Top 10 reasons why Harry Bertoia’s Bird Chair is the coolest
10. It’s sculpture first, furniture second
9. It’s REALLY comfortable
8. It has a high skinny back to rest your head on
7. It has really neat humungous shock mounts that gently rock while you sit in it
6. It makes a great cat bed
My adorable cat Chloe in our Bird chair
5. It was WAY ahead of its time and still is today
4. It looks as though it might squat at any moment to incubate an egg
This egg would be about the right size
3. It is truly beautiful from all angles
2. I can sit cross legged inside it
1. It looks great naked
- Naked Bird chair
Tags: bertoia, bird chair, harry bertoia, Knoll
July 30th, 2011 at 12:47 pm
I just purchased a bird chair today. So excited!!!
This post confirms it’s an amazing chair.
August 2nd, 2011 at 10:21 am
Yay! That’s super exciting James! Enjoy it
September 26th, 2011 at 8:41 pm
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January 16th, 2012 at 7:36 am
hi, nice little article. What kind of sculpture it represented in the first image? its amazing.
best wishes
carlo
January 19th, 2012 at 7:54 am
Hi Carlo,
That’s a Harry Bertoia scupture from the 1950′s. It was very uncommon for him to depict figures or animals in his work, but this is one unique case of that. For the eyes, he used giant carpenter nails. LOVE it.