Impossible Chair

French ' Impossibe Arm Chair, Design 23.(right)

Design 23r, The once pronounced "unmakable" armchair design from: The Director, Is Now Made,in 2000, By: Dr Joseph Hemingway.
  Not one? But a matching Pair,                                                              

 Dr J Hemingway. carving :The Impossible Chair . 1999 in his Studio, Taken by:


 

The design is featured in Thomas Chippendale's "The Gentleman and Cabinet Maker's Director", 1762" , a design book containing over 160 engravings of Thomas's new proposed ideas for the English rococo style, 23r is said to be a sentimental favorite of the 18th Century British cabinetmaker / designer.

 

 

Once deemed impossible to build, design 23r, a beautiful and unique piece has now been painstakingly brought to life by Joseph. Taking 12 months to carve, the first completed in 2000, and now a second identical one in 2003, completing the most beautiful matching pair of French rococo Chippendale chairs (so I'm told) EVER.

 

 

Close up pictures showing the intricate carving carving