Grant Featherston | |
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| Born | Grant Stanley Featherston 17 October 1922 Geelong, Victoria, Australia |
| Died | 9 October 1995 (aged 72) Heidelberg West, Victoria, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Occupation | Furniture designer |
| Notable work | Contour Chair R160 |
| Spouse | Mary Featherston |
Grant Stanley Featherston (17 October 1922 – 9 October 1995) was an Australian furniture designer whose chair designs in the 1950s became icons of the Atomic Age.
He was born in Geelong, Victoria.[1] In 1965 he married Mary Bronwyn Currey, an English-born interior designer, and the couple worked in close partnership as interior designers over several decades.[2]
He is most famous for his furniture designs, especially The 'Contour Chair R160’ chair.[3] He marketed his modernist chairs through art galleries including Peter Bray Gallery in Melbourne and they are now highly collectable on a par with fine art[4] and in 2013 began to attain high prices at auction.[5][6] He is considered Australia's best known furniture designer.
His work has been featured in several museum retrospectives of post-war furniture,[7][8] including the National Gallery of Victoria 2013 exhibition, Mid-Century Modern Australian Furniture Design.[9]