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Ergo "Antropovarius" Reclining Lounge Chair by Ferdinand Alexander Porsche

About the Item

Ergo antropovarius reclining lounge chair designed by Ferdinand Alexander Porsche for Poltrona Frau, Italy 1982. The chair was designed in collaboration with the Institute for Ergonomics at Munich University and features a series of ‘spine’ elements that are adjustable to provide comfort and support. The chair reclines using a side joystick lock-and-release mechanism.The design is based on a series of experiments on different sitting profiles, determined in part by different body sizes. A system of adjustable rib-elements is attached to a carbon profile modeled on the human spine using quick release fasteners, allowing not only classical variability in terms of tilting of the headrest, backrest and leg supports but also complete adjustment to any individual sitting profile. This lounge chair has a structure made of PVC-covered steel linked by a carbon fiber sheet, leather-covered steel armrests and foot, sitting is upholstered in soft white leather. In perfect good condition. About Ferdinand Alexander Porsche: nicknamed “Butzi”, son of Ferry Porsche, grandson of Ferdinand Porsche, was a German designer whose best known product was the first Porsche 911. While his grandfather and father were both engineers, he was more involved in working out the appearance of a product. Dimensions:Height 112 cm/Width 72 cm/Depth 89- 158 cm/Seat height 44 cm Worldwide shipping. Buyer pays the costs.

Creator:
Poltrona Frau (Manufacturer),Ferdinand A. Porsche (Designer)
Dimensions:
Height: 44.1 in (112 cm)Width: 28.35 in (72 cm)Depth: 31.5 in (80 cm)Seat Height: 17.33 in (44 cm)
Style:
Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Leather,Metal,Hand-Crafted
Place of Origin:
Italy
Period:
1980-1989
Date of Manufacture:
1986
Condition:
Seller Location:
Antwerp, BE
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU931837730262

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If an Italian soldier named Renzo Frau had never traveled to Great Britain and set eyes on a Chesterfield armchair, it is unlikely that legendary handcrafted furniture maker Poltrona Frau and its classic sofas, armchairs and vanities would exist today.

Upon completing his service in the Italian army during the early 1900s, the Sardinian-born Frau worked for faux leather manufacturing company Dermoide Patent in Turin. While at the firm, he was sent to England, where he became enamored with leather Chesterfield armchairs. Intrigued and inspired by their rolled arms and tall, imposing profile, Frau returned to Turin, where he started his own leather-upholstered furniture company, Poltrona Frau, in 1912. He began to import the sumptuous Edwardian seating for the high-end domestic market.

Frau made slight modifications to the English seat that he’d so admired, and among Poltrona Frau’s first successful designs was an iconic armchair in 1919 appropriately called the Chester. Believed to have been custom-made for Filiberto Ludovico of Savoy, Duke of Pistoia, the Chester reflected the era’s emerging Art Deco style. Frau’s chair was comfortable and functional, and he implemented the traditional upholstery technique capitonné, which refers to stuffing that is buttoned. The Chester featured a pouf and an arm that was possibly included to hold the Duke’s ashtray. The seat’s high-quality craftsmanship and integration of exquisite full-grain leather made it covetable among Italy’s elite.

When Renzo Frau died in 1926, Poltrona Frau was appointed furniture supplier to Italy’s royal family. The company furnished grand hotels, designed the interiors for Expo Turin 1928 and outfitted an Italian transatlantic ocean liner.

For more than a century, Poltrona Frau has collaborated with hundreds of leading architects and designers from around the world. It issued such iconic mid-century modern pieces as Gio Ponti’s Dezza armchair, the 1960s-era Dilly Dally vanity by Italian designer Luigi Massoni, stackable tubular steel Movie armchairs by Italian architect Mario Marenco and French architect Jean-Marie Massaud’s sleek, angular Kennedee office sofa.

Poltrona Frau has established showrooms all over the world and creates interiors for Italian automotive brands Maserati and Ferrari. The company is owned by Haworth and continues to introduce innovative, handmade home furnishings while occasionally gazing back into time — its Chester line, a modular seating system by Poltrona Frau CEO Nicola Coropulis and Roberto Lazzeroni, is a contemporary interpretation of the founder’s original Chesterfield-style seating.

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