The papasan chair – also known as the “bowl chair” or “moon chair” – originated in Southeast Asia, where artisans bent bamboo culms into deep, saucer-shaped seats designed for relaxed, informal sitting. The form entered Western interiors during the 1960s and ’70s, when furniture in natural canes became closely tied to the era’s appetite for the exotic: conservatories, verandas and informal living rooms across Europe and the United States adopted these chairs as a relaxed counterpart to more rigid, upholstered seating. In Italy, bamboo furniture...
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1960s Mid-Century moderno Vintage Sedute in bambù