Child's chair

Furniture Collection

Accession Nr.: 2008.279.5
Artist/Maker:
Pálmai, Balázs / designer
Date of production:
2008
Place of production: Hungary
Materials: metal; plywood
Dimensions:
height: 61 cm
width: 30,5 cm
depth: 26,5 cm
The series of chairs designed for use in kindergartens—and the accompanying cloud-shaped children’s table—follows Balázs Pálmai’s earlier, animal-shaped furniture-cum-sculptures (‘Shark Bench,’ ‘Chicken Chair’), but includes simpler solutions, facilitating mass production. The seat and back of the chairs are made of a single piece of plywood, bent and painted in different colours. The outlines of the backrests are in the shape of stylized animal heads, reminiscent of children’s toys, including a rabbit, a pig, a calf, a cat, a horse, and an elephant.