Ross Littell Luar Lounge Chairs ICF de Padova, Italy, 1965

Remarkable so called ‘T-chairs’ designed by William Katavolos, Ross Littell and Douglas Kelley, and manufactured by ICF De Padova Italy 1952. These three-legged chairs have chrome pl...

Fantastic set of 6 so called T chairs, designed by William Katavolos, Ross Littell, and Douglas Kelley in 1952 and manufactured in Italy by ICF De Padova. These chairs have metal fra...

Not often does one of Johan Bertils' designs come up for sale, but hereby there is one beautiful example currently available. A stunning and very comfortable 'Corset' lounge chair made in Swed...

Elegant pair of lounge chairs manufactured by Sormani, Italy 1965. The chairs are not very common and in very good original condition. The green velvet is a nice contrast with the ro...

Highly beautiful and rare pair of sling chairs designed by Julio Roberto Katinsky, locally made in Brazil 1959. In 1959, to serve a private orde...

Stunning shaped pair of so called 'Cubique' lounge chairs designed by Olivier Mourgue and manufactured by Airborne, France 1968. These chairs have a solid ...

A nicely patinated leather strap 'Laura' lounge chair designed by Ross Littell for ICF.

Ross F. Littell (July 14, 1924 – April 17, 2000) was an American textile and furniture designer known for his practical, innovative, and minimalist style as part of the good design movement of the 1950s. His three-legged T-chair, designed in 1952 with William Katavolos and Douglas Kelley, is part of several permanent museum collections. Littell, born and raised in Los Angeles, attended the Art Center School in Los Angeles and finished his education with honour in 1946. In 1947, he was awarded a scholarship to study in Italy. It was during these period that Littell became increasingly interested in architecture and design. In 1949 Littell formed a partnership with William Katavolos and Douglas Kelley. During their six-year partnership, they designed furniture, along with textiles and dinnerware, for Laverne Originals in New York, using materials such as leather, glass, chrome, and marble. In a later stage Littell did work autonomously as well for several furniture companies, mostly for Knoll International and Herman Miller. An interesting fact is that the PLR1 lounge chair, designed in 1965, was actually designed for Herman Miller. ICF, an Italian manufacturer from Milan, produced a lot of Herman Miller designs for the Italian market in license, and started producing the PLR1 as well for the Italian market but only for the De Padova shop, a luxury chain of design furniture shops in Italy with a strong emphasis on Scandinavian design. Hence, the PLR1 has therefore a very interesting history. Rendered in slick chromed steel and beige fabric straps, the chair is a particularly stylish take on a slipper chair with a low, angled seat and curvy frame extending into two trestle legs that extend far out horizontally. The four protective feet are deliberately blocky plastic cubes...

Ross F. Littell (July 14, 1924 – April 17, 2000) was an American textile and furniture designer known for his practical, innovative, and minimalist style as part of the good design m...

A pair of beautiful lounge chairs designed by Ross Littell and produced by ICF, Italy in the 1970s. Both chairs are covered with white fabric belts and come in a very good condition...

Leather lounge chair Model PLR1 in very good condition made by ICF Milano.  

Groovy set of four lounge chairs designed by Ross Littell and manufactured by ICF De Padova, Milan (approx. 1960s). The lounge chairs are in minimalist style. In beautiful very go...