a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Furniture Makers, Honorary Fellow of the Royal Collage of Art and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. In 1969 Floris designed and produced three 'Chairpiece' works, two of which are of unknown whereabouts, if they still exist. This current lot is the only known example to have survived. In 1969 Floris wrote of 'Chairpiece': 'These platforms explore the same idea as the Super Ottoman, but are more directly related to the walls and floors of an interior. A seating shape simply graduates to a flat surface corresponding with the floor. This basic shape is manipulated in two more pieces: one where the seating shape rotates around the head and back rests, and one where it rotates aroud the foot end, thus becoming characteristic for a corner. By using more than one piece a seating landscape can be achieved.'