Pair of Poltrona Frau Lola Dining Side Chairs by Pierluigi Cerri Cognac Leather

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Pair of Poltrona Frau Lola Dining Side Chairs by Pierluigi Cerri Cognac Leather

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Handsome pair of Lola cognac colored leather dining side chairs. Designed by Pierluigi Cerri for Poltrona Frau in 1997. This vintage pair are in wonderful condition. There are small nicks and scratches as would come with age and use but nothing outstanding. Please see photos. This pair retain their original stickers dating them to 2002. And, we also have the original care kit that same along with the new chairs. Outstanding pair of leather dining chairs! These were designed in 1997 by Pierluigi Cerri for Poltrona Frau. Called the Lola chair they come in an armed and this unarmed version. Uniquely constructed of a composite structure made from structural-reaction injection molding polyurethane with metal inserts and then covered completely in leather. Legs and all! This pair are from 2002 and covered in a gorgeous cognac colored leather. In my opinion, a beautiful modernized version of a parsons chair. Pierluigi Cerri is an award-winning Italian designer. Poltrona Frau is but one of the prestigious companies he has collaborated with in the fields of architecture and interior design during his fabulous and ongoing design career. Poltrona Frau was established in 1912 and remains an international brand name which is synonymous with elegance and perfection in Italian-made products. This pair of beautiful leather Lola dining chairs are light both structurally and visibly. Yet their clean-cut silhouette and dressmaker details make a bold statement in their simplicity. You need to have these in your life. Make them yours. Chair: Height – 32.5 inches Width – 16.75 inches Depth – 20 inches Seat height – 18 inches Inside seat width at back – 15 inches Inside seat depth – 16.75 inches Inside back height – 16.25 inches Weight – 13.2 pounds each Boxed size: Height – 40 inches Width – 21 inches Depth – 30 inches Weight – 47 pounds.

Creator:
Poltrona Frau (Maker),Pierluigi Cerri (Designer)
Dimensions:
Height: 32.5 in (82.55 cm)Width: 16.75 in (42.55 cm)Depth: 20 in (50.8 cm)Seat Height: 18 in (45.72 cm)
Sold As:
Set of 2
Style:
Modern (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Leather
Place of Origin:
Italy
Period:
1990-1999
Date of Manufacture:
circa 2002
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use. There are small nicks and scratches as would come with age and use but nothing outstanding. Please see photos.
Seller Location:
Topeka, KS
Reference Number:
Seller: 414-SEA-1541stDibs: LU1873312171503

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Poltrona Frau

If an Italian soldier named Renzo Frau had never traveled to Great Britain and set eyes on a Chesterfield armchair, it is unlikely that legendary handcrafted furniture maker Poltrona Frau and its classic sofas, armchairs and vanities would exist today.

Upon completing his service in the Italian army during the early 1900s, the Sardinian-born Frau worked for faux leather manufacturing company Dermoide Patent in Turin. While at the firm, he was sent to England, where he became enamored with leather Chesterfield armchairs. Intrigued and inspired by their rolled arms and tall, imposing profile, Frau returned to Turin, where he started his own leather-upholstered furniture company, Poltrona Frau, in 1912. He began to import the sumptuous Edwardian seating for the high-end domestic market.

Frau made slight modifications to the English seat that he’d so admired, and among Poltrona Frau’s first successful designs was an iconic armchair in 1919 appropriately called the Chester. Believed to have been custom-made for Filiberto Ludovico of Savoy, Duke of Pistoia, the Chester reflected the era’s emerging Art Deco style. Frau’s chair was comfortable and functional, and he implemented the traditional upholstery technique capitonné, which refers to stuffing that is buttoned. The Chester featured a pouf and an arm that was possibly included to hold the Duke’s ashtray. The seat’s high-quality craftsmanship and integration of exquisite full-grain leather made it covetable among Italy’s elite.

When Renzo Frau died in 1926, Poltrona Frau was appointed furniture supplier to Italy’s royal family. The company furnished grand hotels, designed the interiors for Expo Turin 1928 and outfitted an Italian transatlantic ocean liner.

For more than a century, Poltrona Frau has collaborated with hundreds of leading architects and designers from around the world. It issued such iconic mid-century modern pieces as Gio Ponti’s Dezza armchair, the 1960s-era Dilly Dally vanity by Italian designer Luigi Massoni, stackable tubular steel Movie armchairs by Italian architect Mario Marenco and French architect Jean-Marie Massaud’s sleek, angular Kennedee office sofa.

Poltrona Frau has established showrooms all over the world and creates interiors for Italian automotive brands Maserati and Ferrari. The company is owned by Haworth and continues to introduce innovative, handmade home furnishings while occasionally gazing back into time — its Chester line, a modular seating system by Poltrona Frau CEO Nicola Coropulis and Roberto Lazzeroni, is a contemporary interpretation of the founder’s original Chesterfield-style seating.

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