George Coslin lounge chair 1960s.

Set of six chairs curved iron frame synthetic fabric seat designer George Coslin production Faram 1960s .

Set two lounge chairs model EA 108 designer Charles Eames for Herman Miller production 1960s. Charles Eames began very early in life as a designer to the extent that he was employed, as early as age 14, in the workshops of the Laclede Steel Company. He studied architecture at Washington University in St. Louis. He proposed to his professors the study of the work of Frank Lloyd Wright but, at first dissuaded from his intent, was later expelled from the school on the grounds that-we read in the commentary of one of the professors-"his point of view was too modern." A great influence on him was Finnish architect Eero Saarinen, with whom he shared some professional experiences and became friends. In 1938, at the latter's invitation, he moved to Michigan, where he studied architecture at Cranbrook Academy of Art and later taught there, also becoming head of the Industrial Design department. In 1941 he won, with Eero Saarinen, the competition for MoMA in New York concerning "Organic Design in Home Furnishing." Their work showed a new way of conceiving wooden furniture, experimenting with the use of bentwood plywood, as done a few years earlier by Alvar Aalto. In 1941 he was united in second marriage to Ray Kaiser...

A pair of green velvet, black-lacquered metal and moulded plywood lounge chairs designed by George Coslin, Italy, c. 1960s. Brand new velvet. Seat height: 15.75”

An unusual and dramatically angled upholstered lounge chair that retains its original cream corduroy upholstery, the lines of which further accentuate the chair's shape.