According to Modernism Magazine, Vol. 9, No. 4 Winter 2006-07 by Julie Moline titled: "Norman Cherner Deconstructed" - & I'm paraphrasing - "The Norman Cherner chair was originally designed in 1957 for Plycraft. The design had evolved around the same time that George Nelson and John Pile designed the "Pretzel" chair for Herman Miller. Herman Miller had commissioned Plycraft to manufacture the Pretzel. The Pretzel, with it's swooping arms that interlocked with it's back, was too expensive to produce and broke easily. Herman Miller took it out of production after only a year.
Plycraft hired Norman Cherner to refine the chair design and add a side version and they both sold well for Plycraft. However, Cherner had issues with Plycraft not paying royalties and attributing the chair to another designer - all eventually worked out in court. The Cherner chair went out of production around 1970. The sons of Cherner started their own company producing the chairs from the original specifications in around 1999, but with modern production methods, and the chairs are now sold through Design Within Reach and other retailers of modern furniture".
These 4 side chairs with padded seats from the 1960's have been modified from their original condition. Red was not offered in the 50's & 60's - there is an "orange" now offered by the sons of Cherner (it's really more of a red). These chairs have no original label - but the staples for the labels are still intact on the underside, as are the round stress holes that are always present on a Cherner chair. The backs also appear to have had pads at one point but were removed when the chairs were converted to red. Under the black leather seat pad, there is the original brown leather.
32" High / 22" Deep / 17" Seat Width / 19 1/2" Back Legs Width
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