Grant Featherston
Grant Featherston (1922–1995) was an Australian furniture designer whose chair designs in the 1950s became icons of the Atomic Age. He was born in Geelong Victoria. He is most famous for his furniture designs, especially The 'Countour Chair R160’ chair. He marketed his modernist chairs through art galleries including Peter Bray Gallery in Melbourne and they are now highly collectable on a par with fine art and in 2013 began to attain high prices at auction. He is considered Australia's best known furniture designer. His work has been featured in several museum retrospectives of post-war furniture, including the National Gallery of Victoria 2013 exhibition, Mid-Century Modern Australian Furniture Design.
primaryTopic
Grant Featherston
Grant Featherston (1922–1995) was an Australian furniture designer whose chair designs in the 1950s became icons of the Atomic Age. He was born in Geelong Victoria. He is most famous for his furniture designs, especially The 'Countour Chair R160’ chair. He marketed his modernist chairs through art galleries including Peter Bray Gallery in Melbourne and they are now highly collectable on a par with fine art and in 2013 began to attain high prices at auction. He is considered Australia's best known furniture designer. His work has been featured in several museum retrospectives of post-war furniture, including the National Gallery of Victoria 2013 exhibition, Mid-Century Modern Australian Furniture Design.
has abstract
Grant Featherston (1922–1995) ...... n Australian Furniture Design.
@en
birth date
1922-10-17
death date
Wikipage page ID
44,960,849
Wikipage revision ID
686,319,240
hypernym
type
comment
Grant Featherston (1922–1995) ...... n Australian Furniture Design.
@en
label
Grant Featherston
@en
wasDerivedFrom
gender
male
@en
givenName
Grant
@en
isPrimaryTopicOf
name
Grant Featherston
@en
surname
Featherston
@en