"Aluma-Stack" Stacking Chair

Jack Heaney

c. 1947

A lightweight, stackable chair made from a painted aluminum tubular frame with a simple canvas seat and back, designed for portability and efficient storage.

At first glance it reads as a single continuous line—bent aluminum tubes sweep into looping legs while the taut beige canvas seat and back seem to float inside the frame, lending an airy, utilitarian elegance.

Created around 1947, it reflects postwar modernism’s embrace of new industrial materials and mass-producible, space-saving furniture, helping to make casual, portable seating a staple of mid‑century design.

Palette

Exhibitions

Prize Designs for Modern Furniture

1950

20th Century Design from the Museum Collection

1958

Built in USA: Post-War Architecture

1953

New Design Trends

1952