Susan Wheeler Home Seating

Beautiful example in pristine condition, designed by Man Ray for Gavina's ultramobile exhibition.

Italian brass Chiavari chair. New seat cushion upholstered in Lee Jofa louvered maze cut velvet fabric. Overall as found unpolished patina to the solid brass frame.

The funeral look of this furniture-sculpture is tempered by the softness of the polyurethane that makes it: in perfect Gufram tradition nothing is as it seems. "THE END in BLACK" is ...

Four Antique Bull Horn Chairs ca. 1870 A set of four antique bull horn chairs ca. 1870, covered with antique green velvet which has to be renewed (is loo...

Marvellous midcentury armchairs with tubular steel structure and seats. "Lens" model was designed by Giovanni Offredi and produced for Saporiti, around 1968 in Italy. These items are made of a stunning new stain-resistant, fire-retardant petrol blue velvet. A magnificent and iconic set that will be perfect for a living room or study, thanks to the brightness of the chromed steel structure. These pieces are in amazing vintage conditions as shown in the photos. The shipping quote refers to the chairs shipped with the seating disassembled from the chrome base. Giovanni Offredi (born 1927, Milan–died 2007, Milan) was a prominent Italian furniture and product designer of the second half of the 20th century. As opposed to most of the other Italian furniture designers of his time, Giovanni Offredi was not an architect, nor did he start designing early in his professional career. Instead, Offredi partially fits the career path of some of the talented contemporary designers who pursue product design outside of a formal education in architecture. The earliest furniture design work known by Giovanni Offredi consists of exemplary furnishings made specifically for some of the wealthy families in Milan. Such is the case of the works done by Offredi for Casa C., in 1960, in Gorgonzola, a small town 14 miles from Milan. These works were designed with a surprisingly minimal simplicity and elegance, and they also clearly display a hallmark of his design work with the use of angular lines and exposed metal or wood frames—not unlike some of the modern Scandinavian design of the time. In the late 1960s, Giovanni Offredi met Sergio Saporiti, the owner of Italian design shop and furniture maker Saporiti, and in 1970, Offredi formalized a partnership with the furniture maker. This partnership would be long and successful and resulted in many furniture designs of distinct precision that were clearly modern and innovative and that went on to enjoy considerable commercial success. The most prominent furniture designs that Offredi made for Saporiti include the Paracarro table...

Beautiful 19th century Biedermeier style side chair in walnut with leather seat. After a model by Joseph Danhausser.   

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Side chair model Cab, designed by Mario Bellini for Cassina. Wonderful 1980 example with buttery soft, newly reconditioned, elephant hide grey leather perfectly worn in from many yea...

Japanese drifting chair / drifting stool Drifting object animal A dog-shaped stool made of drifting objects. It has a beautiful shape as an object.

Name: A seaside girl Sculptural stool by Hiroyuki Nishimura and zone carved furniture Material: Chinquapin This work is carved from log with some kinds of chainsaws. Most of wood...

Side chair from the 1930s with early example of plywood seat. Chairs can be sold separately. $1500.00 per chair.

Early adjustable Industrial machinist stool, manufactured by Toledo,, Wonderful original patina color and surface. Solid carved wood top and back.