Armchair
Designer Bernhard Pankok German
Not on view
Pankok’s armchair is part of a lady’s sitting-room suite that the designer presented at the 1901 Dresden International Exhibition. A cofounder of the Vereinigten Werkstätten für Kunst im Handwerk (United Workshops for Arts and Crafts), Pankok designed this chair in the manner of Jugendstil (Style of Youth), a restrained, curvilinear German interpretation of French Art Nouveau popular during the 1890s and early twentieth century. The sensuous, swelling forms and contours make the armchair appear like a living organism. The combination of warm oak and dark leather enhances its appeal.
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