Studio BBPR Attribution, Lounge Chairs, Oak, Brass, Canvas, Italy, 1950s

A metal coat rack attributed to Studio BBPR, Italy, 1950s.  

A metal coat rack attributed to Studio BBPR, Italy, 1950s.  

A metal coat rack with multicolored hooks, designed and produced by Studio BBPR, Italy, 1950s. Hooks lacquered in red, white, black and yellow.  

A metal coat rack with a walnut shelf, attributed to Studio BBPR, Italy, 1950s.  

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...

BBPR, armchair, skai leather and oak, Italy, 1950s. This sculptural lounge chair is clearly a design by the architects of BBPR. The model with a wide seat has the characteristic, sc...

Fully Original Elettra Lounge Chair with Ottoman by Studio BBPR for Arflex. The measurements given apply to the Chair. The stool measures 60 x 60 ...

Iconic Elettra chair by Studio BBPR for Arflex with a black metal tubular base which is intersected below the seat. The chair has been newly upholstered in a delicate, light pink fab...