Lounge Chair



Good enough to eat

It was known as the Winnipeg chair, but some referred to it as the Canadian Coconut. This was because of its similarity to the Coconut chair by the American designer George Nelson for the furniture company Herman Miller in 1955.

Man or machine-made?

Rumour has it that James Donahue made the Lounge Chair in his basement with the help of his architecture students from the University of Manitoba. Donahue bent a single sheet of plywood to create

LOUNGE CHAIR

By:
A.J. Donahue 
When: in the early 1950s 
Manufactured by: James Donahue, Winnipeg 
Made of: bent fir plywood, metal rod, foam, upholstery
Available in: colours like mustard, orange and lime green
Dimensions 76 cm high x 87 cm wide
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