{"id":420516,"date":"2024-09-06T13:55:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T17:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/?p=420516"},"modified":"2024-09-06T16:28:49","modified_gmt":"2024-09-06T20:28:49","slug":"georgis-and-mirgorodsky-le-nopal-cactus-chair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/georgis-and-mirgorodsky-le-nopal-cactus-chair\/","title":{"rendered":"Sit on a Cactus? If It\u2019s Georgis &amp; Mirgorodsky\u2019s Le Nopal Chair, the Answer Is Yes, Please!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/creators\/georgis-and-mirgorodsky\/furniture\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"950\" height=\"763\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Maison-Gerard-Georgis-and-Mirgorodsky-Le-Nopal-Armchair-950x763.jpg\" alt=\"Georgis &amp; Mirgorodsky Le Nopal armchair\" class=\"wp-image-420609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Maison-Gerard-Georgis-and-Mirgorodsky-Le-Nopal-Armchair-950x763.jpg 950w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Maison-Gerard-Georgis-and-Mirgorodsky-Le-Nopal-Armchair-436x350.jpg 436w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Maison-Gerard-Georgis-and-Mirgorodsky-Le-Nopal-Armchair-120x96.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Maison-Gerard-Georgis-and-Mirgorodsky-Le-Nopal-Armchair-768x617.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Maison-Gerard-Georgis-and-Mirgorodsky-Le-Nopal-Armchair-1161x933.jpg 1161w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Maison-Gerard-Georgis-and-Mirgorodsky-Le-Nopal-Armchair.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/furniture\/seating\/club-chairs\/georgis-mirgorodsky-le-nopal-armchair-united-states-2022\/id-f_31517012\/\">Georgis &amp; Mirgorodsky Le Nopal armchair, new<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>With its plush, rounded form and giddily off-kilter stance, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/furniture\/seating\/club-chairs\/georgis-mirgorodsky-le-nopal-armchair-united-states-2022\/id-f_31517012\/\">Le Nopal armchair<\/a> looks like it might have sprung from the anarchic mind of Tim Burton or Pee-wee Herman. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Buoyantly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/introspective-magazine\/biophilia-and-nature-motifs-in-design\/\">biomorphic<\/a> and displaying not a trace of symmetry, the chair is supported by a trio of elliptical legs and crowned by a pair of protruding ears. An unmistakable homage to a cactus, it sports olive-colored velvet chenille upholstery and is even punctuated by lacquered-bronze blossoms, calling to mind the flowers on a prickly pear \u2014 commonly called a <em>nopal<\/em> in Spanish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The seat was created by William T. Georgis and Ilya Mirgorodsky, whose eponymous firm, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/creators\/georgis-and-mirgorodsky\/furniture\/\">Georgis &amp; Mirgorodsky<\/a>, consistently appears on lists of the nation\u2019s top architects and interior designers. The pair were designing the La Jolla, California, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/furniture\/\">furniture<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/fashion\/\">fashion<\/a> boutique Tropical Punch a couple of years ago when its co-owner Zoe Kleinbub suggested they create a chair for clients to sit on. Le Nopal was the result.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/creators\/georgis-and-mirgorodsky\/furniture\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"950\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kips_Bay_5C_Photo-Credit_Gieves-Anderson-resized-819x950.jpg\" alt=\"Georgis &amp; Mirgorodsky's Le Nopal armchair in the bar area of the firm's room in the 2023 Kips Bay Decorator Showhouse in New York\" class=\"wp-image-420600\" style=\"width:675px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kips_Bay_5C_Photo-Credit_Gieves-Anderson-resized-819x950.jpg 819w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kips_Bay_5C_Photo-Credit_Gieves-Anderson-resized-302x350.jpg 302w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kips_Bay_5C_Photo-Credit_Gieves-Anderson-resized-103x120.jpg 103w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kips_Bay_5C_Photo-Credit_Gieves-Anderson-resized-768x891.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kips_Bay_5C_Photo-Credit_Gieves-Anderson-resized-1324x1536.jpg 1324w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kips_Bay_5C_Photo-Credit_Gieves-Anderson-resized-804x933.jpg 804w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kips_Bay_5C_Photo-Credit_Gieves-Anderson-resized.jpg 1551w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/creators\/georgis-and-mirgorodsky\/furniture\/\">Georgis &amp; Mirgorodsky<\/a> included the chair in its room at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/introspective-magazine\/kips-bay-show-house-2023\/\">2023 Kips Bay Decorator Show House<\/a> in New York.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cLa Jolla is a border town, and I\u2019m really interested in the Spanish diaspora and the vaquero culture, which was the prototype for American cowboys,\u201d says Georgis, who trained as an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/art\/\">art<\/a> historian before earning an architecture degree. \u201cI\u2019m also really interested in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/art\/style\/surrealist\/\">Surrealism<\/a>, particularly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/creators\/salvador-dali\/\">Salvador Dal\u00ed<\/a>\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/buy\/lips-sofa\/\">Mae West Lips sofa<\/a>, which was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/designs\/studio-65-bocca-sofa\/\">designed in the 1930s<\/a>.