Maria Pergay for Architonic Pair of Steel Brown Leather Chairs, France

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Maria Pergay for Architonic Pair of Steel Brown Leather Chairs, France

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Maria Pergay Architonic pair of steel brown leather chairs, France, 1970s Incredible and rare pair of chairs by Maria Pergay for Architonic. These chairs swivel and are an incredible addition to any decor. Maria Pergay’s career began while creating ornate metal elements for window displays in Paris’s fashionable boutiques. With her creativity piqued, she began experimenting with silver, soon producing a complete collection of distinct, contemporary pieces in the late 1950s. Pergay’s silver work functioned as a catalyst for her innovative works made of stainless steel. Pergay’s usage of this material not only became her trademark but also changed the face of French decoration in the 1970s. All the while, furniture design remained a harshly male-dominated field which relegated design work by women to trite ‘decoration.' Drawing from a multitude of sources, she was provoked by antiquity, Japanese art and the innate nature of her materials - conjuring a voice so individual that many of her pieces would not receive recognition until years after they were created. Much like Eileen Gray, whose genius was also widely neglected be- cause of her gender, Pergay created for her own pleasure - exhibiting and selling to clients, while quietly receiving important private commissions. In this way, she maintained a diverse and lengthy career, working enthusiastically even today. Much in the way that Pergay’s innovative work landed her outside of the French modernist movement of the 1950s and 1960s, neither does she conform to the mainstream of today’s contemporary design. Moreover, she defies the demand to produce using one theme over a singular period of time, rather creating as her ideas come, without schedule or structure. Despite the absence of a calculated artistic agenda, retrospect makes clear the consistent core vision maintained by Pergay throughout her career. She works in broad strokes, concentrating on the physicality of ideas rather than the details. Having pioneered the use of stainless steel in furniture, she has ceaselessly challenged the inherent limitations of her primary material. He is among a handful of designers of her generation who are still avidly working today - a remarkable accomplishment.

Creator:
Maria Pergay (Designer)
Dimensions:
Height: 44.5 in (113.03 cm)Width: 20 in (50.8 cm)Depth: 19 in (48.26 cm)Seat Height: 17.5 in (44.45 cm)
Sold As:
Set of 2
Style:
Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Leather,Steel
Place of Origin:
France
Period:
1970-1979
Date of Manufacture:
1970s
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use. some patina on the steel as shown in photos that only adds to the chairs and leather is in overall good condition but shows some age consistent wear.
Seller Location:
New York, NY
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU1893311454051