Poltrona Frau Furniture
If an Italian soldier named Renzo Frau had never traveled to Great Britain and set eyes on a Chesterfield armchair, it is unlikely that legendary handcrafted furniture maker Poltrona Frau and its classic sofas, armchairs and vanities would exist today.
Upon completing his service in the Italian army during the early 1900s, the Sardinian-born Frau worked for faux leather manufacturing company Dermoide Patent in Turin. While at the firm, he was sent to England, where he became enamored with leather Chesterfield armchairs. Intrigued and inspired by their rolled arms and tall, imposing profile, Frau returned to Turin, where he started his own leather-upholstered furniture company, Poltrona Frau, in 1912. He began to import the sumptuous Edwardian seating for the high-end domestic market.
Frau made slight modifications to the English seat that he’d so admired, and among Poltrona Frau’s first successful designs was an iconic armchair in 1919 appropriately called the Chester. Believed to have been custom-made for Filiberto Ludovico of Savoy, Duke of Pistoia, the Chester reflected the era’s emerging Art Deco style. Frau’s chair was comfortable and functional, and he implemented the traditional upholstery technique capitonné, which refers to stuffing that is buttoned. The Chester featured a pouf and an arm that was possibly included to hold the Duke’s ashtray. The seat’s high-quality craftsmanship and integration of exquisite full-grain leather made it covetable among Italy’s elite.
When Renzo Frau died in 1926, Poltrona Frau was appointed furniture supplier to Italy’s royal family. The company furnished grand hotels, designed the interiors for Expo Turin 1928 and outfitted an Italian transatlantic ocean liner.
For more than a century, Poltrona Frau has collaborated with hundreds of leading architects and designers from around the world. It issued such iconic mid-century modern pieces as Gio Ponti’s Dezza armchair, the 1960s-era Dilly Dally vanity by Italian designer Luigi Massoni, stackable tubular steel Movie armchairs by Italian architect Mario Marenco and French architect Jean-Marie Massaud’s sleek, angular Kennedee office sofa.
Poltrona Frau has established showrooms all over the world and creates interiors for Italian automotive brands Maserati and Ferrari. The company is owned by Haworth and continues to introduce innovative, handmade home furnishings while occasionally gazing back into time — its Chester line, a modular seating system by Poltrona Frau CEO Nicola Coropulis and Roberto Lazzeroni, is a contemporary interpretation of the founder’s original Chesterfield-style seating.
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Creator: Poltrona Frau
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Leather Pot Small Glass Vase Covered with Pelle SC 06 Calicot Leather Off-White
By Poltrona Frau
Located in New York, NY
Leather pot is a transparent glass and soft leather for a family of open vases that can be mixed and matched or used on their own. The Leather Pot vases collection, designed by Poltr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Poltrona Frau Furniture
Materials
Leather, Glass
Downtown President Office Chair Genuine Leather Pelle SC 26 Topo Light Grey
By Poltrona Frau, Jean-Marie Massaud
Located in New York, NY
Competent, elegant, timeless… the DownTown chair is for demanding decision-makers looking for comfort and sophistication. A sleek technical seat handcra...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Poltrona Frau Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Pura Bowl in White Carrara Marble
By Angelo Mangiarotti, Poltrona Frau
Located in New York, NY
The intuitive and sculptural design of Angelo Mangiarotti is embodied in two objects of timeless charm. A remake of the crystal version designed in 1988, the Pura bowl...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Poltrona Frau Furniture
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Carrara Marble
Downtown Executive Office Chair Genuine Leather Pelle SC 26 Topo Light Grey
By Poltrona Frau, Jean-Marie Massaud
Located in New York, NY
Competent, elegant, timeless… the DownTown chair is for demanding decision-makers looking for comfort and sophistication. A sleek technical seat handcra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Poltrona Frau Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Renzo Frau Italian Leather Armchair "Lyra" by Poltrona Frau
By Renzo Frau, Poltrona Frau
Located in Puglia, Puglia
The Poltrona Frau Lyra armchair is an iconic design from the historical collection of Poltrona Frau. The Lyra, fully made from leather, was first no...
