Ubunji Kidokoro Bamboo Chair Commissioned by Mitsukoshi Ltd. Manufactured by Chikukousha

$29,000.00

Ubunji Kidokoro Bamboo Chair Commissioned by Mitsukoshi Ltd.
Manufactured by Chikukousha with label to underneath
Japan circa 1937

Bent plywood and bamboo fastened with brass studs
31.34 × 22.34 × 31.5 in
80.6 × 57.8 × 80 cm

In the 1940s Charlotte Perriand’s exhibit “Tradition, Selection, Creation”, sponsored by the French Embassy, resulted in Perriand’s appointment to Advisor to Japanese Industrial Art Production. This exhibit at Takashimaya Department Store in Tokyo demonstrated how Kidokuro’s Bamboo Chair design was influenced by Alvar Aalto’s Tank Chair, showing the cantilever feature with the two chairs side by side

Provenance: private Michigan collection

Ubunji Kidokoro Bamboo Chair Commissioned by Mitsukoshi Ltd.
Manufactured by Chikukousha with label to underneath
Japan circa 1937

Bent plywood and bamboo fastened with brass studs
31.34 × 22.34 × 31.5 in
80.6 × 57.8 × 80 cm

In the 1940s Charlotte Perriand’s exhibit “Tradition, Selection, Creation”, sponsored by the French Embassy, resulted in Perriand’s appointment to Advisor to Japanese Industrial Art Production. This exhibit at Takashimaya Department Store in Tokyo demonstrated how Kidokuro’s Bamboo Chair design was influenced by Alvar Aalto’s Tank Chair, showing the cantilever feature with the two chairs side by side

Provenance: private Michigan collection

Exhibitions and Permanent Collections
Brooklyn Museum
M+ Museum Hong Kong

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