Set of Seven Stunning Architectural Italian 1950s Rattan Chairs

Fantastic midcentury stool in rattan wicker. This incredible rare piece was produced in Italy during the 1960s by Bonacina. The craftsmanship of the stool is exceptional, featuring ...

Magnificent pair of Mid-Century bar stools in curved rattan and wicker. These stunning stools were designed by Tito Agnoli for Bonacina in Italy in the 1950s. The stools feature a ...

Mid-Century Modern vintage stool circular like from rattan attributed to Bonacina 1950s Italy. An amazing circular like stool with beautiful rattan network at the seat and wrapped r...

This set of two Giuseppe de Vivo bar stools was made in Italy in the 1950s. They are made exclusively of lacquered iron, which has a beautiful patina due to its age.   Do not hesitat...

Set of two stools with three legs entirely realized in black stained wood, designed in the style of Charlotte Perriand and manufactured in the 1950s. Charlotte Perriand (1903-1999) is one of the most important female furniture designers of the mid 20th century. As early as 1927 Perriand produced a number of critically acclaimed innovative pieces of metal furniture, which drew the attention of Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret. The result was the beginning of a work relationship that lasted many years. At Le Corbusier’s studio Charlotte Perriand developed a series of tubular steel chairs, among them the famous adaptable chaise longue, which was produced by Thonet two years later. Perriand’s work continued to evolve and in the mid 1930s, she started to experiment with natural materials such as wood and cane. She traveled to Japan in 1940 as an official advisor on industrial design to the Ministry for Trade and Industry to advise the government on how to raise standards of design in order to develop products for export to the West. Perriand adapted local techniques of woodwork and weaving - straw, bamboo and twigs becoming her materials of choice. It was especially after World War II, when Charlotte Perriand developed a new concept for the way of living by increasingly integrating the human dimension into her productions. Through flexible use of materials she achieved recognition with her pure and powerful style – as exemplified in her free form massive wood table models. Conscious of economic and social realities, she decided to opted upon large-scale production, and finding a new synthesis between tradition and industry. “Always concerned with innovation rather than trying to affirm a formula for renovation”, she designed various housing developments such as the Unité d’Habitation in Marseilles, with Le Corbusier in 1949, as well as rooms at the International Students’ Residence in Paris in 1953. Included was a library built in...

A set of exceptionally rare, English, late-Renaissance, oak, architectural, backstools upholstered in a sage green 19th century Renaissance-revival velvet - The architectural insp...