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1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Poltrona Frau Furniture
Materials
Leather, Beech
Leather Pot Large Glass Vase Covered with Pelle SC 140 Leather Mimosa Yellow
By Poltrona Frau
Located in New York, NY
Leather pot is a transparent glass and soft leather for a family of open vases that can be mixed and matched or used on their own. The Leather Pot vases collection, designed by Poltr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Poltrona Frau Furniture
Materials
Leather, Glass
Zhuang, Round Tray in Saddle Extra Leather Carbon
By Poltrona Frau, Neri & Hu
Located in New York, NY
In Chinese ‘zhuang’ means to protect something precious. The collection of Zhuang containers designed by Neri & Hu for Poltrona Frau consists of a series of of small treasure chests ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Poltrona Frau Furniture
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Archibald Large Genuine Leather Armchair in Pelle Sc 26 Topo Light Grey
By Poltrona Frau, Jean-Marie Massaud
Located in New York, NY
After Archibald, already released in three unmissable editions, and Archibald Gran Comfort, comes Archibald Large, the new version of the iconic armchai...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Poltrona Frau Furniture
Materials
Metal
Gio Ponti Dezza Sofa
By Gio Ponti, Poltrona Frau
Located in Meulebeke, BE
Two seat "Dezza" sofa by Gio Ponti Produced by Poltrona Frau.
Designed in 1965, the Dezza sofa is some of Gio Ponti’s most important designs.
The Dezza sofa is light and very com...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Poltrona Frau Furniture
Materials
Leather, Wood
Leather Pot Large Glass Vase Covered with Pelle SC 255 Leather Belladonna Violet
By Poltrona Frau
Located in New York, NY
Leather pot is a transparent glass and soft leather for a family of open vases that can be mixed and matched or used on their own. The Leather Pot vases collection, designed by Poltr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Poltrona Frau Furniture
Materials
Leather, Glass
Leather Pot Small Glass Vase Covered with Nest Leather Colour Salgemma Rock Salt
By Poltrona Frau
Located in New York, NY
Leather pot is a transparent glass and soft leather for a family of open vases that can be mixed and matched or used on their own. The Leather Pot vases collection, designed by Poltr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Poltrona Frau Furniture
Materials
Leather, Glass
Leather Pot Small Glass Vase Covered with Pelle SC 255 Belladonna Leather Violet
By Poltrona Frau
Located in New York, NY
Leather pot is a transparent glass and soft leather for a family of open vases that can be mixed and matched or used on their own. The Leather Pot vases collection, designed by Poltr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Poltrona Frau Furniture
Materials
Leather, Glass
Archibald Gran Comfort Genuine Leather Armchair Pelle Safari Bufalo Dark Brown
By Jean-Marie Massaud, Poltrona Frau
Located in New York, NY
Jean-Marie Massaud adds a surplus of softness to the Archibald collection: the Archibald Gran Comfort armchair. The central element is the large, soft s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Poltrona Frau Furniture
Materials
Metal
Leather Pot High Glass Vase Covered with Leather Pelle SC 140 Mimosa Yellow
By Poltrona Frau
Located in New York, NY
Leather pot: transparent glass and soft leather for a family of open vases that can be mixed and matched or used on their own. The Leather Pot high vase, designed by Poltrona Frau, c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Poltrona Frau Furniture
Materials
Leather, Glass
Leather Pot Small Glass Vase Covered with Pelle SC 140 Mimosa Leather Yellow
By Poltrona Frau
Located in New York, NY
Leather pot is a transparent glass and soft leather for a family of open vases that can be mixed and matched or used on their own. The Leather Pot vases collection, designed by Poltr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Poltrona Frau Furniture
Materials
Leather, Glass
Rips, Large Pot in Mouth-Blown Glass
By Carina Seth Andersson, Poltrona Frau
Located in New York, NY
A vase or a sculpture? Rips, by Carina Seth Andersson, fulfils both definitions: a vase for plants, flowers and branches whose strong formal and material presence also enables it to ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Poltrona Frau Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
Zhuang, Oval Tray in Saddle Extra Leather Carbon
By Neri & Hu, Poltrona Frau
Located in New York, NY
In Chinese ‘zhuang’ means to protect something precious. The collection of Zhuang containers designed by Neri & Hu for Poltrona Frau consists of a series of of small treasure chests with a minimalist and ultra contemporary design.
