Pair of vintage office chairs, designed by Charles Pollock, Comforto, Germany, 1970s

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Pair of vintage office chairs, designed by Charles Pollock, Comforto, Germany, 1970s

Pair of office chairs designed by Charles Pollock for the German manufacturer Comforto in the 1970s. The chairs are made of durable brown plastic and high-quality olive-green fabric. The swivel pedestal base and high armrests are features designed to provide comfort during extended use. They were created with office workers in mind.

Charles Randolph Pollock was born in 1930 and died in 2013. He was an American industrial designer who created elegant furniture, most notably an office chair featuring a single aluminium hoop, which became known as the Pollock chair. This iconic chair, introduced in 1963 and still in production, became a staple of offices across the United States in the 1960s. It can be seen in the television series Mad Men, as well as at institutions such as the Smithsonian Institution and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. After two years of service in the United States Army, where he served as art editor of INFANTRY magazine, Pollock worked with George Nelson at Herman Miller. In 1958, he left Nelson’s office and began working with Florence Knoll. The designs created there were achievements in both structure and aesthetics, and the chairs remain Knoll classics to this day.

Comforto was a German furniture manufacturer that had been producing office furniture since 1863. A similar model of the Pollock chair was also designed for Knoll International. Both chairs became design icons.

The chairs are in original vintage condition. The seat height is 45 cm.

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