Sculptural Lounge Chair in Oak and Burgundy Upholstery

Pair of lounge chairs, oak, fabric, Europe, 1950s Refined pair of lounge chairs that feature high backrests. The chairs are from late Art Deco period, as they show its distinctive c...

BBPR, pair of armchairs, leatherette, oak, Italy, 1950s This sculptural pair of lounge chairs are clearly a design by the architects of BBPR. The model with a wide seat has the characteristic, sculptural frame. The tapered and tilted legs with sharp edges are typical for the designers. The sculpted seat contains a high back with space between the upholstered back and the frame, a beautiful detail. The red colour of the skai leather forms a warm combination with the oak wood. Studio B.B.P.R. was an Italian architectural partnership founded in Milan in 1932 by Gianluigi Banfi (1910-1945), Lodovico Barbiano di Belgiojoso (1909-2004), Enrico Peressutti (1908-1976) and Ernesto Nathan Rogers (1909-1969) who had studied at the Politecnico di Milano. B.B.P.R. was thus an acronym formed from the first letters of their family names. The architects found each other in their opposition to fascism in Italy in the 1930s and 1940s during Mussolini's autocratic regime. The architects therefore believed in developing a style that would have no references to contemporary politics. During the Second World War, they all joined the resistance. However, Rogers, a Jew, fled to Switzerland and both Belgiojoso and Banfi were deported to the Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria, where Banfi died in 1945. Despite the immense loss of Banfi, their architectural practice continued in the same name as before after...

Pair of lounge chairs, oak, fabric, Italy, 1960s This sculptural wingback chair of the 1960s is both extremely comfortable and pleasing to the eyes. This easy chair features curved,...

Guillerme et Chambron for Votre Maison, easy chair, red fabric, oak, France, 1960s This sculptural easy chair by Guillerme et Chambron is very well executed and made out of solid, ...

Illum Wikkelsø, armchair, oak, fabric, Denmark, 1950s This well-designed armchair shows an unusual elegance and great eye for detail, combined with outstanding craftsmanship, which ...

Guillerme & Chambron for Votre Maison, ‘Petronille’ lounge chair, oak, fabric, France, 1965 This sculptural lounge chair named ‘Petronille’ is designed by Guillerme et Chambron. Th...

Oak Sculptural Lounge Chairs with Brown Upholstery, France 1950s. midcentury oak lounge chairs manufactured and designed in France 1950s. These elegant chairs have the original u...

We reupholstered these gorgeous chairs in a very high-quality fabric from France. The chairs have some "flair" and deserved an interesting pattern. I can see them in a bright room wi...

Sculptural Lounge Chair in Solid Oak, Europe, 1940s. Truly wonderful large lounge chair in solid oak with a very distinct sculptural design. As an early mid century modernist piece ...

Set of two sculptural lounge chairs in oak, France, 1960s. Set of two sculptural armchairs, these chairs are made of French oak and sculpturall...

An unusual and dramatically angled upholstered lounge chair that retains its original cream corduroy upholstery, the lines of which further accentuate the chair's shape.

Robust and heavy massive oak lounge chair with ottoman, both upholstered in goathide. Brutalism is a movement within architecture that originated from modernism. It is characterized ...