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Vico Magistretti Black Leather Golem Dining Chairs for Pozzi, 1968, Set of 8

About the Item

Set of 8 Golem chairs designed by Vico Magistretti and manufactured by the Italian brand Poggi in 1968. Excellent vintage condition. This design creation speaks for itself. It features a wood structure, solid and comfortable. Even traditional, at least in Italy. The high and long backrest is shaped to adapt to the seated position, ensuring the person fits like a cocoon. The seat is padded and covered in plastic fabric or black leather. The Golem chair is, indeed, elegant and functional. Magistretti created it to fit every room and style, from the office to the modern living room. The exciting detail is the polyurethane lacquer, in this case in black. Usually, these two techniques don’t go together, but the Golem chair by Magistretti is the exception. Both polyurethane and lacquer are a finish, the perfect coat of paint. On the one hand, lacquer is durable, water-resistant, and has a clear undertone. Polyurethane is just as durable, but it’s ideal for wood. It almost creates a shell which makes it resistant to water and abrasions. It’s the perfect topcoat finish.

Creator:

Vico Magistretti (Designer),Poggi (Manufacturer)

Dimensions:

Height: 49.61 in (126 cm)Width: 19.69 in (50 cm)Depth: 22.05 in (56 cm)Seat Height: 17.72 in (45 cm)

Sold As:

Set of 8

Style:

Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)

Materials and Techniques:

Beech,Leather,Lacquered

Place of Origin:

Italy

Period:

1960-1969

Date of Manufacture:

1968

Condition:

Minor fading.

Seller Location:

Vicenza, IT

Reference Number:

1stDibs: LU8019234691802

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Vico Magistretti

As one of the founding fathers of modern Italian design, prolific architect and industrial designer Ludovico Magistretti (known by his nickname Vico) was guided by his philosophy, “There is no excuse for bad design.” His architectural projects are widely revered, and an ingenious meld of form and function can be found in his stylish and deceptively simple table lamps, sofas, armchairs and other mid-century furnishings.

Born in Milan, Magistretti followed in the footsteps of his father and grandfather (both architects) to study architecture at the Polytechnic University of Milan. At the outbreak of World War II, he fled to Switzerland, and it was there he met his role model and mentor, renowned humanist architect Ernesto Nathan Rogers. Magistretti was inspired by Rogers’s vision to revive postwar Italy, and they collaborated on several reconstruction projects. Among Magistretti’s first architectural designs is a “poetic” round church, which he created for the QT8, an experimental Milanese neighborhood.

When Magistretti returned to Milan in 1945, he worked at his father’s architectural firm. It wasn’t until the early 1950s that he expanded his talents into design while working with furniture artisans.

In the 1960s, Magistretti began his 30-year working relationship with famed entrepreneur Cesare Cassina of the Cassina furniture manufacturing company. In their design approach, the two men shared a vision of the relationship between modernity and tradition and enjoyed a close bond (Magistretti designed Cassina’s luxurious villa in 1965). However, their friendship was not without contention.

Legend has it that upon seeing the prototype for Magistretti’s Maralunga sofa, Cassina hated it so much that he punched it, breaking the back of the sofa, which crumpled into itself.

“Right, great, it looks perfect to me like that,” an unfazed Magistretti allegedly responded, and the Maralunga’s slumped, adjustable-height backrest was born. Incidentally, the Maralunga sofa won Italy’s Compasso d’Oro award as did his Eclisse lamp for Artemide and his Atollo lamp for Oluce.

Magistretti died in 2006, but his designs live on in galleries, museums and private residences and offices around the world.

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