MIM Signed Three Chrome Metal Midcentury Italian Armchairs, 1960

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...

Set of sculptural rattan armchairs in very good condition. The chairs have an elegant basket form seat and large rounded armrests. The frame is made from steel and is covered in ra...

Italian Mid-Century Modern design set of two armchairs designed by Ico Parisi fo Mim Roma with wooden frame and curved plywood, leather upholstery, 1960s.

Midcentury lounge chair with a wide seat and slanted back. Original feet are wood but can be replaced with brass ones on request. Has been upholstered in a blue velvet for display pu...

Midcentury rattan and bamboo Italian armchair. This item was produced in Italy during 1960s. The seat is made of thin rattan elements while the structural elements are made of bam...

A set of two beautiful and very comfortable Italian Midcentury armchairs or lounge chairs from the 1960s. The have been professionally and completely re-upholstered with new foam, s...