Veneer Chairs

This "Lucania" chair design by Giancarlo de Carlo was manufactured in Italy by Arflex in the 1950s. The chair is an original design for the furnishing of the motor yacht "Lucania". T...

An impressive teak and beech edition of Ib Kofod Larsen's classic 'Shell' chair for Christensen & Larsen, c.1950s, Denmark. These sculptural chairs feature laminated plywood backrest...

Set of four Lulli dining chairs with black painted steel legs, back, and seat in curved and shaped veneered wood, designed by Carlo Ratti for ILC Lissone in 1950s. In Italy, at th...

This extraordinarily impressive chair was designed by Verner Panton in 1956, only to see the light of day ten years later. The technology to put this chair into production was simply...

Set of four Lulli dining chairs with black painted steel legs, back, and seat in curved and shaped veneered wood, designed by Carlo Ratti for ILC Lissone in 1950s. In Italy, at the beginning of the XX century, industries of curved solid wood arose under license of Michael Thonet, and through the International Exhibitions the processing of curved wood became more and more widespread. The Expo of the first decade was also attended by the wood manufacturers of Monza, while in 1905 Otto Helzer, in Switzerland, patented wooden structures in curved laminated, whose strength was equivalent to those in steel. The Ratti brothers of Monza took their cue from the solid wood laminate to create furniture that, instead of wooden elements, used sheets of wood. The brothers Ratti, Carlo and Mario, also began to follow the young artistic avant-gardes (cubism, futurism and abstractionism). The mastery of wooden sculpture influenced Carlo in the design and realization of furniture of fine neo-plastic artistic workmanship and decò, receiving honors from the Prince of Piedmont Umberto di Savoia. In 1919, in Milan, the first Lombard Exhibition of Decorative Arts was set up (later to become the Triennale) and the Ratti brothers exhibited their furniture in solid wood but also in curved panel with a new system of curvature, the one in Telo. The canvas system was developed by the Ratti brothers with the help of a friend, Cesare Cantù. They developed an elastomer bag in which the mould was inserted with the panel to be bent and, closing it with clamps, the air inside was removed, thus making the panel adhere to the mould. Carlo and Mario found in the Telo system a means by which they could make objects and furniture in the three spatial directions with large surface curvatures, without limits of thickness and minimum radii of curvature. In 1921 in Stuttgart the first Salone del Mobile was inaugurated and the Fratelli Ratti of Monza made itself known internationally by presenting solid wood furniture and also furniture in load-bearing plywood, flanked by furniture with framed and interchangeable covers. The Expo became meeting places to verify and present the novelties in the furniture and industrialization sector and, with the development of Industrial Design, the first architects joined in the design of the furniture industries. The Ratti Brothers, in the various international and national exhibitions, also presented incredible objects in their realization with the system in Telo. After 1930 Carlo and Mario produced many containers for radio and folding chairs for cinema but in 1939 they divided and in Monza Mario remained who, with his sons Antonio and Angela, formed the Società Compensati Curvi...

Without a doubt one of the most recognizable chair designs of the 20th century. The Eames Lounge 670, beginning production in 1956 for Herman Miller, ...

A nice set of four Eugenio Gerli and Osvaldo Borsani Chairs for Tecno from Italy, designed in the 1950s. These Italian Vintage chairs in plywood and teak veneer have an amazing desig...

Beautiful set of four 'Heart' dining chairs by Hans Wegner, model FH4103. These are designed in 1953 and manufactured by Fritz Hansen. The chairs have three legs and a 'heart-shaped'...

A pair of delicate accent chair by French Canadian designer Jacques Guillon. Designed in 1953, nearly transparent design consists of three interlocking wooden pieces stacked maple pl...

Set of four dining chairs, catalog number H-214, designed by Jindrich Halabala in the 1930s, manufactured in ÚP Závody in the 1950s. It features walnut veneer and new upholstery. The...

Set of 4 chairs designed by Radomir Hofman for TON, Model 514. The chairs are in very good original condition, have been cleaned and are ready to use. T...

Set of 6 chairs designed by Oswald Haerdtl. The chairs are after complete renovation, have been cleaned, polished and refinished in natural oil which gave them a warm and natural loo...