Pair of Black Leather Harvey Probber Swivel Lounge Chairs

Name: Pair of Black Leather Harvey Probber Swivel Lounge Chairs
Brand: Harvey Probber
Price: 18500 USD
Availability: InStock

About the Item

If you're looking for a set of classic barrel chairs that'll stand the test of time, consider Harvey Probber, Model 303A swiveling chairs. The chair's solid-body design is perfectly proportioned with the combination of a rounded back and the front having a convex curve shape to keep the look light and the feel luxurious. Professionally re-covered in a black leather with decorative nails lining the corners on swivel bases made of wood. These elegant yet laid back pieces are the perfect size chairs which embrace the shape of the body, are very comfortable, a set which can be placed in the middle of a living space or also to the side of the corners. Harvey Probber was an iconic American furniture designer, part of that unsung second wave of mid-century modernists. He is regarded as the father of modular furniture.

Creator:

Harvey Probber (Designer)

Dimensions:

Height: 26 in (66.04 cm)Width: 31 in (78.74 cm)Depth: 31 in (78.74 cm)Seat Height: 17 in (43.18 cm)

Sold As:

Set of 2

Style:

Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)

Materials and Techniques:

Leather,Wood

Place of Origin:

United States

Period:

1950-1959

Date of Manufacture:

1954

Condition:

Reupholstered. Wear consistent with age and use. Professionally re-upholstered, ready to use.

Seller Location:

Dallas, TX

Reference Number:

1stDibs: LU4528226327692

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Harvey Probber

A popular designer who had his heyday from the late 1940s into the 1970s, Harvey Probber is one of the post-war American creative spirits whose work has been recently rediscovered by collectors. His designs are by-and-large simple and elegant, but his signal achievement was to pioneer one of the key innovations of mid-20th century furniture: sectional, or modular, seating.

Even as a teenager, the Brooklyn-born Probber was making sketches of furniture designs — and selling them to Manhattan furniture companies. He began working as a designer for an upholsterer once he finished high school and, apart from a few evening classes he took as an adult at the Pratt Institute, he was self-taught about design and furniture making.

After wartime service — and a stint as a lounge singer — Probber founded his own company in the late 1940s. A lifelong familiarity with the needs of New York–apartment dwellers doubtless sparked his most noteworthy creation: a line of seating pieces in basic geometric shapes — wedges, squares, half-circles — that could be arranged and combined as needed. Modular furniture remained the core idea of Probber’s business throughout his career.

As a self-trained designer, Probber was never wed to any particular aesthetic. He preferred simple lines for their inherent practicality, but often used hardware to enliven the look of his pieces, or added elements — such as a ceramic insert in the center of a round dining table — that was visually interesting and could serve as a trivet. He gravitated toward bright fabrics with attractive, touchable textures that might be satin-like or nubbly. Above all, Probber insisted that the products that came out of his Fall River, Massachusetts, factory be built to last.

“The quality of aging gracefully,” Probber once told an interviewer, is “design's fourth dimension.” This quality he realized: Probber furniture is just as useful and alluring now as it was when made — and maybe even more stylish.

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