Susan Wheeler Home Chairs

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.

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...

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...

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

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This stunning pair of Mid-Century Modern chairs were realized by the esteemed designer Donghia in the United States, circa 1980. They feature ebonized walnut bodies with circular bac...

The Bluff side chair is an homage to the foothills surrounding Luft Tanaka's hometown of Kasugai, Japan. Poetic and architectural; planar yet curvy, the Bluff side chairs are sculptu...

Mid-Century Modern style arm chairs with flat bar chrome frames and leather seats. Please confirm location.

Hollywood Regency chair by Grosfeld House. Shown in original finish and textile. Too many times i will upholster a chair only to have it purchased and sent to an upholsterer. Underst...

This pair of Chiavari chairs with the typical high back was designed by Gaetano Descalzi in the city of Chiavari in Italy, where they have since been produced in various models. The...

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