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