Visionary Women
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Trinidad Teak Dining Chairs by Nanna Ditzel 1990s Set of 6
By Nanna Ditzel, Frederecia Furniture
Located in Asaa, DK
Trinidad teak dining chairs by Nanna Ditzel for Fredericia Stolefabrik Denmark 1990s
When designing the Trinidad Chair Model 3298 in 199...
Category
1990s Danish Scandinavian Modern Visionary Women
Materials
Teak
Kartell Foliage Armchair by Patricia Urquiola
By Kartell, Patricia Urquiola
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Foliage collection is a family of soft chairs. The key players are a two-seater sofa and an armchair, that seem to have grown "naturally": the frame provides support for a comfortabl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Visionary Women
Materials
Fabric
Majestic Restored Rattan Emperors Seat by Betty Cobonpue, circa 1980
By Betty Cobonpue
Located in Atlanta, GA
A remarkable Emperors seat by the wickedly Talented Betty Cobonpue, circa 1980. Steamed reed rattan with a stunning detail over solid mahogany constructi...
Category
1980s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Visionary Women
Materials
Rattan, Mahogany
Arflex Botolo High Back Armchair in Natural Fur & Black Metal Legs by Cini Boeri
By Cini Boeri, Arflex
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An innovative upholstered rolling chair with three large tubular legs. Botolo is an ideal place to sit, relax and be creative.Cini Boeri designed Botolo in 1973, giving life to a new design style, where you could choose the height of the legs to have a dining chair in the high version or a style, at that time modern, "the living at a low level", a way of living...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Visionary Women
Materials
Fur
Nanimarquina Wellbeing Hammock by Ilse Crawford
By Nani Marquina, Ilse Crawford
Located in New York, NY
Wellbeing is an organism of comforting textile products that support the human experience. All the items focus on tactility, materiality, craft and quality. They add warmth, softness...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Visionary Women
Materials
Cotton
Apollo Loveseat, Sofa, Daybed, Dark Brass Frame and Cream Boucle by Lara Bohinc
By Lara Bohinc
Located in Holland, AMSTERDAM
The Apollo loveseat comprises of a series of playfully fine, elongated metal loops, which embrace the upholstered cushion rolls together to form its lo...
Category
2010s Portuguese Modern Visionary Women
Materials
Metal, Brass
Faye Toogood Contemporary Design Roly-Poly Chair in Charcoal Fibreglass, London
By Faye Toogood
Located in Barcelona, ES
Roly-Poly Chair Raw
Manufactured by Faye Toogood
London, 2018
Fiberglass
Measurements
85cm wide x 59cm deep x 61cm height
33,46 in wide x 23,22in deep x 25,40in height
Colors
– Cr...
Category
2010s British Visionary Women
Materials
Fiberglass
Roly Poly Daybed/Chaise by Faye Toogood UK 2018 Contemporary Design Fibreglass
By Faye Toogood
Located in Barcelona, ES
In a translucent fibreglass that appears almost faded, this rounded two-piece daybed comprises a spherical headrest and tablet-like body, both formed from glossy fibreglass.
Fibregla...
Category
2010s British Visionary Women
Materials
Fiberglass
Black High-Gloss Nekton Stools by Zaha Hadid for Established & Sons
By Established & Sons, Zaha Hadid
Located in London, GB
Zaha Hadid was the first woman to be awarded the distinguished Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2004 and is internationally known for her built, theoretical and academic work. Her reco...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Visionary Women
Materials
Fiberglass, Lacquer
Konekt Pause Chaise Longue with Brass Legs and Wool Boucle
By Konekt
Located in New York, NY
The Pause Chaise Lounge is upholstered with graded-in fabric or COM and features on solid brass legs. With a fiberglass shell designed to embrace the body...
Category
2010s American Visionary Women
Materials
Brass
One of Four Prototype Dining Chairs by Nanna Ditzel in Oregon Pine
By Nanna Ditzel
Located in Munich, DE
Made by Poul Christiansen. A set of four chairs plus table have been exhibited at the 'Snedkerlaugs Möbeludstilling' in Copenhagen, 1962. This model was never in serial production.
