Chair
31 March – 7 July 2018
Few objects tell the history of modern design more eloquently than the chair. Aesthetic trends, the emergence of new materials and production technologies, ergonomics, social, cultural and behavioural changes are all reflected in its design over the decades.
A selection of chairs from the Design Museum’s collection reveal how chair design has developed from the late 1800’s to contemporary innovations by prominent designers. A small selection of historical Welsh chairs have been kindly loaned by Carmarthenshire County Museum, Tim Bowen Antiques and from private collections.
Cadair
31 Mawrth – 7 Gorffennaf 2018
Does dim llawer o wrthrychau’n adrodd hanes dylunio modern yn fwy ystyrlon na’r gadair. Caiff tueddiadau esthetig, dyfodiad deunyddiau a thechnolegau cynhyrchu newydd, ergonomeg a newidiadau cymdeithasol, diwylliannol ac ymddygiadol i gyd eu hadlewyrchu yn nyluniad y gadair dros y degawdau.
Mae detholiad o gadeiriau o gasgliad yr Amgueddfa Ddylunio yn datgelu sut y datblygodd dyluniad y gadair o’r 1800au hwyr hyd at ddatblygiadau cyfoes gan ddylunwyr blaenllaw. Benthyciad caredig o gasgliad bychan o gadeiriau hanesyddol Cymreig gan Amgueddfa Sir Gaerfyrddin, Tim Bowen Antiques ac o gasgliadau preifat.
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