Settler’s Chair
Jon Goulder
The Settler’s Chair draws inspiration from the ingenuity of European settlers in Tasmania in the early 1800s, whose resourceful use of local materials led to furniture that was a departure from the Victorian-era goods imported from England at the time.
An original process for pre water forming, laminating and vacuum pressing large pieces of leather was developed to produce Settler’s Chair. Requiring no inner shell, this delivered the self-supporting compound curved form for the leather shell.
Procurement + Commission
jon@jongoulder.com
Year
2018
Dimensions
H 950mm, W 900mm, D 900mm
In Exhibition
Local Design, Milan Design Week, Milan Italy 2018
National Gallery of Victoria, Permanent Collection
Acquisition
National Gallery of Victoria
Water Formed, Hand Stitched and Vacuum Pressed Leather Shell on Tasmanian Blackwood Frame
Materials
Designed and Hand-Made by Jon Goulder