Ico Parisi for MIM Roma Rosewood Armchair

A. Dolleman for Metz & Co., armchair, suede brass, The Netherlands, 1960 This rare modernist lounge chair embodies a unique, appealing design. The tubular brass frame is sleek and ...

José Zanine Caldas for Móveis Artísticos Z factory, high back lounge chair, reupholstered in green mohair, lacquered wood, Brazil, circa 1950 This armchair is designed by the estee...

Kaj Gottlob for Rud Rasmussen, lounge chair, leather and mahogany, Denmark, 1930s This elegant easy chair is designed by Kaj Gottlob and crafted by Rud Rasmussen. Characterized by s...

Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet for Vibo, pair of armchairs, stained beech, straw, France, 1950s Pair of armchairs designed by the duo Adrien Audoux and Frida Minet. The seating and bac...

Prices vary dependent on the material. Designed by Ico Parisi in 1960 for Cassina, at that time “Figli di Amedeo Cassina”, the 875 is a welcoming and elegant armchair. The author’s ...

Set of four armchairs in white fiberglass Kubilia series of Ico Parisi for M.I.M. Rome, Italy. Ico Parisi was born in Palermo in 1916. He gained a diploma in construction and served his apprenticeship in Giuseppe Terragni's studio. In 1937 he carried out, for the magazine Quadrante, a photographic study of the Casa del Fascio that marked the entire research that Parisi conducted in "meditating on the legacies and contradictions of the enormous baggage of ideas and forms constituted by the experience of the masters". His activity, marked by continuous experimentation, is an incessant quest in the fields of architecture, art and design. Between 1948 and 1950 he devoted himself to the study of furniture elements. In the field of design, crucial encounters with Munari and Fontana (1951) and Melotti profoundly marked his experience. In 1948 he founded the studio La ruota with his wife Luisa Aiani, a designer and designer, which ceased its activity in 1995. In 1954 he was awarded the Gold Medal at the X Milan Triennale with the work Padiglione Soggiorno, with Silvio Longhi and Luigi Antonietti. In 1957 he presented at the exhibition Colori e forme della casa d'oggi the work Casa per vacanze, which was the result of a collaboration with Manlio Rho...

Rare lounge chair by Ico Parisi for MIM Roma (Mobili Italiani Moderni), 50s Italy. Rosewood shell with Cognac leather upholstery and cast aluminum base. Leather has been reupholstere...

M.I.M. Armchair  is a piece of design furniture realized in the 1950s by Ico Parisi for M.I.M (Mobili Italiani Moderni).  Elegant armchair in curved wood, seat and back padded and c...