Catalogue Raisonné Update – May 2019
We previously announced that the Foundation has started the monumental task of producing a Catalogue Raisonné.
Notes on Repairing and Restoring Knoll Bertoia Chairs
Any household product in service for up to sixty years is going to show signs of wear and tear and that includes the robust steel wire Bertoia chairs that have been in continuous production worldwide since the first customer order shipments in 1953.
Pennsylvania Pastimes
Traveling to Pennsylvania is always bittersweet because of my early history there, but this time was more sweet than bitter. The weather was wonderful, the company stellar, and the reception fantastic.
In Honor of Florence Knoll
Florence, better known as Shu, who passed on January 25th at age 101, and my father, Harry Bertoia, were great friends. They worked closely together on the modern Bertoia chairs that ultimately came out in 1952.
The Harry Bertoia Foundation Has a Home!
After working out of my residence for over five years, my husband Kyle and I (answering the phone thinking it’s my girlfriend and instead talking to a chair aficionado for 30 minutes at 9:00 on a Friday night) are both happy to have the foundation in a home of its own!