\u201d Figuring that prickly pears were as iconic as a movie star\u2019s mouth, he and Mirgorodsky created Le Nopal. Georgis attributes the mash-up of Spanish (<em>nopal<\/em>) and French (<em>le<\/em>) in its name to the American habit of using the latter to give anything instant glamour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/creators\/benoist-drut\/\">Benoist F. Drut<\/a>, who is French and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/introspective-magazine\/achille-salvagni-maison-gerard-new-york-gallery\/\">no stranger to glamour<\/a> himself, is proprietor of the New York design gallery <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/dealers\/maison-gerard\/\">Maison Gerard<\/a> and the exclusive dealer for Georgis &amp; Mirgorodsky furniture. An unabashed and longtime fan of the team\u2019s work (he began selling their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/furniture\/seating\/sofas\/georgis-mirgorodsky-whalebone-contemporary-curved-sofa-usa-2014\/id-f_20424552\/\">Whalebone sofa<\/a> back in 2017), Drut marvels at their wit and ability to blend aesthetics with superb comfort. \u201cGreat design is when something can be beautiful <em>and<\/em> functional,\u201d he says. \u201cOftentimes, it\u2019s one or the other but not both.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/furniture\/seating\/club-chairs\/georgis-mirgorodsky-le-nopal-armchair-united-states-2022\/id-f_31517012\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"950\" height=\"633\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Le-Nopal-Chair-Hero-950x633.jpg\" alt=\"Front view and detail of Georgis &amp; Mirgorodsky's Le Nopal armchair\" class=\"wp-image-420595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Le-Nopal-Chair-Hero-950x633.jpg 950w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Le-Nopal-Chair-Hero-525x350.jpg 525w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Le-Nopal-Chair-Hero-120x80.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Le-Nopal-Chair-Hero-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Le-Nopal-Chair-Hero.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The chair is embellished with bronze cactus flowers, which are available in a range of finishes.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Drut considers the design \u201cfunctional sculpture\u201d and likens it to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/buy\/haute-couture\/\">couture<\/a> fashion, since only a handful of the chairs exist and each is made to order. The piece had its East Coast debut in the Maison Gerard display at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/introspective-magazine\/salon-art-and-design-2022\/\">2022 Salon Art + Design Show<\/a> at New York City\u2019s Park Avenue Armory, and it appeared the following year at the Kips Bay Decorator Show House, where Georgis &amp; Mirgorodsky <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/introspective-magazine\/kips-bay-show-house-2023\/\">tucked it into an exotic dining room<\/a> inspired by Turkish and Egyptian design. \u201cIt could be in a modern loftlike space. It could be mixed with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/buy\/18th-century-french-furniture\/\">18th-century French furniture<\/a>. It\u2019s a statement piece \u2014 it\u2019s versatile,\u201d says Georgis, who is developing an outdoor version, as well as one in woven rush accented with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/jewelry\/stone\/turquoise\/\">turquoise<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Asked whether he thinks of the Nopal as furniture or art, Georgis demurs. \u201cThat whole conversation is too complex for my mind,\u201d he says with a laugh. \u201cYou could call it \u2018fine design.\u2019 I think \u2018art\u2019 is pushing it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"interstitial-banner interstitial-banner-collection interstitial-container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"interstitial-content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"interstitial-background-image\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kips_Bay_8C_Photo-Credit_Gieves-Anderson-banner-crop-1000x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-interstitial size-interstitial\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container interstitial-text\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"interstitial-link-around-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/creators\/georgis-and-mirgorodsky\/furniture\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"interstitial-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFind More Georgis & Mirgorodsky Furniture on 1stDibs\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"interstitial-subheading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"gold-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/creators\/georgis-and-mirgorodsky\/furniture\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Shop All<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With its plush, rounded form and giddily off-kilter stance, the Le Nopal armchair looks like it might have sprung from the anarchic mind of Tim Burton or Pee-wee Herman. 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