John Risley Duyan Chair for Craft Associates Furniture

John Risley Duyan Chair for Craft Associates Furniture

This John Risley Duyan Chair for Craft Associates Furniture is expertly crafted by artisans in America. These Risley chairs are licensed reintroductions for Craft Associates®. Each chair boasts hand woven caned seats and powder coated metal bases. These are to the exact specifications of the original design.

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: Mid Century 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.  

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