Grant Featherston
Grant Featherston (1922–1995) was an Australian furniture designer whose chair designs in the 1950s became icons of the Atomic Age.
He was born in Geelong, Victoria.[1]
He is most famous for his furniture designs, especially The 'Countour Chair R160’ chair. He marketed his modernist chairs through art galleries including Peter Bray Gallery in Melbourne and they are now highly collectable on a par with fine art[2] and in 2013 began to attain high prices at auction.[3] He is considered Australia's best known furniture designer. His work has been featured in several museum retrospectives of post-war furniture,[4][5] including the National Gallery of Victoria 2013 exhibition, Mid-Century Modern Australian Furniture Design.[6]
Works
Furniture designs
- R152 Chair (1951) Grant Featherston
- Wing Chair (1951) Grant Featherston
- R160 Lounge chair (1951) Grant Featherston
- R161 & R161H (1952) sofa, Grant Featherston
- Z300 Chaise longue (1953) Z300 Grant Featherston (Made under licence by Gordon Mather Industries since 1989)'
- Talking chairs (1967) Grant and Mary Featherston
Further reading
- Isaac, Geoff. "Featherston" Hardback, September 2017, Thames & Hudson (ISBN 978-0500501108)
- Lane, Terrance. "Featherston chairs: [exhibition] National Gallery of Victoria, 30 March-7 August 1988" Paperback – 1988 (ISBN 978-0724101306)
References
- ^ http://www.featherston.com.au/
- ^ http://www.smh.com.au/money/a-chair-with-flair--the-value-of-designer-furniture-20140618-zsd0m.html
- ^ http://www.canberratimes.com.au/money/investing/modernist-furniture-goes-boom-20140717-ztvtn.html
- ^ http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/australias-own-20th-century-furniture-designs-on-show-20140520-zri75.html
- ^ including The National Gallery of Victoria exhibition Mid-Century Modern: Australian Furniture Design.
- ^ http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwart/article/The-National-Gallery-of-Victoria-Presents-MID-CENTURY-MODERN-AUSTRALIAN-FURNITURE-DESIGN-530-1019-20140320
