Annotated sketch and photocopy of photographs of a chair for the Shaughnessy House, Centre Canadien d'Architecture, Montréal

People:

Ettore Sottsass (designer)
Ettore Sottsass (furniture designer)
Ettore Sottsass (draughtsman)

Title:

Annotated sketch and photocopy of photographs of a chair for the Shaughnessy House, Centre Canadien d'Architecture, Montréal

Date:

1988 or 1989

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

design development drawing

Technique and media:

Black felt tip pen over a photocopy of polaroid photographs

Dimensions:

sheet: 21.1 x 29.8 cm

Reference number:

DR1989:0014

Drawing Type:

line drawing

Method of Projection:

elevation (drawing)

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Left corner is torn off.

Inscription:

inscribed - by the draughtsman, in black felt tip pen, on the photocopy, u.l.: "three chairs [letters crossed out] thougether [sic]"; t.: "I think i like / this chaire [sic]; l.c.: "I don't know yet / the colo [letter crossed out] rs."

Subject:

interior design

Subject Descriptive Terms:

chairs

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don d'Ettore Sottsass/
Gift of Ettore Sottsass

Related units of description:

The CCA collection also includes four chairs made from this design and a table designed for the Shaugnessy House by Ettore Sottsass (DR2017:0020-0024) as well as other drawings by Ettore Sottsass related to the designs for the table and the four chairs (DR1989:0008-0013).

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