Vintage Burgundy Skai, Brass and Metal Lounge Chair, Italy

Made in Italy, 1950s. This armchair features a brown skai upholstery and black varnished metal and brass legs. It is a vintage piece, therefore it might show slight traces of use, ...

Made in Italy, 1950s. These lounge chairs feature a walnut frame, a grey satin upholstery and cast brass feet caps. They might show slight traces of use since they are vintage, but t...

Made in Italy, 1950s. They have been recently reupholstered with a holographic patterned fabric. These armchairs are vintage, therefore they might show slight traces of use, but they...

Made in Italy, 1970s. They are made in polyurethane and upholstered in black and yellow fabric. These armchairs are vintage, therefore they might show slight traces of use, but they...

Made in Italy, 1980s - 1990s. This armchair features a beige and crimson Alcantara upholstery. It is a vintage piece, therefore it might show slight traces of use, but it can be co...

Made in Italy, 1950s. They are upholstered and covered in skai and feature an ebonized beech structure. These are vintage pieces, therefore they might show slight traces of use, but ...

An early and adjustable "Digamma" lounge chair designed by Ignazio Gardella for Gavina, Italy 1957. The chair features a yellow velvet upholstery, metal, with brass feet.  

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...

Lounge chairs, fabric, brass, Italy, 1950s. This Italian armchair is characterized by an elegant aesthetic due to its curvaceous lines and round edges. The seating area is supported...

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...

A pair of organic lounge chairs / arm chairs. Designed and produced in Italy, 1950s. Other designers of the period include Carlo Mollino, Augusto Bozzi, Isamu Noguchi, Vladimir K...

A vinyl and brass lounge chair designed by Federico Munari and produced in Italy, 1950s.