All containers in the Zhuang collection are made from solid Canaletto walnut, carved from a single piece by numerically controlled machinery and finished with a Cuoio Saddle Extra leather belt. The saddle-leather is embellished with very fine stitching with slightly contrasting yarn and the branded Poltrona Frau logo.
The Zhuang oval tray...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Poltrona Frau Furniture
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Bob Coffee Table Top Covered with Leather Pelle SC 10 Anthracite
By Jean-Marie Massaud, Poltrona Frau
Located in New York, NY
Attractive and functional, the Bob side table completes every room with elegant simplicity. Designer Jean-Marie Massaud proposes refined combinations of wood, leather, marble and ste...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Poltrona Frau Furniture
Materials
Metal
Montera Chair with Arms in Genuine Leather Pelle SC 66 India Light Brown
By Poltrona Frau, Roberto Lazzeroni
Located in New York, NY
The Montera chair with arms designed by Roberto Lazzeroni has a formal lightness that expresses the sensory charm of its materials: the raw cut processin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Poltrona Frau Furniture
Materials
Leather, Ash
Leplì Bench with Storage Unit in Fabric Grey
By Poltrona Frau, Kensaku Oshiro
Located in New York, NY
Leplì is a stool, bench, and pouf. Kensaku Oshiro designs four versatile pieces with a strong identity. The designer draws on traditional Poltrona Frau processes and decorations, com...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Poltrona Frau Furniture
Materials
Leather, Fabric, Birch, Plywood
Downtown Executive Office Chair Genuine Leather Pelle SC 66 India Light Brown
By Jean-Marie Massaud, Poltrona Frau
Located in New York, NY
Competent, elegant, timeless… the DownTown chair is for demanding decision-makers looking for comfort and sophistication. A sleek technical seat handcra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Poltrona Frau Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Montera Chair with Arms in Genuine Leather Pelle SC 28 Seppia Dark Grey
By Poltrona Frau, Roberto Lazzeroni
Located in New York, NY
The Montera chair with arms designed by Roberto Lazzeroni has a formal lightness that expresses the sensory charm of its materials: the raw cut processin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Poltrona Frau Furniture
Materials
Leather, Ash
Complete Lounge Set "Poppy" Model, Design Tito Agnoli for Poltrona Frau, 1974
By Tito Agnoli, Poltrona Frau
Located in taranto, IT
Splendid lounge complete with Poltrona Frau, "poppy" model, designed by Tito Agnoli in 1974
Composed of a three-seater sofa and a pair of armchairs in black leather, with quilted ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Poltrona Frau Furniture
Materials
Leather, Wood
Fred Desk Top in Saddle Extra Leather Cammello
By Poltrona Frau, Roberto Lazzeroni
Located in New York, NY
This desk is a meeting of light, almost ethereal geometries. Roberto Lazzeroni creates a piece of furniture in which the visual pleasure of a continuous saddle-leather surface is underlined by delicate hand-produced incisions and cold markings that create refined graphic decorations. A special procedure makes it possible to curve the front of the saddle-leather without any need for internal supports. The ideal companion of the desk is the Ginger chair...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Poltrona Frau Furniture
Materials
Leather, Ash
Rips, Small Pot in Mouth-Blown Glass
By Carina Seth Andersson, Poltrona Frau
Located in New York, NY
A vase or a sculpture? Rips, by Carina Seth Andersson, fulfils both definitions: a vase for plants, flowers and branches whose strong formal and material presence also enables it to ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Poltrona Frau Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
