Garth Chester

Garnet Campbell "Garth" Chester (1916 – 16 June 1968) was a New Zealand furniture designer.
Early life.
Chester was born in South Africa in 1916.
Career.
He established the furniture firm, originals in Penrose, Auckland, and later set up a showroom in Mercury Lane in Auckland. Several of his designs became highly popular, including the "Astoria" Chair, the "Bikini" chair and the "Curvesse" chair, the latter “an undisputed icon of New Zealand design,” according to Douglas Lloyd Jenkins. He died in 1968, aged 52.
Collections.
His work is held in the collections of Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa and Auckland War Memorial Museum.