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Daisaku Cho / Persimmon Chair / Triennale Model

Daisaku Cho / Persimmon Chair / Triennale Model

Japanese Modern Dining Chair Featuring Japan’s First Racket Structure

Originally unveiled at the 1960 Milan Triennale, this innovative chair—Japan’s first to feature a racket (mortise-and-tenon) structure—has been beautifully redesigned by renowned designer Daisaku Cho. At the time, the exhibition space was created by the Junzo Sakakura Architectural Institute, where Nagai, then a staff designer, was responsible for the furniture design.

The organically curved backrest was inspired by the elegant arc of a persimmon sliced vertically in half. Perfect as a refined dining chair, it pairs seamlessly with Cho’s own Mushroom Base Table.

The Triennale edition features a soft, wool-blend two-tone upholstery, showcasing a color palette personally selected by Cho to convey a warm and gentle impression.

Brand | METROCS

Designer | Daisaku Cho

Year of Design | 2006

Dimentions

W 480 x D 554 x H 840 mm
Seat height : 445 mm

Weight : 6 kg

Materials

Frame : Beech
Upholstery : Fabric

Lead time

Made-to-order : Ready in about 1 month

¥86,000 JPY
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METROCS

METROCS is a furniture brand established in Japan in 2002, passing masterpiece design items to future generations. Collaborated with designers and their foundations, we revive and commercialize historical design products. Our mission is to discover buried “truly high-quality product”, and pass its ingenuity, sincerity and stories hidden in the materials, parts and construction method, down in perpetuity.

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Daisaku Choh [1921-2014]

Born in Manchuria. After the graduation from Tokyo University of the Arts, Daisaku Choh joined Sakakura Associates and did a good performance in an architectural design and a furniture design. In 1955, he worked with Katsuo Matsumura and Tadaomi Mizunoe on furniture design for International House of Japan. His “Persimmon Chair” was exhibited at the 12th Triennale di Milano in 1960 and helped the Japan booth won the gold award. In 1972, he established Choh Daisaku Architectural Design Office. Besides architectural design, he was very active in redesigning furniture he made himself before. He is one of the greatest designers with enormous influence in a Japanese field of design.

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