The John Risley Duyan Chair is a modern luxury lounge chair reintroduced to the designer's exact original specifications — a hand-woven caned seat cradled in a powder-coated metal frame. Craft Associates® builds each licensed Risley chair to order by artisans in America. It is a sculptural, luxury modern lounge chair, as much art object as everyday seat.
Craft Associates® Furniture is proud each modern piece is made in the US. We strive to craft a product that will stand the test of time. We use the best materials and have the best craftsman and upholstery in the business. We stand 100% behind our product.
designer: John Risley
Manufacturer: Craft Associates® Furniture
Period/Model: Modern
Specs: Cane, Powder Coated Metal
dimensions
H: 37.5 (95.25cm)
W: 35 (88.9cm)
D: 37 (93.98cm)
pricing
Pricing to trade: Yes
International Shipping: Yes (please leave your address and phone number)
history
John Risley (1919-2001) was an American artist and designer whose work ranged from utilitarian objects and furniture, to sculpture and fine arts. Risley was raised in Waterville, Maine. He was educated at Amherst, the Rhode Island School of Design and the Cranbrook Academy, where in the late 1940s, he met his wife, ceramicist Mary Kring Risley. Both of their work embodied the postwar, American crafts movement, where there was no hierarchy between functional objects and high art. Following Cranbrook, the couple worked for the State Department in the early 1950's in the Philippines, and later Taiwan, pairing local craft industries and contemporary design. This experience led Risley to incorporate indigenous techniques and materials into his own sculpture and manufactured wood products. In the 1950s, Risley worked as a contract designer for Russell Wright, and later designed furniture distributed by Richards Morganthau's Raymor line. John and Mary Risley eventually settled in Middletown, Connecticut with their children and lived in a house where nearly everything was made by hand. Risley was a professor at Wesleyan University from 1954 - 1988.
representation
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payment
Orders are paid in full at checkout, which commits your piece into production. Because every piece is made to order, 50% of the order is non-refundable.
returns
Because every piece is made to order, we cannot offer general returns — but if there is a fault with your piece, we will put it right. Beyond that, talk to us. We would rather find a way to help someone who trusted us with a commission than point at a policy. Where a return is agreed, return shipping is paid by the customer.
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