American Modern Goatskin "Onassis" Chairs, Karl Springer

French mid-century light mahogany armchair with gilt bronze sabot feet and armrest supported by gilt bronze eagles with brown upholstery. Signed by Vadim Androusov for Jean Pascaud (ref: Les Decorateurs des annee 40, pg 172). Jean Pascaud was born in Rouen in 1903. He took a degree in engineering from the Ecole Centrale des Arts et Manufactures, but his passion for furniture and décor, and the influence of his father in law, Auguste Bluysen, (then President of the Société des Architectes Modernes), led Pascaud to abandon a more traditional career and take up furniture design instead. By the late 1920s Pascaud regularly at the Salon des Tuileries, at the Salon d'Automne, the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs, and the Arts Ménagers. His work is simple, yet technically ambitious and brilliant; his pieces are impressively large, but aesthetically balanced. Vadim Androusov was born in St. Petersburg in 1895. He was a grandson of the archeologist Schliemann. He arrived in Paris in 1920 and took classes at La Grande Chaumière academy; Bourdelle was one of his professors. His first sculptures date from 1925 and depict female figures and characters drawn from classical antiquity. He rarely used bronze, preferring terracotta, plaster, wood, and stone. He showed his creations at the Salon des Tuileries and the Salon des Indépendants. While a sculptor, he also collaborated with interior decorators and created wall-mounted light fixtures, furniture pulls...

Mid-Century American (1970s) chrome flat bar armchair featuring an off-white fabric upholstered scrolling headrest and seat, rounded arms unified with the...

French 1940s sycamore arm chair with open design gilded back & trim and slip seat (att: BATISTIN SPADE)

Set of 8 French Mid-Century (1938) sycamore side chairs with a shaped upholstered back & seat with scroll form legs (by ANDRE ARBUS) (ref: ARBUS, by Brunhammer, pg 155)

Pair of lacquered goatskin wrapped "Onasis" chairs by Karl Springer, circa 1980"s. The chairs are in good vintage condition with original upholstery and measure 24"W x 22"D x 30"H wi...

Set of six original Karl Springer Onassis Chairs in goatskin. The six chairs have been in a one user household and are in great vintage conditi...

Ron Seff 1980s goatskin lacquered beige armchair.

Spectacular 1980’s Regency lounge chair in the manner of Karl Springer. Out of an estate design by Steve Chase. In original condition, so it shows minor wear consistent with age. ...