Set of Eight B&B Italia White Leather Chairs by Jeffrey Bernett

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Set of Eight B&B Italia White Leather Chairs by Jeffrey Bernett

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Beautiful set of eight dining chairs in white leather designed by Jeffrey Bernett and part of his ME-48 Metropolitan line. The chairs are in very good slightly used condition and are ready to be shipped immediately. Measurements: 18.9” width, 21.25” depth, 30.75” height; seat height is 17.4”. Metropolitan chair. Jeffrey Bernett. B&B Italia, Italy, 2003. The Metropolitan chair is characterized by its chic combination of gentle curves and engaging cants that not only create a striking profile but ensure comfortable ergonomics for the sitter. The narrow lunette-shaped “slice” of negative space between the seat and back is both visually engaging and infuses an overall levity to the form. Metropolitan chair is available with a choice of bases, a rectilinear sled base or a central columnar support that culminates in four splayed spokes to form the base. Jeffrey Bernett presented his first collection of design objects entitled Ideas for Production at New York’s International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) in 1996 for which he received the Editor’s Award for Best Decorative Accessories. At the 2000 ICFF, Bernett along with five other designers was named Best New Designer. Bernett has had the distinction on many occasions of being the very first American designer to work with many of his European clients. Bernett’s Metropolitan chair is composed of an internal structure in steel with Bayfit cold-shaped polyurethane foam with polyester padding. If you are coming to our show room to see a piece please call ahead of time because due to our large inventory some items are available by appointment only. All of our sales are final, no refunds, no exchanges and no returns no exceptions.

Creator:
Jeffrey Bernett (Designer),B&B Italia (Manufacturer)
Dimensions:
Height: 30.78 in (78.19 cm)Width: 18.9 in (48.01 cm)Depth: 21.25 in (53.98 cm)Seat Height: 17.4 in (44.2 cm)
Sold As:
Set of 8
Style:
Modern (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Leather,Metal
Place of Origin:
Italy
Period:
2000-2009
Date of Manufacture:
2003
Condition:
The chairs are in good condition, slightly used but there are very minor signs of wear.
Seller Location:
Los Angeles, CA
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU88171429962

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B&B Italia

In 1966, Piero Ambrogio Busnelli cofounded C&B Italia, a modern Italian furniture manufacturer, with Cesare Cassina in northern Milan. From the outset, Busnelli and Cassina set about recruiting the most talented modernists in Italy to conceive of creative furnishings manufactured in modern ways. In the early 1970s, the company split, with Cassina founding his own eponymous firm and Busnelli taking leadership of what became B&B Italia.

For decades, Busnelli cultivated relationships with the world’s best design talent, resulting in furniture pieces that remain iconic today — be they Gaetano Pesce’s outwardly curvaceous Up seating (made for C&B, reintroduced by B&B) or tables from industrial designer Paolo Piva, each more sophisticated than the next in their geometrically complex steel-tube bases. B&B Italia earned four prestigious Compasso d’Oro design awards: in 1979 for Mario Bellini’s Le Bambole, in 1984 for the Sisamo wardrobe system by Studio Kairos, in 1987 for Antonio Citterio’s modular Sity sofa and, in 1989, the first award given to a manufacturing company itself.

Other notable names who designed for B&B Italia over the course of its 54-year history include Patricia Urquiola, Naoto Fukasawa, Zaha Hadid, Ettore Sottsass and Vincent Van Duysen, to name a very few. And while these names bring star power to the B&B brand, in many cases, it was B&B Italia who helped usher in their celebrity, fostering a wave of design talent on the world stage.

The company’s forward-thinking vision manifested in its own headquarters, too: In 1972, B&B Italia tapped architects Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers to design a steel-framed, postmodern-style home for the brand, whose crisscrossing metal exoskeleton is reminiscent of the pair’s Centre Pompidou in Paris, which was built at roughly the same time. Now, B&B Italia manages a contract division and outdoor section as well as its residential arm, and it also controls production for Maxalto, a brand spun out with furniture designs by Antonio Citterio.

At 1stDibs, find a range of vintage B&B Italia furniture — including sofas, cocktail tables and more.