Montera Chair Genuine Leather Pelle SC 04 Latte and Saddle Extra Testa di Moro
By Poltrona Frau, Roberto Lazzeroni
Located in New York, NY
The Montera chair designed by Roberto Lazzeroni for Poltrona Frau has a formal lightness that expresses the sensory charm of its materials: the raw cut p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Poltrona Frau Furniture
Materials
Leather, Ash
Isadora Chair with arms Polvere Saddle Extra leather Grey
By Poltrona Frau, Roberto Lazzeroni
Located in New York, NY
The Isadora chair is inspired by the grace of Isadora Duncan, pioneer of contemporary dance. Created by Roberto Lazzeroni, its original design is shaped ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Poltrona Frau Furniture
Materials
Leather, Ash
Poltrona Frau Purple Leather Umbrella Stand
By Poltrona Frau
Located in Munich, DE
Very exclusive and elegant umbrella stand in purple leather and plastic inlay, made by Poltrona Frau in the 2000s, in perfect condition.
Category
1990s Italian Hollywood Regency Poltrona Frau Furniture
Materials
Leather
Poltrona Frau Kennedee Mid Century Italian Leather Sectional Sofa
By Poltrona Frau
Located in Countryside, IL
Poltrona Frau Kennedee Mid Century Italian Leather Sectional Sofa
This sectional measures: 168 wide x 37.5 deep x 26.5 inches high, with a seat...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Poltrona Frau Furniture
Materials
Leather, Wood
Italian Chromed Steel and Smoked Glass Ouverture Coffee Table for Frau, 1980s
By Poltrona Frau
Located in IT
Italian chromed steel and smoked glass Ouverture coffee table for Frau, 1980s
Original Frau coffee table model Ouverture, Design Cerri for Frau. Steel and smoked glass.
Excellent...
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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Poltrona Frau Furniture
Materials
Steel
Viking by Frau Norway Club Chair Armchairs, 1970
By Poltrona Frau
Located in Rome, IT
Comfortable and welcoming, with a truly special design, this red armchair from the Viking series. Refinement and style characterize this armchair, a very charismatic fabric makes the...
Category
1970s Norwegian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Poltrona Frau Furniture
Materials
Leather, Beech
Poltrona Frau Model Tabarin Leather Armchair Red Bordeaux
By Poltrona Frau
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This Poltrona Frau Classic armchair model Tabarin is made of red Bordeaux
The feet is made of dark beech.
A classic timeless design from Italy of the 1930 era.
Category
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Poltrona Frau Furniture
Materials
Leather, Upholstery, Beech
French Pair of Christian Biecher Armchairs for Poltrona Frau, 1990s
By Poltrona Frau, Christian Biecher
Located in Paris, FR
20th-century vintage pair of armchairs designed by French architect Christian Biecher for an elite Parisian restaurant named le Korova in 1999. These were edited by Italian notable f...
Category
1990s French Modern Poltrona Frau Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Set of Four Leather and Wood Dining Chairs by Poltrona Frau. 'Louise'
By Poltrona Frau
Located in Ft Lauderdale, FL
Set of Four Leather and Wood Dining Chairs by Poltrona Frau. 'Louise'
Color is an off-white to oatmeal. The structure is crafted with solid ash and beech wood with polyurethane foa...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Poltrona Frau Furniture
Materials
Leather, Wood
"Quadra" Bedside/Small Nesting Tables in Cognac Leather by Poltrona Frau, 1970s
By Poltrona Frau
Located in Brescia , Brescia
Welcome to the epitome of vintage elegance! Presenting the "Quadra" Bedside/Small Nesting Tables by Poltrona Frau, a true gem from the sophisticated era of the 1970s.