...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Visionary Women
Grete Jalk Chair with Arms, Teak with New Leather Upholstery, Beautiful Form
By Grete Jalk
Located in Kansas City, MO
Armchair designed by Grete Jalk (Greta Jalk), Denmark, 1950s. Solid teak frame has been reupholstered in new ivory leather.
Category
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Visionary Women
Materials
Leather, Teak
Modern Line Sofa, Fully Upholstered, Small
By Greta Magnusson Grossman, Gubi
Located in Berkeley, CA
The Modern Line sofa was designed in 1949 by Greta M. Grossman. Modern Line was one of her most elegant and minimalistic designs and was praised in pa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Visionary Women
Materials
Brass
Patricia Urquiola Mangas Original Campana MP3 Pouf for GAN
By Patricia Urquiola, GAN Rugs
Located in New York, NY
A revolution in the world of rugs called Mangas Original, designed by Patricia Urquiola. The original IDEA was inspired by the look of hand-knitted sweaters and the result is the mos...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Visionary Women
Materials
Foam
Frame, Minimalist Modern Black Metal Structured Side Lounge Set
By Jialun Xiong
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Frame side lounge set (include a side chair and a side table) is based on the sensibility of black. Simple but has visual impact, comfortable in the sense of touch, it has the subtle...
Category
2010s American Modern Visionary Women
Materials
Metal
Customizable ClassiCon Bonaparte Lounge Chair by Eileen Gray
By Eileen Gray
Located in New York, NY
Bonaparte is one of the seldom cases in which the luxurious comfort of an upholstered chair has been successfully united with a tubular steel construction. The result communicates bo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Visionary Women
Materials
Upholstery
GMG Chaise Longue
By Greta Magnusson Grossman, Gubi
Located in Berkeley, CA
The GMG Chaise Longue was designed in 1951 by Greta M. Grossman and with playful elegance it is perfectly angled for lounging whilst preserving all the stre...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Visionary Women
Materials
Steel
Roly Poly Polyethylene Armchair in Flesh by Faye Toogood for Driade
By Driade, Faye Toogood
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The distinctive, reassuringly chunky lines of Faye Toogood’s Roly-Poly furniture collection become even more inviting in her new collaboration with Driade. The latest line for the It...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Visionary Women
Materials
Plastic
"Sofá Güell" in Laminated Jotoba Wood by Julia Krantz, 2008
By Julia Krantz
Located in New York, NY
Unique "Sofá Güell" in stack-laminated jatoba wood. Designed and made by Julia Krantz, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2008.
Category
Early 2000s Brazilian Modern Visionary Women
Materials
Wood
Arflex Pecorelle Armchair in Denver Fabric and Black Fur Corners by Cini Boeri
By Cini Boeri, Arflex
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The architect Cini Boeri tells that she was inspired by Christo Vladimirov Javasev's and Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon's works, masters in the art of landscape painting. Nature pr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Visionary Women
Materials
Metal
Arflex Botolo Low Back Armchair in Natural Fur & Black Metal Legs by Cini Boeri
By Arflex, Cini Boeri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An innovative upholstered rolling chair with three large tubular legs. Botolo is an ideal place to sit, relax and be creative.Cini Boeri designed Botolo in 1973, giving life to a new design style, where you could choose the height of the legs to have a dining chair in the high version or a style, at that time modern, "the living at a low level", a way of living...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Visionary Women
Materials
Fur
Masculo Lounge Chair, Four Legs
By Greta Magnusson Grossman, Gubi
Located in Berkeley, CA
The characteristic Masculo lounge chair with a four-legged version in metal, giving the collection a domestic expression adapted to the hospitalit...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Visionary Women
Materials
Metal
Apollo Loveseat, Sofa, Red Metal Frame and Red Wool by Lara Bohinc, in stock
By Lara Bohinc
Located in Holland, AMSTERDAM
The Apollo loveseat comprises of a series of playfully fine, elongated metal loops, which embrace the upholstered cushion rolls together to form its lo...
