KEM Weber Airline Chairs
About the Item
- Creator:Kem Weber (Designer)
- Dimensions:Height: 31 in (78.74 cm)Width: 24 in (60.96 cm)Depth: 34 in (86.36 cm)
- Style:Streamlined Moderne (Of the Period)
- Materials and Techniques:
- Place of Origin:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:1934
- Condition:Reupholstered. Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:San Francisco, CA
- Reference Number:
Kem Weber
Architect and designer Kem Weber arrived in the United States in the vanguard of a wave of progressive Central European talents — among them, Rudolph Schindler, Richard Neutra, Paul T. Frankl and Ilonka Karascz — who would profoundly affect the course of modernism in the United States. In his new home, Weber created a wholly American form of modern design that is sleek and stylish, yet comfortable and practical.
Karl Emanuel Martin Weber — “Kem” was his self-styled nom d’usage — was born and trained in Berlin. In 1914, he became an accidental immigrant to the U.S.. Sent to San Francisco by his teacher-turned-employer, architect Bruno Paul, to oversee an installation at a global design expo, Weber was marooned by the outbreak of World War I. But he quickly grew to love California, even if his early years there were difficult. When design commissions were hard to find, he took jobs as a lumberjack, chicken farmer and art school teacher. (He gained U.S. citizenship in 1924.)
In the mid-1920s, while working for the Los Angeles–based Barker Bros. department store — the largest furniture retailer in the country at the time — Weber regularly traveled around the nation to deliver lectures on modernism. His reputation as a champion of a new, clean and elegant style earned him architectural commissions and contracts to design furniture and items such silverware, coffee services and cocktail shakers. His masterpiece is the Airline lounge chair, designed 1934-1935. With its raked, gently angular frame and cantilevered seat, the chair suggests movement, speed and forward progress. Though it seemed perfect for mass production, Weber was never able to convince a major manufacturer to take it on. In the end, fewer than 300 Airline chairs were made. Today, those may be the rarest examples of Weber’s work, but are always worth looking out for. As you will see on these pages, his designs are both intelligent and stylish. They deserve to be a part of any serious collection of American modernism.
- ShippingRetrieving quote...Ships From: San Francisco, CA
- Return PolicyA return for this item may be initiated within 3 days of delivery.
- Italian Design Scoop ChairLocated in San Francisco, CAItalian design scoop chair An Italian scoop chair with oval cutout in the back and ebonized tapered legs. Completely restored in a luxurious Sandra Jorda...Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Slipper Chairs
MaterialsAlpaca, Wood
- Architectural Pair of ChairsLocated in San Francisco, CAArchitect / Designer pair of lounge chairs are of solid Mahogany, with brass accents. The cushions soften the cubic form seats that sit atop solid round hard wood legs.Category
Vintage 1960s Scottish Modern Armchairs
MaterialsBrass
- Milo Baughman Lounge ChairBy Milo BaughmanLocated in San Francisco, CAA Milo Baughman tub chair for Thayer Coggin in the original Jack Lenor Larsen velvet fabric. Tapered wooden legs and flared arms.Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
MaterialsVelvet, Wood
- Ole Wanscher Lounge ChairBy Ole WanscherLocated in San Francisco, CAAn easy chair with frame of rosewood. Seat and back upholstered with patinated black leather. Made by cabinetmaker A. J. Iversen, Copenhagen. The model was presented at the 1962 Cope...Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Lounge Chairs
MaterialsLeather, Rosewood
- Lounge Chair by Axel LarssonBy Axel LarssonLocated in San Francisco, CAA beech framed armchair by Axel Larsson. The frame has been lightly restored. Recovered in a Sandra Jordan Prima Alpaca Brandy fabric with horizontal piping.Category
Vintage 1950s Danish Modern Lounge Chairs
MaterialsAlpaca, Beech
- Ox Lounge Chair by Illum WikkelsoBy Illum WikkelsøLocated in San Francisco, CAA Danish teak and vinyl 'Ox' lounge chair. Measure: Seat depth 20".Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Lounge Chairs
MaterialsFabric, Teak
- Cory Grosser 009 Airline Chair, After Famed 1934 Airline Chair by Kem WeberBy Kem Weber, Cory GrosserLocated in Buffalo, NYCory Grosser 009 airline chair, based on the 1934 chair Walt Disney commissioned for his animation studio, check out this beauty from the past to the pre...Category
2010s American Art Deco Armchairs
MaterialsMetal
- Original 1938 Kem Weber The Airline Chair for Walt Disney, PairBy Kem WeberLocated in Van Nuys, CAThese rare Pair of "Airline Chair" armchairs by the iconic modernist K.E.M. Weber (American b. Germany, 1889-1963) were originally designed in 1934 and produced in 1938 for the Walt ...Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Lounge Chairs
MaterialsWood
- KEM Weber Machine Age Chrome Springer Lounge ChairBy Kem WeberLocated in Brooklyn, NYFor your consideration is this exceptional all-original example of KEM Weber’s iconic springer chair featuring its rarely seen original black rubber floor protector feet and ivory vi...Category
Vintage 1930s American Machine Age Lounge Chairs
MaterialsChrome
- Machine Age KEM Weber for Lloyd Chrome and Leather Lounge ChairBy Kem WeberLocated in Brooklyn, NY1940s, Machine Age, lounge chair by KEM Weber for Lloyd with cantilever, tubular chrome frame with wood lacquered armrests and newly upholstered leather cushions.Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Armchairs
MaterialsChrome
- Rare Important Art Deco Lounge Chair by Kem Weber for LloydBy Kem WeberLocated in Chicago, ILRare Important Design Art Deco Lounge Chair by Kem Weber for Lloyd. All original in as found condition. Original Red Upholstery.Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Lounge Chairs
MaterialsChrome
- Vintage Lloyd Mfg Kem Weber Art Deco Steel Cantilever Lounge Chairs - a PairBy Kem WeberLocated in Philadelphia, PAVintage Lloyd Mfg Kem Weber Art Deco Steel Cantilever Lounge Chairs - a Pair. Item features a steel flat bar cantilever frames, brown naugahyde upho...Category
Vintage 1930s Art Deco Lounge Chairs
MaterialsSteel