Crafted with t...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Poltrona Frau Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Set of 2 Poltrona Frau Regina Leather Lounge Chair & Ottoman 2 Sets Available
By Paolo Rizzatto, Poltrona Frau
Located in San Diego, CA
A contemporary interpretation of the classic bergère, Regina is a swivel armchair. Designed by Paolo Rizzatto, the fluid and aerodynamic Regina has an extremely generous and welcomin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Space Age Poltrona Frau Furniture
Materials
Steel
Italian modern Green leather armchairs by Luigi Massoni for Poltrona Frau 1970s
By Luigi Massoni, Poltrona Frau
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern Green leather armchairs by Luigi Massoni for Poltrona Faru, 1970s
Three-seater sofa fully padded and covered in dark green leather. The seat is made up of 3 padded cu...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Poltrona Frau Furniture
Materials
Leather, Wood
Luigi Massoni For Poltrona Frau, ‘Lullaby Due’ Bed With Dilly Dally, Italy 1968
By Luigi Massoni, Poltrona Frau
Located in ABCOUDE, UT
Rare complete bedroom set model ‘Lullaby Due” containing the circular rotating bed, two nightstands and Dilly Dally vanity all in matching pink leather...
Category
1960s Vintage Poltrona Frau Furniture
Materials
Chrome
1960s Munari for Poltrona Italian Lounge Chairs Gray Bouclé
By Poltrona Frau
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1960s Italy guiseppe munari for Poltrona
Fabulous set Italian lounge chairs in gray bouclé
Classic curved deco design inspired by French Jean Michel Fr...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Poltrona Frau Furniture
Materials
Fabric
Poltrona Frau Leather Sofa Hermes colour Model Twice by Pierluigi Cerri
By Poltrona Frau, Pierluigi Cerri
Located in Munich, Bavaria
Italian architect Pierluigi Cerri design this Classic Sofa for Poltrona Frau.
This modell " Twice" comes in a stunning Hermes Orange semianiline leather.
A Classic design with grea...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Modern Poltrona Frau Furniture
Materials
Chrome
20th Century Italian Design Living Room Set or Salon Suite by Poltrona Frau 1960
By Tito Agnoli, Poltrona Frau
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Rare Italian design luxury living room set by Poltona Frau includes:
1 large sofa
2 armchairs
made of original POPPY model leather design by ...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Poltrona Frau Furniture
Materials
Leather
Poltrona Frau Armchair Chair Model La Capanelle by Tito Angoli
By Tito Agnoli, Poltrona Frau
Located in Munich, Bavaria
Italian architect Tito Agnoli design this Classic armchair for Poltrona Frau.
This modell " Le Capanelle" comes in a creme beige semianiline leather.
A Classic design. It will fits...
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Poltrona Frau Furniture
Materials
Leather, Upholstery
Poltrona Frau furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Poltrona Frau furniture are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of animal skin and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Poltrona Frau furniture, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. We have 82 vintage editions of these items in-stock, while there is 88 modern edition to choose from as well. Many of the original furniture by Poltrona Frau were created in the modern style in europe during the 21st century and contemporary. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider furniture by Artefatto Design Studio, Secolo, and Giorgetti S.p.A.. Prices for Poltrona Frau furniture can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $180 and can go as high as $27,480, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $4,120.
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- What is Poltrona Frau leather?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Poltrona Frau is a furniture-maker in Turin Italy that has a special technique it uses to craft durable leather. Leather made by Poltrona Frau goes through a 21-step tanning process, which is much more than standard practice. The full-grain leather is dyed through so a scratch will not reveal a different hue underneath. Its estimated that 95% of the company's products are made by hand to ensure superior quality. Shop a collection of Poltrona Frau furniture from some of the worlds top sellers on 1stDibs.
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