Ico Parisi Armchairs, Italy, circa 1950

Regency Armchairs England circa 1830 Painted gilt armchairs with detailed carving, original upholstery. 24"w x 31”d x 35”h x 16”seat

Bobbin Armchair England circa 1890 Newly upholstered seat and arms in herringbone fabric by De La Cuona, composed of wool and linen. 27"w x 32”d x 37.5”h x 16”seat

England circa 1820 Antique buttonback armchair frame, newly upholstered in Bichon orange fleece by Rosemary Hallgarten. 31”w x 27”d x 42.5”h x 22”seat

France circa 1890 New upholstery, Carved Fruitwood frame with adjustable iron mechanism for reclining. 29”w x 26”d x 48”h x 17”seat

Art Deco Armchairs France circa 1930 Reupholstered in neutral linen with green piping. Measures 29"w x 35”d x 39”h x 16”seat

England circa 1890 Antique frame, newly upholstered in Rosemary Hallgarten Teddy. 28”w x 30”d x 39”h x 18”seat

This armchair was in Italy in 1951 designed by Ico Parisi and manufactured by Ariberto Colombo. The massive chair had been re-upholstered in their past w...

Pair of Italian armchairs, Ico Parisi style, 1950s. Dimensions: H= 69 cm; W=87 cm; D= 72 cm; height seat= 35 cm.

This beautiful cushioned armchair was design and produced in the 1950s. Its shape, style and quality resembles similar contemporary products design by Gio Ponti or Ico Parisi. The ar...

Set of three armchairs worked wood frame covered with original velvet of the time attributable to Ico Parisi late 1950s. Additional measureme...

Mid-century Italian green velvet armchair Ico Parisi style, 1950s.

Set of four armchairs in white fiberglass Kubilia series of Ico Parisi for M.I.M. Rome, Italy. Ico Parisi was born in Palermo in 1916. He gained a diploma in construction and served his apprenticeship in Giuseppe Terragni's studio. In 1937 he carried out, for the magazine Quadrante, a photographic study of the Casa del Fascio that marked the entire research that Parisi conducted in "meditating on the legacies and contradictions of the enormous baggage of ideas and forms constituted by the experience of the masters". His activity, marked by continuous experimentation, is an incessant quest in the fields of architecture, art and design. Between 1948 and 1950 he devoted himself to the study of furniture elements. In the field of design, crucial encounters with Munari and Fontana (1951) and Melotti profoundly marked his experience. In 1948 he founded the studio La ruota with his wife Luisa Aiani, a designer and designer, which ceased its activity in 1995. In 1954 he was awarded the Gold Medal at the X Milan Triennale with the work Padiglione Soggiorno, with Silvio Longhi and Luigi Antonietti. In 1957 he presented at the exhibition Colori e forme della casa d'oggi the work Casa per vacanze, which was the result of a collaboration with Manlio Rho...