Herbert Ohl

Bentwood Bench by Otto Wagner for J & J KOHN, 1900s

Vintage black leather armchair by Carlo Bartoli designed in the 1980s for Matteo Grassi. Very heavy because of the steel frame.

Set of 3 Matteo Grassi 1970s post modern beige Italian leather barstools. These fantastic barstools feature a clean leather wrapped design wi...

Extraordinary and rare set of 4 teal leather chairs designed by Tito Agnoli and produced by Matteo Grassi. The chairs feature high-quality leather upholstery with fine details and st...

Matteo Grassi, pair of dining chairs, leather and steel, Italy, 1980s. These sophisticated dark blue leather chairs with an angular design are designed for Italian manufacturer Matt...

Check out the patina on this chrome! This is precisely why vintage furniture is so much more interesting and fun to collect. Handsome set of (2) MG5 chairs by Matteo Grassi in bl...

A pair of vintage Italian brown leather Korium armchairs with a steel frame on black castors, designed by Tito Agnoli for Matteo Grassi, 1980s – the price is for both chairs. This pair of chairs date from the 1980s and were part of series of armchairs and sofas designed by Agnoli for Matteo Grassi in 1978. The design bears a close resemblance to the Mario Bellini Cab 413 chair which was released by Cassina in the previous year. Given that both chairs took over a year to prototype it’s difficult to know which took precedence, and although both have a similar look, they feel different: the 413 is softer and more organic and the Korium, firmer and more hard wearing. In a sense both took inspiration from their respective manufacturer’s with regard to the outcome of the designs. Matteo Grassi had a long history of producing high quality and finely crafted saddlery going as far back as 1880, and this shines through in the quality of the construction and stitching. Like the Bellini chair, the point of identification is that the metal framework is an analogy for the human skeleton with the leather acting as the ‘skin’ that shrouds the frame. In a sense the design of the Korium also shares some aspects of the construction of early 20th Century bentwood furniture such as the benches that were created by Jacob and Josef Kohn. Like the wood that was so beautifully embossed in the Kohn’s bench...

Eight dining chairs by Matteo Grassi . Chairs are covered in saddle thick black leather over a steel frame . Marked Matteo Grassi on underside , incised stamp on rear cross stretcher...

Set of 4 very elegant chairs.

Set of four dining chairs by designer Paolo Piva, manufactured by B&B Italia in Italy in the 1980s. The chairs have a high back, which is connected to the seat with a special metal ...

A chic Waterfall Vanity Bench or Bench designed by Milo Baughman for Thayer Coggin, 1980s. This Post-Modern bench has a chrome stretcher base and brass roller feet. It would look gre...

Designed by Jacques Toussaint and Patrizia Angeloni in the 1970s, the Golfo Dei Poeti chairs were manufactured by Matteo Grassi and are a fantastic exa...