Category
2010s Portuguese Modern Visionary Women
Materials
Metal, Brass
Customizable ClassiCon Bar Stool No. 2 by Eileen Gray
By Eileen Gray
Located in New York, NY
Eileen gray created not only classical seats such as sofas or chairs, but also a series of unconventional bar stools. Version no. 2, originally designed for the house E 1027, also fe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Visionary Women
Materials
Steel
Grete Jalk Model-128 Cognac Leather & Teak 3-Seater Sofa for France & Søn
By France & Søn, Grete Jalk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Grete Jalk Model-128 Cognac Leather & Teak 3-Seater Sofa for France & Søn
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Transforming a piece of Mid-Century Modern furniture is like brin...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Visionary Women
Materials
Leather, Teak
Customizable ClassiCon Aixia Chair by Eileen Gray
By Eileen Gray
Located in New York, NY
Aixia was one of Eileen Gray‘s personal favourites. She used this chair in all of her apartments, sometimes in the dining room, sometimes at a desk. Even in 1929, when she converted ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Visionary Women
Materials
Steel
Building Blocks, Modern Geometric Side Chair with White Leather and Metal Base
By Jialun Xiong
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Building blocks side lounge chair: An illusion that plays with positive and negative shapes through its design, the white version is made from leather and a metal base.
Building...
Category
2010s American Modern Visionary Women
Materials
Metal
Crooked Contemporary Lounge Chair in Wood
By Nazara Lazaro
Located in London, GB
The crooked lounge chair forms part of The Crooked collection, an ongoing series of asymmetric
and angular furniture pieces launched in 2020.
D...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Visionary Women
Materials
Wood
1950s Nanna Ditzel Design Rattan Rocking Chair
By Nanna Ditzel
Located in Tourcoing, FR
Vintage look and resolutely contemporary, this lounge rattan rocking chair " Nanny" model design by Nanna Ditzel is composed of a warming and hand braided rattan armchair with a welc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Visionary Women
Materials
Rattan
Modern Line Sofa, Dining Height, Large with Semi Matte Black Legs
By Greta Magnusson Grossman, Gubi
Located in Berkeley, CA
The iconic Modern Line collection was designed in 1949 by the Swedish Pioneer Greta M. Grossman. Modern Line was one of her most elegant and minimalistic designs and praised for bein...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Visionary Women
Materials
Brass
Customizable ClassiCon Non Conformist Chair by Eileen Gray
By Eileen Gray
Located in New York, NY
It piques and provokes what one might expect of it, and yet it is inexplicably aesthetic and harmonious, a nonconformist on velvet paws. Eileen Gray commented quite pragmatically on ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Visionary Women
Materials
Leather
Pair of Glenn of California Dining Chairs
By Greta Magnusson Grossman
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Glenn of California dining chairs designed by Greta Grossman.
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Visionary Women
Materials
Leather
Customizable ClassiCon Bibendum Lounge Chair by Eileen Gray
By Eileen Gray
Located in New York, NY
Bibendum is one of a kind. Nowhere in the history of design will one find an armchair that compares to this. It is captivatingly harmonious despite its size and unites a majestic imp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Visionary Women
Materials
Upholstery
Contemporary Resin Stool or Side Table by Sabine Marcelis, matte, Ice Lavender
By Sabine Marcelis
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Sabine Marcelis’ new ice-lavender SOAP column stools in matte resin are unveiled at NOMAD Monaco 2018, creating a pastel and sculptural mise-en-scéne...
Category
2010s Dutch Post-Modern Visionary Women
Materials
Resin
Italian Mid-Century Armchair 4841 by Anna Castelli Ferrieri for Kartell, 80s
By Anna Castelli Ferrieri
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid-century armchair or lounge chair 4841 by Anna Castelli Ferrieri for Kartell, 80s
Lounge chair made of a mix of recycled polyethylene materials, with ball feet on the fron...
