Italian Vintage Pair of Paolo Buffa Style Side Chairs

Pair of high backed chairs from Italy made of solid gilded brass with newly upholstered seats in a gray velvet blend. Chiavari chairs are named for the Italian city where they origin...

Vintage side chair from France made of bamboo. We love this unique design and proportions of this striking piece.

Pair of chairs by Knoll with original green and blue woven fabric in good condition. Originally featured in almost all of the Florence Knoll’s interiors, the Sarrinen Executive chair...

Set of four chairs, Italian, in the manner of Afra and Tobia Scarpa. The elegant and strong chairs feature a thick black leather seat and four half circular...

Buffet/enfilade, Italian, made of rosewood and burled rosewood, adorned with a delicate ebony inlay. The credenza features three half columns with brass hardware and fine trims throu...

Set of four folding chairs from France made with walnut wood structures and leather seats and backs. Each comfortable chair has a classic folding chair shape with x-shaped legs. The ...

A vintage Mid-Century modern Italian pair of high sculptural side chairs made of hand crafted ebonized Rosewood, designed most likely by Paolo Buffa in good condition. The detailed d...

This incredible lounge chair features a truly unique sculpted wood frame with an upholstered seat with tapered legs. The vintage floral fabric ad...

Very rare pair of Chiavari chairs in ebonized mahogany by Paolo Buffa. The chairs have original fabric seating in geometric designs in excellent conditions. Gilt brass feet. Measures cm: H 123/48, W 40, D 44. About PAOLO BUFFA Italian architect and designer Paolo Buffa (1903-1970) was active between the 1930s and 1960s, and is known for his décor that blends neoclassical style with Art Deco motifs and modernist principles. His pieces are often devoid of trademarks or hallmarks, thus making them difficult to authenticate. Born and raised in Milan, Buffa studied architecture at the famous Polytechnic of the city, where he graduated in 1927. The following year he founded a design studio together with Antonio Cassi Ramelli, met during a short work in the atelier of Gio Ponti and Emilio Launch. The two designers' professional debut took place in 1930, when the duo presented a dining room installation at that year's Triennale. Between 1933 and 1936, Buffa will found his own studio. Drawing for the upper social classes in Milan, Buffa's designs are handcrafted in the finest and most quality materials, and are able to rival Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann, a legend of French Art Déco. Collaborating with talented cabinetmakers such as Mario Quarti, and skilled craftsmen, Buffa slowly manages to introduce modern techniques to the design scene of the early 1940s. The evolution of Buffa's aesthetics, progressively more and more modern, is very clear and linear; from early neoclassical furniture...

Pair of early Victorian John Henry Belter style side / accent chairs, American. A pair of Victorian era side chairs in the manner of John Henry Belter featuring classic oval back...

A vintage pair of Jacobean walnut tall side chairs with carved scroll legs and stretcher and upholstered in a gold painted silk with nail head trim.

Pair of Louis style, Napoleonic slipper chairs newly upholstered midnight blue linen with coordinated bullion fringe.