Diamond armchair, Harry Bertoia

The Diamond chair, with its point-welded steel wire structure, is the result of studies conducted by the sculptor Harry Bertoia on form, space and volume. For Bertoia, the approach to designing a chair was the same as that to designing a sculpture. Space runs through them," he said, "and if you look at them carefully, you can see that they are made of air, just like sculptures. The Diamond chair, created in 1952, remains an icon of mid-20th century design...