midcentury
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Butterfly chair
Designer: Jorge Ferrari Hardoy
Knoll
Directors: Cary Joji Fukunaga, Olivia Wilde
Describing the piece in 1938 as one of the ‘best efforts of modern chair design’, MoMA Design Director Kauffman predicted the Hardoy Butterfly chair’s lasting popularity and its commercial potential, which was equally recognised by Hans Knoll, who began producing it in 1947.
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Mid century teak arm chairs as seen in Tár
As seen in:Designer: Arne Vodder
Director: Todd Field
In Lydia Tár’s apartment in the film Tár we find a pair of very handsome 50s/60s/70s Mid Century armchairs in teak with black leather cushions, most likely Arne Vodder chairs