Jean Gillon Armchairs

Jean Gillon, 'Jangada' pair of armchairs and ottomans, rosewood, nylon rope, leather, Brazil, 1968. These robust and hefty armchairs are designed by Jean Gillon. The originality o...

Available today, this very rare set of "Copa" lounge chairs, designed by Jean Gillon for Italma in the 1960s, features a structure made of solid hardwood with the characteristic stra...

Jean Gillon Mid-Century Lounge Chairs: A Masterpiece of Brazilian Modernist Design This pair of mid-century lounge chairs by Jean Gillon exemplifies the designer's unparalleled abili...

"Amazonas" armchair by Jean Gillon for Italma Wood Art, Brazil, 1970s.

Very rare set of "Rodeio" lounge chairs designed by Jean Gillon for Italma in the 1960’s. The lounge chair structure is made of solid Jacaranda (Brazilian rosewood) and features the characteristic bend leg ends. The Jacaranda has been refinished and displays beautiful patterns characteristic of old Jacaranda. The cushions are supported by new leather straps and have been re-upholstered in black leather by one of Brazil’s finest upholsters. This lounge chairs are not only strikingly beautiful but very comfortable. A set like this will be a center piece in any living room and for avid collectors an absolute must. Literature (last images): • Contemporary Casa e Jardim (Brazil) publications • Jean Gillon. Artista Designer. By Enock Sacramento, Giancarlo Latorrica and Graca Bueno About the author…Jean Gillon is a Brazilian furniture designer born in Romania in 1919. He studied at the Architecture and Fine arts Schools at the National University. He founded his first company Fábrica de Móveis Cidam in 1961 after emigrating to São Paulo, Brazil in 1956. Gillon's firm designed many luxury hotels throughout Brazil and homes and stores. He was known for his one-of-a-kind tapestries. His second furniture company, WoodArt, produced full lines of Brazilian rosewood furniture...

Mid-Century Modern "Jangada" armchair with ottoman by Designer Jean Gillon, 1960s Brazil Frequently referred to as the most notorious work by Jean Gillon, the "Jangada" armchair was...

A 1960s cantilever armchair in good quality cognac leather on a hardwood frame by Jean Gillon for Problel. Jean Gillon was born in Romania and studied at the Faculty of Architecture...

Mid-Century Modern Brazilian easy chairs and ottoman by Jean Gillon for Italma Wood Art, Brazil, 1960s Romanian-born, naturalized Brazilian Jean Gillon was an architect-designer best known for his design company Italma WoodArt, for which he designed a range of furniture collections crafted from Brazilian rosewood, or jacaranda, in the 1960s and 1970s. Born 1919 in Ia?i, Gillon fluttered between a variety of European residences amid early adulthood. After graduating from Iasi’s George Enescu National University of Arts, Gillon moved to Paris, where he studied tapestry concurrent to practical work both as a Le Monde cartoonist and a set designer for the Paris Opera Ballet. In 1949, he relocated to Vienna to study architecture at the Kunstgewerbschule (formerly, the School of Industrial Arts; today, the University of Applied Arts), before heading on to London the following year to become a visiting lecturer at Central Arts & Crafts. While in London, he met his wife Edith, with whom he had two daughters, Gabriela and Laura. Ever the jet-setters, the couple moved to São Paulo in 1956, attracted by the burgeoning Brazilian architecture scene and the work of José Caldas and Lina Bo Bardi, among others. Though his early work in Brazil focused on architecture, Gillon shifted to furniture design in 1961, when he founded Fábrica de Móveis Cidam, the original name for what would later become Italma WoodArt. By the mid-1960s, Gillon’s WoodArt designs—mostly lounge chairs and sofas, often framed in rosewood and upholstered in Brazilian leather—could be found all around Brazil; in 1964, however, Gillon’s focus turned global, and he began expanding into the international market, exporting his products to twenty-two different countries. As his company matured, so did Gillon’s designs’ appeal; particularly decorated was his Jangada Chair (1968), a lounge chair and ottoman upholstered in leather and supported by nylon nets. So named for the shape of a traditional Brazilian fishing boat...

This exceptional pair of "Village" lounge chairs was designed by Jean Gillon, a celebrated artist and designer known for his groundbreaking contributions to midcentury Brazilian desi...

These exquisite Copa lounge chairs, designed by the master Jean Gillon, are a testament to his genius in creating furniture that is both functional a...

Jangada Jacaranda lounge chair and ottoman, Jean Gillon Italma Wood Art, Brazil, 1968. Labeled. All original. Lovely patina. Romanian-bor...

The Rodeio armchair is an iconic piece that perfectly represents the main characteristics of Brazilian design as a school. It is one of the most outstanding creations of Jean Gillon,...