Soriana Lounge Chair

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Soriana Lounge Chair & Ottoman by Afra & Tobia Scarpa for Cassina, 1969

$7,770Sale Price / set|26% Off

Soriana Lounge Chair & Ottoman by Afra & Tobia Scarpa for Cassina, 1969

By Cassina, Afra & Tobia Scarpa

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Steel

Afra & Tobia Scarpa “Soriana” Chair for Cassina, Black Leather, 1969

By Afra & Tobia Scarpa, Cassina

Located in Lonigo, Veneto

Afra & Tobia Scarpa “Soriana” easy lounge chair for Cassina, Black Leather, Italy, 1969.

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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Living Room Sets

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Materials

Steel, Chrome

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H 25 in W 33 in D 38 in

Pair of Soriana Lounge Chairs by Tobia & Afra Scarpa for Cassina

By Afra & Tobia Scarpa, Cassina

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Pair of vintage Soriana lounge chairs designed by couple Tobia and Afra Scarpa for Cassina in 1969.

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Leather

Vintage Soriana Lounge Chair & Ottoman by Afra & Tobia Scarpa in Leather, 1970

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H 26 in W 33 in D 47 in

Vintage Soriana Lounge Chair & Ottoman by Afra & Tobia Scarpa in Leather, 1970

By Cassina, Afra & Tobia Scarpa

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Steel

Soriana Lounge Chair by Afra & Tobia Scarpa for Cassina

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H 24.41 in W 36.23 in D 40.16 in

Soriana Lounge Chair by Afra & Tobia Scarpa for Cassina

By Afra & Tobia Scarpa, Cassina

Located in Vienna, AT

Designed in 1968 this lounge chair has POP written all over it. The Soriana chair was awarded the prestigious Compasso d'Oro in 1970.

Soriana Lounge Chair by Tobia and Afra Scarpa

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H 24 in W 32 in D 48 in

Soriana Lounge Chair by Tobia and Afra Scarpa

By Afra & Tobia Scarpa

Located in Dallas, TX

A Soriana chaise longue in green mohair. Designed by Tobia and Afra Scarpa for Cassina.

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Materials

Chrome

H 28.75 in W 70.87 in D 41.34 in

Michel Ducaroy “Togo” Three Seater Sofa for Ligne Roset, Burgundy Leather, 1973

By Michel Ducaroy, Ligne Roset

Located in Lonigo, Veneto

Michel Ducaroy “Togo” three-seater sofa for Ligne Roset, burgundy leather and foam, France, 1973. Togo, by Ligne Roset, is a historic concept, designed in 1973 by Michel Ducaroy, wi...

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Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Sofas

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Leather, Foam

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Soriana Lounge Chair For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal soriana lounge chair for your home. Each soriana lounge chair for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, chrome and animal skin. There are many kinds of the soriana lounge chair you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 20th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. A soriana lounge chair is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Mid-Century Modern and Modern styles are sought with frequency. You’ll likely find more than one soriana lounge chair that is appealing in its simplicity, but Afra & Tobia Scarpa, Cassina and Tobia Scarpa produced versions that are worth a look.

How Much is a Soriana Lounge Chair?

Prices for a soriana lounge chair can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $1,483 and can go as high as $26,088, while the average can fetch as much as $8,674.

Afra & Tobia Scarpa for sale on 1stDibs

Widely recognized as superstars of postmodern Italian design, husband-and-wife team Afra and Tobia Scarpa (1937–2011; b. 1935) collaboratively created chairs, sofas and other furniture that work equally well in both traditional and cutting-edge environments.

Ranging from architecture and interior design to furniture and clothing, the Scarpas’ practice from its beginnings in the mid-1950s to the 21st century has included a diverse scope of projects combining new technology with thoughtful function and sculptural yet simple forms.

Afra Bianchin and Tobia Scarpa met as architecture students at the Università Iuav di Venezia. In a class led by architect and furniture designer Franco Albini, they created their first collaborative piece, the Pigreco armchair, later produced with Gavina. After graduating in 1957, Tobia worked for Murano glass company Venini & Co. before the couple opened a studio in Afra’s hometown, Montebelluna, in 1960. (Tobia, the son of famed glass artist and architect Carlo Scarpa, was born in Venice.)

For Afra and Tobia, a close collaborative process was pivotal to the success of their designs. The duo was also prolific — they designed for the most influential European manufacturers, including B&B Italia, Cassina, Knoll and FLOS. With respect to the latter, Afra and Tobia were among the legendary Italian lighting maker’s earliest collaborators, and their pioneering designs for the brand included the Papillon lamp, one of the first fixtures to use halogen technology. Their most recognized designs include the Bastiano sofa (1962), the Vanessa bed (1959), the Coronado sofa (1966) and the Soriana seating collection (1970). Work on the Soriana sofa began in late 1969 for an early 1970 debut, and it feels as radical today as it did in its heyday.

Architecture was also a central part of Afra and Tobia’s practice, which spanned residential buildings and factories for Italian companies such as Benetton. Their commissions for the global fashion brand included numerous industrial projects, from textile plants to storefronts. By 1985, Afra and Tobia Scarpa’s work was celebrated in a 30-year retrospective at Center Four in Queens, New York. Looking around the 30,000-square-foot exhibition space, Afra joked to the New York Times, “Seeing all those things makes us feel very tired, and now we feel that maybe we worked too much.”

It was not too much for their legacy, as Afra and Tobia Scarpa’s work continues to inspire new generations. Scarpa designs are in collections at the Louvre, the Museum of Modern Art and the Victoria and Albert Museum. The couple was awarded the Compasso d’Oro in 1970 for the Soriana armchair.

Find vintage Afra & Tobia Scarpa lounge chairs, dining chairs, floor lamps and other furniture today on 1stDibs.

Finding the Right Lounge-chairs for You

While this specific seating is known to all for its comfort and familiar form, the history of how your favorite antique or vintage lounge chair came to be is slightly more ambiguous.

Although there are rare armchairs dating back as far as the 17th century, some believe that the origins of the first official “lounge chair” are tied to Hungarian modernist designer-architect Marcel Breuer. Sure, Breuer wasn’t exactly reinventing the wheel when he introduced the Wassily lounge chair in 1925, but his seat was indeed revolutionary for its integration of bent tubular steel.

Officially, a lounge chair is simply defined as a “comfortable armchair,” which allows for the shape and material of the furnishings to be extremely diverse. Whether or not chaise longues make the cut for this category is a matter of frequent debate.

The Eames lounge chair, on the other hand, has come to define somewhat of a universal perception of what a lounge chair can be. Introduced in 1956, the Eames lounger (and its partner in cozy, the ottoman) quickly became staples in television shows, prestigious office buildings and sumptuous living rooms. Venerable American mid-century modern designers Charles and Ray Eames intended for it to be the peak of luxury, which they knew meant taking furniture to the next level of style and comfort. Their chair inspired many modern interpretations of the lounge — as well as numerous copies.

On 1stDibs, find a broad range of unique lounge chairs that includes everything from antique Victorian-era seating to vintage mid-century modern lounge chairs by craftspersons such as Hans Wegner to contemporary choices from today’s innovative designers.