American Art Deco Furniture
Paul Frankl Club Chair
This American art deco club chair was designed by Paul FranklPaul Frankl
American [1886 - 1958]
Paul Frankl was the first American designer to produce a totally original American furniture design with his "Skyscraper" bookcases, the success of which led him to name his company "Skyscraper Furniture". Between his early (mid 1920's) success with "Skyscraper" style furniture and his later Chinese Modern and "Speed" furniture of the 1930's, Frankl wrote books and magazine articles on the Modern Style and was its most vocal proponent. He later designed production pieces for Brown & Saltzman of California and Johnson Furniture Company of Grand Rapids, incorporating an early use of biomorphic designs and novel materials such as cork veneer. for the same La Jolla commission as AF 35, AF 36 and AF 37. The chair, in its original black vinyl has a squared off front arm with a sharply raked back arm which follows the angle of the chair back. The chair is in excellent original condition and measures 32 1/2" wide x 36" deep and is 30" high at the back.
Reference# AF052
