4 Italian Light Green & Wood 1960s Dining Chairs by Arch, Ramella for Sormani

Set of 6 dining chairs designed by Gianfranco Frattini for Cassina in the '60s. Walnut structure with black skai seat. Very good condition: the chairs have been refinished, but show ...

This square coffee table is made from a teak wood structure with a green glass top. It feautures a doble usefull shelves. The glass of the top is clear, but covered with metallic lig...

Claudio Salocchi “Napoleone” dining chairs for Sormani, cognac leather and wood, Italy, 1972, set of four. These captivating "Napoleone" chairs, made in 1972 by Claudio Salocchi for...

The Italian designer and journalist Nani Prina (1938) is a versatile figure who has always been involved in design, architecture and publishing. From 1969 he headed the magazine Ville e Giardini, which still exists today. We can characterize him as a jack-of-all-trades who has completed numerous projects in the field of single-family architecture, public, private and industrial construction. But designing furniture for a variety of labels is also part of his impressive arsenal.DesignThis special and very groovy design was manufactured at the time by the Italian high-end furniture manufacturer Sormani, who did not shy away from very distinctive designs. This “Sess” is somewhere between a lounge chair and a chaise longue and it is possible to seat it in different ways. That is what the form also communicates. An ambiguity that is strongly present in both form and function.The sloping and challenging lines ultimately form the mysterious and initially indefinable character of this chair. A sculpture? Of course. But with its curved shapes and long curved lines, it also absolutely belongs in the space age style. The contours are reminiscent of an extraterrestrial landscape and at the same time we strongly perceive the notion of abstracted human forms that are intertwined with each other.  This “Sess” chair...