Ward Bennett For Brickel Associates Ebonized Ash and Cane “Landmark” Lounge Chair

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Renowned American designer Ward Bennett is hailed by the American Institute of Architects for transforming industrial hardware into sublime objects. Using industrial grade materials, he created a line of iconic furniture that was years ahead its time. This vintage lounge chair is a variation of Bennett’s famous Landmark design, originally designed in 1964 to emulate classic English forms. Structured with a fluid bentwood ash frame, ebonized and caned along all side sides. This iconic armchair has a simple form that fits effortlessly into any room.

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24.5″ x 23″ x 30.5″h, seat 16.5″ without cushionCreator: Ward Bennett (Designer),Brickel Associates (Manufacturer)Dimensions: Height: 30.5 in (77.47 cm)Width: 23 in (58.42 cm)Depth: 24.5 in (62.23 cm)Seat Height: 16.5 in (41.91 cm)Style: Mid-Century Modern (In the Style Of)Materials and Techniques: Ash,Cane,EbonizedPeriod: Late 20th CenturyDate of Manufacture: Mid to Late 20th CenturyCondition: GoodWear consistent with age and use. Good Condition; scuffing and marking to the frame from use. Cane is in excellent condition.Seller Location: Dayton, OHReference Number: Seller: 436261stDibs: LU5343242679062Shop All Ward Bennett

Ward Bennett

Ward Bennett created everything from interiors and furniture to textiles and flatware. The unsung New York City-born modernist designer drew on the work of Le Corbusier and Auguste Rodin, studied art with the likes of Abstract Expressionist painter Hans Hofmann and counted legendary American luxury house Tiffany Co. among his clients. For decades, Bennett created and filled spaces that were elegant, minimalist and deeply appealed to everyone who laid eyes on them.

Bennett left home and school at the young age of 13. He found work in Manhattans Garment District, and within a few years, Bennett traveled to Europe on behalf of a clothing manufacturer to gather ideas for modern garments. He lived abroad as a young man, and when he returned to New York, during the early 1940s, he assisted fashion entrepreneur Hattie Carnegie as a window dresser.

Bennett would also go on to share a sculpture studio with artist Louise Nevelson. He ventured into the world of jewelry design, creating necklaces, bracelets and other pieces with Richard Pousette-Dart. The Whitney Museum of American Art exhibited his sculptures, and it wouldnt be long before the Museum of Modern Art included Bennetts personal adornments with accessories by the likes of Alexander Calder, Harry Bertoia and Anni Albers in its 1946 Modern Handmade Jewelry show.

Bennett didnt take the plunge into interior design work until he was 30 years old his inaugural project was an apartment in Manhattan and his clients were family members. He had no formal training in architecture or decorating and would ultimately design a mere handful of houses in his life so for his inviting leather office chairs, marble-topped tables and sleek storage cabinets, Bennett relied only on what he learned in the fashion world. Soon, every time he redecorated his own home an elaborate apartment comprising former maids quarters in New York Citys magnificent Dakota building it earned splashy coverage in the newspapers.

Bennetts client list eventually included David Rockefeller and Chase Manhattan Bank, Tiffany Co., Sasaki, Italian industrialist Gianni Agnelli, and others, and during the 1970s he became in-house designer for Brickel Associates, a role that would endure for more than two decades. His work is on permanent view at the Museum of Modern Art and the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York.

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