The "Tsu Chairs" Designed by Stanley Jay Friedman for Brueton

About the Item

Fine design meets the finest quality. These luxurious Brueton chairs designed by Stanley Jay Friedman. Recognized for his clean barrier-breaking modern designs. With an eye on cutting edge technologies, Friedman’s passion for pushing boundaries and experimenting has led to his reputation for being a savvy forward thinking designer. Set of FOUR chairs with an elegant East Asian flair. Each chair has a hand carved solid mahogany frame with delicate compound curves, featuring an upholstered seat and a wide curving slat back. Frames professionally refinished in a stunningly elegant espresso stain finish. The stainless steel sabots add a subtle yet distinctive touch to the Tsu chairs are quite regal. Friedman designed the seating for Brueton, a company well known in the trade for their high quality American made furniture. For over 90 years Brueton has produced signature furnishings working with some of the best designers and architects, for the residential, contract and hospitality markets.

Creator:
Stanley Jay Friedman (Designer),Brueton (Manufacturer)
Dimensions:
Height: 33.5 in (85.09 cm)Width: 25.25 in (64.14 cm)Depth: 22.5 in (57.15 cm)Seat Height: 20 in (50.8 cm)
Materials and Techniques:
Mahogany,Stainless Steel,Upholstery
Place of Origin:
United States
Period:
1970-1979
Date of Manufacture:
circa 1979
Condition:
Reupholstered. Refinished. Wear consistent with age and use. The chairs are in vintage restored condition. Frames are tight and sturdy, professionally reuphostered and refinshed.
Seller Location:
Dallas, TX
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU4528237614172

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Initially known as Spanish Metal Arts — a supplier of fencing for stately homes on Long Island — the principals at New York furniture manufacturer Brueton were artistically minded from the start, ensuring that their furniture company would become a major player in the world of stylish, modern stainless steel-based design. The company’s sculptural glass-topped dining tables and vintage mid-century modern chrome-framed armchairs are welcome additions to any contemporary interior.

Brueton got its start with the Manufacturers Hanover Trust building in Manhattan. When award-winning architect Gordon Bunshaft of engineering firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) was designing what would become a modernist marvel in the 1950s — a structure that traded sleek glass facades for the stone columns typically associated with banks — SOM worked with Spanish Metal Arts’s Bruno Saudino and Tony Vitale to furnish the property.

For Bruno and Tony, it marked the start of the aptly named Brueton — the pair produced understated side tables and seating made of glass and aluminum for SOM’s project. Revolutionary for its time, instead of traditional narrow windows, the Manufacturers Hanover Trust building was practically transparent — allowing passers-by to see the vault from the outside. (Celebrated photographer Ezra Stoller, who chronicled iconic New York buildings like Mies van der Rohe’s Seagram Building and the soaring silhouette of Eero Saarinen’s TWA Terminal, shot the building in 1954.)

Much like the material associated with so many of its offerings, Brueton built a reputation of being a strong, dependable and polished manufacturer. The brand worked with designers such as J. Wade Beam, who created cylindrical tables of polished chrome and exquisite marble mirrors during the 1970s, as well as Massimo and Lella Vignelli, a pair of innovative polymaths who left a profound mark on design and wider visual culture.

On 1stDibs, find vintage Brueton case pieces and storage cabinets, tables and seating on 1stDibs.