Luisa Parisi Armchairs

Set of four armchairs in white fiberglass Kubilia series of Ico Parisi for M.I.M. Rome, Italy. Ico Parisi was born in Palermo in 1916. He gained a diploma in construction and served his apprenticeship in Giuseppe Terragni's studio. In 1937 he carried out, for the magazine Quadrante, a photographic study of the Casa del Fascio that marked the entire research that Parisi conducted in "meditating on the legacies and contradictions of the enormous baggage of ideas and forms constituted by the experience of the masters". His activity, marked by continuous experimentation, is an incessant quest in the fields of architecture, art and design. Between 1948 and 1950 he devoted himself to the study of furniture elements. In the field of design, crucial encounters with Munari and Fontana (1951) and Melotti profoundly marked his experience. In 1948 he founded the studio La ruota with his wife Luisa Aiani, a designer and designer, which ceased its activity in 1995. In 1954 he was awarded the Gold Medal at the X Milan Triennale with the work Padiglione Soggiorno, with Silvio Longhi and Luigi Antonietti. In 1957 he presented at the exhibition Colori e forme della casa d'oggi the work Casa per vacanze, which was the result of a collaboration with Manlio Rho...

A pair of iconic armchairs designed by Ico Parisi for Ariberto Colombo Cantù, 1950. The armchair has been completely restored and upholstered in cream-colored bouclé-effect fabric, ...

Pair of fabric armchairs with brass legs by Ico Parisi and manufactured by Isa Bergamo. This pair of Italian armchairs exemplifies the finest stylistic research of the 1950s. The de...

Mid-Century Modern pair of armchairs Model 856 by Ico Parisi, Italy, 1950s. Chrome and original leather.

A large pair of mid-20th Century French upholstered armchairs in the Louis XVI style.  In off white painted, beech wood and newly upholstered in heavy duty hessian fabric. Circa 1950.

This beautiful cushioned armchair was design and produced in the 1950s. Its shape, style and quality resembles similar contemporary products design by Gio Ponti or Ico Parisi. The ar...

Mid century modern design in Europe was driven by a desire to balance comfort, clarity, and everyday use. Emerging after the Second World War, it favoured honest materials, soft scul...

Rosewood and black stained walnut chairs by Ico Parisi for MIM, they retain their original leather and labels.

Mid-century Italian green velvet armchair Ico Parisi style, 1950s.

Pair of Italian armchairs, Ico Parisi style, 1950s. Dimensions: H= 69 cm; W=87 cm; D= 72 cm; height seat= 35 cm.

Ico Parisi Pair of armchairs model "875". Produced by Cassina, Meda, 1960. Chromed steel frame, black leatherette upholstery. (slight defects)

The style is very reminiscent of Ico Parisi, an Italian designer of the mid-twentieth century.