1 of 4 Each B&B Italia Metropolitan Leather Armchairs Jeffrey Bernett

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1 of 4 Each B&B Italia Metropolitan Leather Armchairs Jeffrey Bernett

About the Item

We are delighted to offer for sale 1 of 4 B&B Italia Metropolitan Koto leather armchairs designed by Jeffrey Barnette RRP £3571 per chair The chairs are a kind of burn brown colour, they have a slight feel of conker brown, the leather silky soft as you would expect from premium Italian Koto hide. We have deep cleaned hand condition waxed and hand polished them from top to bottom, they have some light leather indentations here and there but mostly they are perfect Dimensions Height 70cm Width 81cm Depth 66cm Please note all measurements are taken at the widest point. Designer: Jeffrey Bernett Typology: Armchairs Collection: B&B Italia Year: 2002 The seat that flows uninterruptedly into the armrests is the hallmark of this small armchair and relaxation chair. The former, with aluminium swivel base and four spokes, combines elegance and comfort. The latter, which is also swivel and has a matching ottoman, is larger with a headrest with magnet for adjustments. There are two bases available, one with four spokes and one circular, both in bright brushed aluminium. This item is available for collection from our Wimbledon warehouses. Condition Please view the very detailed pictures as they form part of the description around condition Please note vintage period and original items such as leather seating will always have natural patina in the form of cracking creasing and wear, we recommend regular waxing to ensure no moisture is lost, also hand dyed leather is not recommended to sit in direct sunlight for prolonged periods of time as it will dry out and fade.

Creator:
B&B Italia (Retailer),Jeffrey Bernett (Designer)
Dimensions:
Height: 27.56 in (70 cm)Width: 31.89 in (81 cm)Depth: 25.99 in (66 cm)
Style:
Modern (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Chrome,Leather,Hand-Crafted
Place of Origin:
Italy
Period:
21st Century
Date of Manufacture:
21st Century
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use. Minor fading.
Seller Location:
GB
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU2823310620101

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B&B Italia

In 1966, Piero Ambrogio Busnelli cofounded C&B Italia, a modern Italian furniture manufacturer, with Cesare Cassina in northern Milan. From the outset, Busnelli and Cassina set about recruiting the most talented modernists in Italy to conceive of creative furnishings manufactured in modern ways. In the early 1970s, the company split, with Cassina founding his own eponymous firm and Busnelli taking leadership of what became B&B Italia.

For decades, Busnelli cultivated relationships with the world’s best design talent, resulting in furniture pieces that remain iconic today — be they Gaetano Pesce’s outwardly curvaceous Up seating (made for C&B, reintroduced by B&B) or tables from industrial designer Paolo Piva, each more sophisticated than the next in their geometrically complex steel-tube bases. B&B Italia earned four prestigious Compasso d’Oro design awards: in 1979 for Mario Bellini’s Le Bambole, in 1984 for the Sisamo wardrobe system by Studio Kairos, in 1987 for Antonio Citterio’s modular Sity sofa and, in 1989, the first award given to a manufacturing company itself.

Other notable names who designed for B&B Italia over the course of its 54-year history include Patricia Urquiola, Naoto Fukasawa, Zaha Hadid, Ettore Sottsass and Vincent Van Duysen, to name a very few. And while these names bring star power to the B&B brand, in many cases, it was B&B Italia who helped usher in their celebrity, fostering a wave of design talent on the world stage.

The company’s forward-thinking vision manifested in its own headquarters, too: In 1972, B&B Italia tapped architects Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers to design a steel-framed, postmodern-style home for the brand, whose crisscrossing metal exoskeleton is reminiscent of the pair’s Centre Pompidou in Paris, which was built at roughly the same time. Now, B&B Italia manages a contract division and outdoor section as well as its residential arm, and it also controls production for Maxalto, a brand spun out with furniture designs by Antonio Citterio.

At 1stDibs, find a range of vintage B&B Italia furniture — including sofas, cocktail tables and more.