Biography of a Chair

A photo, taken from the photographer's terrace on the crest of the eastern slope of Telegraph Hill, 1979. This fragment, together with the edifices of San Francisco, from the Campanile to Nob Hill, would have been the scan of the naked eye from the dining room's southern windows. A spare room, it was furnished with an oval dining table of Thomas Chippendale, acquired through Malcolm Franklin in Chicago, a portrait of an ancient matriarch on the only unglazed wall, and 20th Century chairs, acquired through Knoll Associates in San Francisco. 


A project of this space has been to present a biography of that chair, which begins unexpectedly with its conclusion, here.

When he closed this apartment to move to Sausalito, the dining chairs were sold to a resident of Nob Hill. The purchaser has a name which belongs to history this morning, as the author of a decision rendered yesterday in the U.S. District Court for Northern California. The title of that case is Perry v. Schwarzenegger. 

It is always pleasing when a good chair can find a good home.

Sunrise on Calhoun Terrace
Photography by Laurent
Leica M-6, 50mm Summicron, Kodak Ektar Pan