Leather Pot Small Glass Vase Covered with Pelle SC 140 Mimosa Leather Yellow
About the Item
- Creator:Poltrona Frau (Manufacturer)
- Dimensions:Height: 4 in (10.16 cm)Width: 4.75 in (12.07 cm)Depth: 3.75 in (9.53 cm)
- Style:Modern (Of the Period)
- Materials and Techniques:
- Place of Origin:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:Contemporary
- Production Type:New & Custom(Current Production)
- Estimated Production Time:Available Now
- Condition:
- Seller Location:New York, NY
- Reference Number:
Poltrona Frau
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.
Find vintage Poltrona Frau club chairs, coffee tables, desks and other furniture on 1stDibs.
- ShippingRetrieving quote...Ships From: Carson, CA
- Return PolicyA return for this item may be initiated within 14 days of delivery.
- Leather Pot High Glass Vase Covered with Leather Pelle SC 140 Mimosa YellowBy Poltrona FrauLocated in New York, NYLeather 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 Vases
MaterialsLeather, Glass
- Leather Pot Large Glass Vase Covered with Pelle SC 140 Leather Mimosa YellowBy Poltrona FrauLocated in New York, NYLeather 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 Vases
MaterialsLeather, Glass
- Leather Pot Small Glass Vase Covered with Pelle SC 255 Belladonna Leather VioletBy Poltrona FrauLocated in New York, NYLeather 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 Vases
MaterialsLeather, Glass
- Leather Pot Small Glass Vase Covered with Pelle SC 06 Calicot Leather Off-WhiteBy Poltrona FrauLocated in New York, NYLeather 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 Vases
MaterialsLeather, Glass
- Leather Pot High Glass Vase Covered with Leather Pelle SC 255 Belladonna VioletBy Poltrona FrauLocated in New York, NYLeather 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 Vases
MaterialsLeather, Glass
- Leather Pot High Glass Vase Covered with Leather Pelle SC 68 Sahara BrownBy Poltrona FrauLocated in New York, NYLeather 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 Vases
MaterialsLeather, Glass
- Geko Vase Small, Small Vase in Glass with 2 Gekos, ItalyBy VG design and laboratory departmentLocated in Treviso, TrevisoThe charm of the shapes is enhanced by the material with which the collection is made: glass. Transparency, lightness and shine meet the design, transforming into sculptured object...Category
2010s Italian Modern Vases
MaterialsGlass
- Geko Vase Small, Small Vase in Glass with 4 Gekos, ItalyBy VG design and laboratory departmentLocated in Treviso, TrevisoThe charm of the shapes is enhanced by the material with which the collection is made: glass. Transparency, lightness and shine meet the design, transforming into sculptured object...Category
2010s Italian Modern Vases
MaterialsGlass
- Geko Vase Small, Small Vase in Glass with 2 Gekos, ItalyBy VG design and laboratory departmentLocated in Treviso, TrevisoThe charm of the shapes is enhanced by the material with which the collection is made: glass. Transparency, lightness and shine meet the design, transforming into sculptured object...Category
2010s Italian Modern Vases
MaterialsGlass
- Ernest Baptiste Leveille Glass Vase with Gilt and Enamel MimosasBy Ernest Baptiste LeveilleLocated in Roma, RMRare and important vase in amethyst glass, exquisitely painted in gilt enhanced with enamelling and glass beads. The painted design of a Mimosa branch in bloom extends to three sides of the vase. The gilt painting is enhanced with glass beads and white enamel flowers. Ernest-Baptiste Leveillé...Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Vases
MaterialsGlass
- Brilliant Yellow Small Isla Glass VaseBy Julie RichozLocated in San Andreas Atoto, MXThe result of a year-long collaboration between the Swiss-French designer and Nouvel Studio, Isla explores the juxtaposition of myriad hues and glass transparencies through two diffe...Category
2010s Mexican Vases
MaterialsGlass
- Neoclassical Mercury Glass Urn Vase with CoverLocated in New York, NYNeoclassical Style mercury glass urn vase and lid. Dimensions: 18.5" H x 9.25" Diameter. Dealer: S138XX.Category
20th Century Neoclassical Urns
MaterialsMercury Glass