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Visionary Women
Materials
Plastic
Contemporary Fiberglass Armchair, Fudge Chair by Faye Toogood
By Faye Toogood
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary fiberglass armchair - Fudge chair by Faye Toogood. This is shown in the mallow fiberglass finish.
Design: Faye Toogood
Material: Fiberglass...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Visionary Women
Materials
Fiberglass
ClassiCon Roquebrune Chair in Grey with Black Legs by Eileen Gray
By Eileen Gray
Located in New York, NY
For the terrace of her second house in Castellar Eileen Gray designed a very comfortable chair with a deep seating area. It was covered with blue canvas. She created another version,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Visionary Women
Materials
Steel
Contemporary Raw Fiberglass Chair, Roly-Poly Dining Chair by Faye Toogood
By Faye Toogood
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary fiberglass chair - Roly Poly Dining Chair by Faye Toogood. This is shown in the raw fiberglass finish.
Design: Faye Toogood
Mate...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Visionary Women
Materials
Fiberglass
21st Century Brown Black Outdoor Indoor Rug, Two Cushions and Pouf Set
By iota
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
The Classic crochet granny square takes a contemporary twist in this outdoor set. This set explores the aesthetics of nomads and wants to live both inside and out.
The beanbag is a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Israeli Visionary Women
Materials
Metal
21st Century Asian Brown Black Outdoor Indoor Handmade Bag Cushion
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
The iota cushion, inspired by the movement between our homes and the outdoors, can be used in many ways. It can provide an additional seat in your living room, be thrown on the lawn ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Israeli Visionary Women
Materials
Metal
Art Deco Vintage Beechwood Armchair Anna Lülja Praun Fabric Josef Frank ca 1952
By Anna-Lülja Praun
Located in Vienna, AT
Art deco vintage armchair or Windsor chair from beech designed by Anna Lülja Praun circa 1952.
The beech stained similar to cherry in a honey brown wo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Visionary Women
Materials
Steel
Donut Chair 'Set of Two' in Silver Finish by Alessandra Baldereschi & Mogg
By Mogg, Alessandra Baldereschi
Located in New York, NY
"Stools straw. Handmade stuffing with the marsh grass (sedge still green) is an old art always used to cover the seats, an artisan culture that belongs to our country. The collection...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Visionary Women
Materials
Metal
Contemporary Chair in Hand-Hammered Iron and Uhpolstered by Juliana Vasconcellos
By Juliana Lima Vasconcellos
Located in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais
In the Confetti chairs, we were inspired by the circular shape of the confetti, playing with the backrest, exploring different colors and combinations. ...
Category
2010s Brazilian Post-Modern Visionary Women
Materials
Iron
Early Gae Aulenti Yellow 'Locus Solus' Bench
By Poltronova, Gae Aulenti
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Gae Aulenti for Poltronova, 'Locus Solus' bench, lacquered tubular steel, fabric, Italy, 1964
Italian designer Gae Aulenti designed the ‘Locus Solus’ seri...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Visionary Women
Materials
Steel
Frank Stool in Light Teal Finish by Alessandra Baldereschi & Mogg
By Mogg, Alessandra Baldereschi
Located in New York, NY
"Mogg introduces Frank, a funny stool signed by Markus Johansson, made of natural or lacquered ash.
The particular structure of this stool is formed with several planks of differe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Visionary Women
Materials
Ash
21st Century Natural Brown Black Outdoor Indoor Rug and Three Bag Cushion Set
By iota
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
The classic crochet granny square takes a contemporary twist in this outdoor set. This set explores the aesthetics of nomads and wants to live both inside and out.
The cushions, in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Israeli Visionary Women
Materials
Metal
Square Sofa by Juliana Lima Vasconcellos with Side Tables
By Juliana Lima Vasconcellos
Located in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais
The square sofa was created with simple and minimal architectural aesthetics, with wooden inserts that could reveal the upholstery, creating spaces and a formal geometry. The set con...
