Primitive Tree Branch Chair, France, circa 1970

*Please note the price is per unit, and the chairs are sold individually* Mauser Cantilever Chairs Germany circa 1920 Painted black seats and back on chromed tubular steel f...

Spain, 1964 Sleek angled frame composed of beech wood and upholstered in mohair. Designed by Juan Gamboa. 21.25”w x 21.5”d x 26”h x 16”seat Ref. CHAIR1321 $ 4,800

Denmark, 1960 Chromed tubular steel with a suede sling seat. 20.75”w x 29”d x 27”h x 13.5”seat Ref. CHAIR1286 $ 5,200

America circa 1940 American industrial tubular frame, with hidden ashtrays. Newly covered in soft felt fabric. 24"w x 26"d x 34"h x 18”seat Ref. CHAIR1259 $ 19,000 ( set of 8 )

French Primitive Artist’s Chair, c. 1950 Wood, enamel, Blue/Green/Grey Red Letters

Koncz Vilmos (1932 – 2006). He started painting at the age of 30, using the following techniques: charcoal, pastel, oil. He has had solo exhibitions eight times in Budapest, and his works have been featured in seventeen group exhibitions worldwide. He was an experimental creator. Its more than 420 works include glass mosaics, terracotta, copper embossing and furniture carving. After his death, most of his oeuvre was “lost”. A decade and a half passed from painting to the first carvings. Middle Eastern and African culture had a major impact on his further artistic work. Traveled and created in Baghdad, Kuwait, Beirut and Tanzania. He became acquainted with the ancient folk art of the Makonde tribe, with carvings of ebony and ivory, which changed his creative career. When he made an authentic bracelet out of ivory, decorated with African motifs, the members of the tribe welcomed him among themselves. He became the tribe’s "Mister Vili." An exhibition of his painted paintings was held at the Kilimanjaro Hotel. He learned the machining of copper from the Arabs and the making of glass mosaics, and the tricks of jewelry making from the Hindus. He had forty large sculptures erected in various settlements of Hungary, mostly multi-field, made with a circular carving technique. Everything from ornaments on the table to the three-meter-high monument was found in his oeuvre. The Tiszakürt Arboretum also houses two wooden sculptures made of circular carvings: Tasso and the Tanzanian family tree. Donated works of his hometown: the 1956 headboard, the “Jászok” and “Kunok” (Old Hungarian Tribes), the “Flute”, the “Kolompolás” (Ringing the Bell) and the “Winged Altar”. In the 1980s, he also made carvings for the Budapest Zoo and Botanical Garden. His Ars Poetic was: “I do what I love, which drives from within, because I want to leave marks behind that I once existed and perhaps not uselessly” (2002). The term "Brutalist" originated from Le Corbusier’s Cité...

Handmade chairs of tree branches and roots. Funky, fun and interesting. Each unique and sold individually

Beautiful chairs full of Wabi-Sabi style. French craftsmanship, antique 1800's with lovingly handmade details and perfectly imperfect wooden structure. The craftsmanship details on t...