Swivel Chair – Overman USA – Carl Eric Klote – circa 1960’s
In the late 1950’s Swedish designer Carl Eric Klote developed a process of making furniture utilizing a light-weight expandable polystyrene frame for Overman. The company produced pieces in factories in Sweden and Germany before ultimately establishing Overman USA in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Very light, yet so durable the company offered a 25 year guarantee, these pieces have become classics of mid-20th Century design. The chairs and sofas all have sculptural qualities to them and, when properly care for as the one shown here from the early 1960’s has been, are as graceful and fashionable today as the were nearly 50 years ago.
Klote went on to form Klote International Corporation in 1977 which is still producing furniture utilizing the same technique today.
Swivel Chair – Overman USA – Carl Eric Klote – circa 1960’s
Carl Eric Klote passed away in 2007 at his home in Högby, Sweden. He retained his Swedish citizenship until his death while working and keeping a home in the United States. According to Clarence Hamby, the controller of Klote International, he has over 2 million frequent flyer miles when he died.
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