tubular chair – [merzbau]

Cesare Leonardi and Franca Stagi (Italy c20th)

‘Ribbon’ Lounge Chairs (Model CL9), Fiarm. Italy.

102 x 67 x 58cm high (seat height 38.5cm at the front)

Iconic and revolutionary 1960s design chairs manufactured in lacquered fiberglass and with chrome plated tubular frames. The chairs are very comfortable due the wide and ergonomically slightly tilted seat with integrated armrests which hangs on to the tubular frame with the use of rubber molds attached under the armrests. The cantilever tubular frames provide a subtle bounce and gives the chair an open, elegant sculptural look.

Good original condition with only minor evidence of age and use – The rubber molds below the seats were re-glued to the seats at some point in the 1970s.

Price: ON HOLD

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Vladimir Tatlin (Russia 1885-1953)

Tatlin Chair

Chromed steel tubular frame with black leather upholstered seat. 55cm x 70cm x 80cm high.

Vladimir Tatlin was a Russian and Soviet painter, architect, and stage-designer. Tatlin achieved fame as the architect who designed The Monument to the Third International, more commonly known as Tatlin’s Tower, which he began in 1919. With Kazimir Malevich he was one of the two most important figures in the Soviet avant-garde art movement of the 1920s, and he later became an important artist in the Constructivist movement

Designed by Russian constructivist Vladimir Tatlin (1885-1953) in 1927. The prototype for this chair was made initially in bent cane. From the 1950s it was manufactured by Nikol International, Italy with a tubular metal frame and leather seat.

Price: 1.350 euro

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