Norman Cherner studied and taught at the Columbia University Fine Arts Department, and was an instructor at the Museum of Modern Art in New York from 1947 to 1949. At the same time he also began his private practice, embarking on a lifetime exploration of disciplinary design. Cherner's sons, Benjamin and Thomas, formed the Cherner Chair Company in 1999 to manufacture and market some of the most influential and well recognized designs spanning almost 50 years. The number of plies in the Cherner Chair varies from 15 at the throat of the seat to 5 laminations at the seat's perimeter. This feature, plus the molding of compound curves, permits a structurally superior design which is sculpted in form and posture- supporting. COM upholstery options available by special order.