The PortHouse Chair was originally created for a steakhouse at the Beau Rivage Resort Hotel in Biloxi, Mississippi, which drowned in Hurricane Katrina. This prototype was created in 2006 for a dining room called Chop Suey overlooking the north end of Times Square in a hotel designed by JMA, owned and operated by Bill Marriott.
PROCESS + MATERIALS
Chair Prototype. Custom orange dyed leather and maple. Made in Chicago.
DATE OF DESIGN/MANUFACTURE
2003/2006
DIMENSIONS
H 36 in. x W 25 in. x D 30 in., Seat Height 17.5 in.
(H 91.5 cm. x W 63 cm. x D 76 cm., Seat Height 44.5 cm.)
VARIATIONS
Please inquire for options currently available.
CREDITS
Orange PortHouse Chair portraits by Wright. Photos of Jordan Mozer and Associates, Ltd. design for Canters illustrating the original chairs in situ by Doug Snower. Photo of PortHouse by Dough Snower. Photos of Times Square Hotel by Jeff Zaruba. Portrait of chocolate mohair variation with Chloe’s Water Balloon Table by Tom Rossiter. Watercolor study by Jordan Mozer.