Collectible Design 'Moon' Armchair, a Contemporary Piece with a Vintage Twist

By French Lebanese designer Charles Kalpakian, 'Moon' is a contemporary armchair with a vintage twist in Kvadrat upholstery. Its very high back and its unusual width and depth (80 cm...

From simple beechwood rods, German artist Pia Maria Raeder creates refined functional sculptures reminiscent of biomorphic forms. She has become globally known for her ’Sea Anemone...

‘Écritoire’ Desk (Lacquered) by French Lebanese Charles Kalpakian is a true gem, resounding in its elegance, simplicity, graphic unity and the complementarity of materials. Curves an...

This 'Kuramura Pollock (Ocean)' armchair is a unique piece handcrafted by Ayala Serfaty featuring a deep green and white pattern and evoking Jackson Pollock’s drippings. World-renowned for her ‘SOMA’ series (her "clouds"), Ayala Serfaty has developed since 2010 a collection of seats made of wool, linen and silk fibres which she carefully gathers from all over the world. Work by the artist is notably included in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Arts and Design in New York. Like a painter mixes paint on a pallet, Ayala Serfaty handcrafts a unique felt for each piece to create custom colours and textures. The materiality of textile came to inform her work from its very beginning. “I started out with felt when I went to a Joseph Beuys exhibition in London in 1985. Now I produce it myself. I was trained as a painter and for me, the value of felt – historically, culturally, and artistically – means that I can treat it like a painting or a sculpture. First, I sculpt the polyurethane foam over the metal structure. Next I figure out the shape of the garment so that it will totally cover it. I don’t cut a piece of fabric – I make the entire cover in one piece. Each one is unique, and with no fitting. I make the colours I need, mixing silk with wool and linen in different percentages”. The series of sensual and protective felt chairs, armchairs and benches is called ‘RAPA’ (‘the healer’ in Hebrew). The name echoes the idea so dear to Joseph Beuys who claimed to have been treated and healed during WWII by this material. Each featuring a unique organic pattern, these seats of singular beauty and consummate comfort defy categorisation while bringing to mind rocky soil, bird plumage, and animal hides. Visually rough but infinitely soft to the touch, they succeed in blurring the usual sensitive frontiers while asserting the physical and terrestrial character of life. Since the 1990s, Ayala Serfaty has forged a unique path in the world of contemporary design, translating the structural and aesthetic qualities of the natural world into three-dimensional objects. Her conceptual furniture...

'Naturoscopie II' is a set of lighting, kinetic pieces that rekindle the impressions and sensations that we all feel when the sunlight filters through the foliage of a tree. Within e...

‘Cinétisme IV (Gold and Blue)’ is a hypnotic piece in lacquered wood and wenge that literally reinvents the concept of cabinet and bookshelf. Unexpected and immediately eye-catching...

Splendid original collector's chair from the 1960s, designed by umberto mascagni and made, as per tradition, with a wood and metal structure and sand beige skay upholstery, with an e...

Characterized by its gracefully arching armrests, the Moon Armchair is crafted in ash wood, available in eight different natural finishes, shown here in ...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely hand dyed brown leather club armchair which has been discontinued for many years now Please not...

Armchair with footrest Manufactured by Guillermo Santomá Edition Side Gallery Barcelona, 2018. Pladur structure, foam, latex painting. Guillermo Santomá is a designer living and wor...

Classic armchair in Scandinavian design in the style of Grete Jalk from the 1960s with high-quality frame in teak. The seat and backrest have been newly upholstered and covered with ...

Contemporary rectangular armchair with cubic-shaped leather upholstery. Unique piece, designed for a scenography in Potsdam-Babelsberg, 2020.