Lot 20 Ingmar Relling

THE SIESTA ICON CHAIR AND STOOL, BY INGMAR RELLING FOR WESTNOFA, NORWAY, with cantilevered bentwood frames, canvas seats and leather seat cushions, bearing labels (2) The 'Siesta Chair' was Ingmar Rellings masterpiece and won him first prize at the Norwegian Furniture Council Competition in 1965. It represented a new thinking in terms of construction and form. Clean lines, flexible seating comfort and exceptional strength make it a triumph in modern design and very much in the classic 1960s Scandinavian tradition of design and function. A chair designed for comfort and relaxation, it was also very important to the designer that the chair was 'environmentally correct'. Optimum use of materials was considered at every stage and threatened species of tree have never been used in the chairs production.