1940s Lounge Chair Canada

A.J. DONAHUE   A.J. Donahue was a 1942 Masters of Architecture graduate of Harvard University, under the tutelage of Marcel Breuer and Walter Gropius. He designed the Winnipeg Chair, during his tenure as Professor of Architecture at the University of Manitoba, producing each piece in his basement with the assistance of his students. There is much speculation that the Winnipeg Chair impressed a young George Mulhauser, so much so that it became the inspirational predecessor for Herman Miller's iconic Coconut Chair, which Mulhauser designed while working for George Nelson Associates. ON HOLD