How can you tell if a Panton chair is real?

The authentic Panton chair has these features: A Vitra logo can be found at the bottom with a circular production information. On the copies, there are likely to have ribs in the plastic chair. When placed upside down on the floor, the original is strong enough to withstand weight when you stand on it.

Are Verner Panton chairs comfortable?

Also, despite appearances, you’ll find this chair to be heavy and durable, they do not easily slide around. It’s comfortable to sit in too, you slide in perfectly! If you are interested in adding the Panton to your collection of chairs, you can find it here.

Why was the Panton chair iconic?

It was postwar Europe, and a new world power had emerged on the scene that would change the way people lived: plastic. Experimental Danish designer Verner Panton—fascinated with the progressive polymer that could be molded into any shape and mass-produced—set his sights on a fantasy: a chair made in one piece.

What is the Panton chair made of?

reinforced polyester
Polyurethane. A small pilot series of just 150 pieces was manufactured in 1967 using cold-pressed, glass-fibre reinforced polyester. It was the first all-plastic chair to be made in one piece with a cantilever design. Its sculptural shape in Panton’s trademark vibrant colours caused quite a sensation.

Is the Panton chair stackable?

From the early 1950s, Panton too had dreamt of making a stackable, cantilevered plastic chair all in one piece. It is said he had been inspired in particular by a neatly stacked pile of plastic buckets.

How can you tell a real Corbusier?

On Le Corbusier’s LC2 and LC3 chairs, feel under the upper-most chrome bar on the left arm of the chair. Authentic chairs have a serial number etched into the chrome – you can feel the bumps with your fingers.

Who designed the Panton stacking chair?

Verner Panton
Verner Panton, 1959/1999 The Panton Chair is a classic in the history of furniture design. Conceived by Verner Panton in 1960, the chair was developed for serial production in collaboration with Vitra (1967). It was the first chair to be made completely out of plastic in one single piece.

When was the Panton chair made?

1967
Conceived by Verner Panton in 1960, the chair was developed for serial production in collaboration with Vitra (1967). It was the first chair to be made completely out of plastic in one single piece. Since its introduction to the market, it has advanced through several production phases.

Where was the Panton chair made?

At Vitra’s showroom is an altar to one design classic that changed how chairs were produced and sold. Fifty years ago, the Panton chair debuted at the imm Furniture Fair in Cologne, Germany. Named after its creator Verner Panton, it was heralded as the world’s first moulded plastic chair.