Mark Brazier Jones "Tally Ho" Chair Upholstered in Tan Leather

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Mark Brazier Jones "Tally Ho" Chair Upholstered in Tan Leather

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A Mark Brazier Jones (B. 1956 ) "Tally Ho" chair, the sculptural chair is upholstered in a tan leather, with leather reigns, straps and steel stirrups on a stylised gilt wrought iron frame with decorative details. Part Of Mark Brazier Jones's Flashman Collection designed and crafted in his own studio in England in 2015. Made famous by the Red Room in 50 Shades of Grey and other famous Tally Ho chair owners include Slash from Guns and Roses and Gwyneth Paltrow Mark Brazier Jones described the conversation and creative process he had with Sam Taylor Wood the director prior to the making of the film. "Sam Taylor Johnson approached us before filming started …. We had a long conversation on the phone in which we soon discovered an enjoyable creative link … she was very definite about using at least 3 of my more risqué pieces of furniture as key elements in the red room.....The pieces chosen for the film are inventions of mine that are now some ten years old … and are what I call the Flashman Collection. My point of inspiration being the literary character Harry Flashman, authored by George MacDonald Fraser (hilarious books containing exceptional spoken English and thoroughly researched historical situations). Our anti-hero is a Victorian bounder and insatiable opportunist with the ladies. The collection fantasises the notion of stately home parties and saucy capers. There are a number of pieces in the collection but the devices singled out by Sam Taylor Johnson and Sandy Wasco where the Study Chair, the Tally Ho (equestrian folly for polo practice should your Aunt Maud enquire as to the purpose of the curio sitting in your drawing room) and a Detention Cabinet specifically designed to restrain the miscreant … lots of fun and genuine ice breakers at Belgravia receptions." Mark Brazier-Jones is an internationally celebrated artist, master furniture and lighting designer, sculptor and engineer. His patrons list film and rock royalty and art collectors all over the world. Examples of his work are held in the following museums: Victoria & Albert Museum, London Musee des Arts decoratifs, Paris The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Decorative Arts Collection of the Brooklyn Museum, New York The Museum of Art and Design, New York

Creator:
Mark Brazier-Jones (Designer)
Dimensions:
Height: 42.92 in (109 cm)Width: 54.34 in (138 cm)Depth: 17.72 in (45 cm)
Style:
Victorian (In the Style Of)
Materials and Techniques:
Leather,Metal,Wrought Iron
Place of Origin:
England
Period:
2010-
Date of Manufacture:
2015
Condition:
Seller Location:
London, GB
Reference Number:
Seller: CHR 1391stDibs: LU2138332578102

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Mark Brazier-Jones

Before Mark Brazier-Jones became an internationally celebrated furniture and lighting designer, interior decorator and sculptor, he took part in live shows by the band Funkapolitan, dazzling concert audiences with his “performance welding art,” which saw him creating dynamic sculptures on stage during the 1980s. Since then, Brazier-Jones has produced provocative chandeliers, chairs and other ornate furnishings that draw on Art Nouveau, baroque and Rococo design and has amassed a star-studded clientele that includes actors, art collectors and rock music royalty.

Brazier-Jones was born in 1956 in New Zealand, then moved with his family to the United Kingdom at the age of 12. He later earned a BA in ceramic sculpture and, during the 1970s and early 1980s, found work in the nascent music video industry, designing and building sets for musicians Elton John, David Bowie and others.

While he was immersed in London’s warehouse party scene, Brazier-Jones met Tom Dixon and Nick Jones of Funkapolitan. They forged a friendship and invited Brazier-Jones on stage to create sculptures out of shopping carts and old cars as the band performed (Dixon also created sculptures from scrap metal onstage while performing with the band). In 1983, Brazier-Jones, Dixon and Jones started the Creative Salvage Group, later joined by French designer André Dubreuil. The collective’s first exhibition of welded art-furniture sold out and garnered immediate critical acclaim.

After a few years, Brazier-Jones focused on solo design endeavors and moved to rural Hertfordshire, where he established his workshop and studio in a 16th-century barn. With the support of a small team, Brazier-Jones designs and produces everything from console tables and floor lamps to daybeds and mirrors.

Brazier-Jones’s works are held in permanent public collections, including the Victoria and Albert, the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, the Museum of Fine Arts and more.

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