CHAIRS BY FRED THORNTON HOLLINGSWORTH

These are a pair of armchairs we built for Hollingsworth Architecture in 2003. They were designed by Fred Thornton Hollingsworth in 1998.
Although the original drawings were to scale, there were no dimensions and the drawings we received had been reduced and faxed. It was a bit of a puzzle to determine the dimensions of the chair but once this was done I produced a shop drawing with the original proportions.
From this first set of shop drawings I could see that the proportions of the chair would not work from an ergonomic point of view. I then altered the dimensions and proportions to make the chair functional and comfortable while retaining the original design intention.
Once the client approved the drawings we proceeded to produce the chairs in white oak. The photos show David, a shop assistant doing the final sanding before the chairs are sent to the finisher.
Once finished the chairs were sent to the client’s upholsterer and from there directly to the home of the client who originally commissioned them.

Unfortunately, I have not been able to locate the photos of the finished product and will probably have to re-shoot them.

It was a joy and a privilege to have had the opportunity to produce an original design by one of the West Coast’s most influential architects.