Girard Bird

Girard Bird is a wooden decorative accessory designed by Alexander Girard and produced by Vitra. The designer Alexander Girard identified himself as a leading figure in American design during the postwar period, experimented with a series of abstract sculptures made of glass, foam rubber, corrugated cardboard, reclaimed wood, plywood and solid wood, including an avian figure carved by hand out of wood from an apple tree.This archaic-looking figure, made of solid maple wood from France, stands or rests on its tail.