Category
2010s Brazilian Modern Visionary Women
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Galore Module Pouf, by Rikke Frost from Warm Nordic
By Hans Olsen
Located in Viby J, DK
A luxurious modular sofa with an elegant, attractive idiom, created by the talented Danish designer, Rikke Frost. Galore exudes the decadence of yesteryear in a contemporary interpre...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Visionary Women
Materials
Foam
Extraordinary Pair Trompe L'oiel Club Chairs by Betty Cobonpue, circa 1980
By Betty Cobonpue
Located in Atlanta, GA
This magnificent pair of rare club chairs is unique on the World market. They are shipped as professionally photographed and described in the ...
Category
1980s Philippine Organic Modern Vintage Visionary Women
Materials
Bamboo, Mahogany
Arabesque Modern Armchairs by Nada Debs, Contemporary Armchair in Walnut
By Nada Debs
Located in New York, NY
The set of two arabesque armchairs in American walnut eggshell finish and upholstered in royal pink satin color represents the traditional craftsmanship of the Middle East with the restraint of a Japanese aesthetic. Nada who was brought up in Japan adapts her own multi-cultural background to her work, forming interior and outdoor pieces...
Category
2010s Lebanese Modern Visionary Women
Materials
Satin, Walnut
Contemporary Resin SE69 Chair 2019 by Sabine Marcelis
By Martin Visser, Sabine Marcelis
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Edition of 25, signed and numbered
The SE69 was designed by Martin Visser exactly 60 years ago in 1959.
Sabine’s signed and numbered Limited Edition of 25 is an homage to Visser’s achievement in Dutch furniture design...
Category
2010s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Visionary Women
Materials
Steel
Galore 3-Seat Sofa, by Rikke Frost from Warm Nordic
By Hans Olsen
Located in Viby J, DK
Luxurious 3-seat sofa with an elegant, attractive idiom, created by the talented Danish designer, Rikke Frost. Galore exudes the decadence of yesteryear in a contemporary interpretat...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Visionary Women
Materials
Foam
Contemporary Resin SE69 Chair 2019 by Sabine Marcelis
By Martin Visser, Sabine Marcelis
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Edition of 25, signed and numbered
The SE69 was designed by Martin Visser exactly 60 years ago in 1959.
Sabine’s signed and numbered Limited Edition of 25 is an homage to Visser’s achievement in Dutch furniture design...
Category
2010s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Visionary Women
Materials
Steel
Galore Center Module, by Rikke Frost from Warm Nordic
By Hans Olsen
Located in Viby J, DK
A luxurious modular sofa with an elegant, attractive idiom, created by the talented Danish designer, Rikke Frost. Galore exudes the decadence of yesteryear in a contemporary interpre...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Visionary Women
Materials
Foam
Giraffe dining Chair in Solid Brazilian Wood by Juliana Vasconcellos
By Juliana Lima Vasconcellos
Located in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais
The Giraffe dining chair was designed with soft curves and slender, but with volume, bringing comfort and elegance. The base structure was thought...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Visionary Women
Materials
Wood
Extraordinary Pair of Art Deco Style Loungers by Betty Cobonpue, circa 1980
By Betty Cobonpue
Located in Atlanta, GA
This magnificent pair of rare lounge chairs is unique on the market. They are shipped as professionally photographed and described in the listing narrative: Meticulously professional...
Category
1980s Philippine Organic Modern Vintage Visionary Women
Materials
Rattan
Roly Poly Armchair in Peat by Faye Toogood for Driade
By Driade, Faye Toogood
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The distinctive, reassuringly chunky lines of Faye Toogood’s Roly-Poly furniture collection become even more inviting in her new collaboration with Driade. The latest line for the It...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Visionary Women
Materials
Plastic
Roly Poly Polyethylene Sofa in Ochre by Faye Toogood
By Driade, Faye Toogood
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The distinctive, reassuringly chunky lines of Faye Toogood’s Roly-Poly furniture collection become even more inviting in her new collaboration with Driade. The latest line for the It...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Visionary Women
Materials
Plastic
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