Chairs
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Joaquim Tenreiro, Brazil, 1948
Joaquim Tenreiro started creating modern furniture in 1942 and founded his own business in the following year. Initially, both modern and revival-style furniture were offered, the latter by his partner’s demand. Unsurprisingly, all modern pieces were sold before the traditional furniture, and so the company started only exhibiting Tenreiro’s new designs. This chair nonetheless sheds light upon the designer’s knowledge of traditional works, as it creates a direct dialogue with the Windsor chair, whose early examples date as far back as the sixteenth century. In this regard, the chair is an inflection point between Tenreiro’s past and future production.
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Side chair in pau marfim (ivory wood) with undulating armrests. Designed by Joaquim Tenreiro, Brazil, 1948. -
Lina Bo Bardi, Brazil, 1987
Prototype of the "Frei Egídio" chair in Tauari wood. Designed by Lina Bo Bardi, Marcelo Ferraz and Marcelo Suzuki, Brazil, 1987.
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Lina Bo Bardi used to say that she did not design furniture for its own sake, but made exceptions when the piece would help to complete a project. The Frei Egidio chair was designed with Marcelo Ferraz and Marcelo Suzuki for a theater in Bahia, inspired by an Italian Renaissance folding chair they used when working at Bo Bardi's Glass House. In the theater setting, this shape allowed viewers to place their chairs anywhere they wanted or as the play demanded. -
Arne Jacobsen, Denmark, 1935
Dining chair designed by Arne Jacobsen for the restaurant at the Bellevue Theatre, Klampenborg, Denmark, 1935.
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One of Jacobsen's earliest chair designs, produced by Fritz Hansen for the restaurant in the Bellevue complex, and later in 1939 for a nearby town hall. Today very few are known to exist. The chair’s synthesis of historical forms and the minimalist execution is masterful. The typical 1920s-30s chair seen in restaurants, ballrooms, and ocean liners, was upholstered, padded, stodgy. Here, the Chinese back is married to a seat whose single piece of leather is reminiscent of a sella curulis. Two rails are placed in the front to support the weight of sitting on the leather, but are low enough not to interfere with the tush. -
José Zanine Caldas, Brazil, circa 1970
Hand-sculpted chair in solid wood. Designed by José Zanine Caldas, Brazil, and manufactured by Zanine's workshop c.1970.
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Zanine's furniture design was often created for the houses he built during his time in Rio de Janeiro, in the Joatinga neighborhood. Through his architecture and design, Zanine hoped to develop the perfect merge of human made and nature. -
Serban Ionescu, USA, 2020
Folk #15 Sculptural Chair. Designed and made by Serban Ionescu, USA, 2020. Wood and Steel.
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Serban Ionescu, USA, 2020
"Folk #14" sculptural chair. Designed and made by Serban Ionescu, USA, 2020. Wood and steel.
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$4500 -
Serban Ionescu, USA, 2020
"Folk #16" sculptural chair. Designed and made by Serban Ionescu, USA, 2020. Wood and steel
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Pierre Yovanovitch, France, 2019
"Madame Oops" Chair with solid oak structure. Made to Order by Pierre Yovanovitch, Paris. Textile: Cardinal Rusty 061 0446 from Maison AD. This example produced in 2019.
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$9,000 -
Katie Stout, USA, 2019
Ceramic chair. Designed and made by Katie Stout, USA, 2019.
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Joaquim Tenreiro, Brazil, 1960
Set of nine dining chairs in rosewood with curved back and caned seats. Designed by Joaquim Tenreiro, Brazil, 1960s.
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Lina Bo Bardi, Brazil, 1950s
Lina Bo Bardi folding chair manufactured by Estudio Arte De Palma, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1950s.
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Joaquim Tenreiro, Brazil, 1960
Single chair in jacaranda with cane seat and curved spindle back. Designed by Joaquim Tenreiro, Brazil, 1960.
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Peter Shire, USA, 2018.
"Phantoid Elephant" sculptural chair. Steel, two-part polyurethane.
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Pierre Yovanovitch, France, 2019
"Madame Oops" Chair for LOVE, 2019. Solid oak frame, custom upholstery. Made to Order.
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$9,000 -
Sergio Rodrigues, Brazil, 1985
Set of four (4) "Cuiabá" dining chairs in caviona wood and cream leather upholstery. Designed by Sergio Rodrigues, Brazil, 1985.
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Studio65, Italy, 2015
"Mela Morsicata Apple" chair in hand painted polyurethane foam. Designed by Studio65, Italy, 1971. This example made by Franco Audrito in 2015 for the GAM exhibition. AP2 from the Edition of 9 plus 2 APs.
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Studio65, Italy, 1972
"Brunilde" side chair in lacquered wood. Designed and made by Studio65, Italy, 1972.
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Joaquim Tenreiro, Brazil, 1960s
Set of nine (9) dining chairs in rosewood with curved back and caned seats. Designed by Joaquim Tenreiro, Brazil, 1960s.
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Joaquim Tenreiro, Brazil, 1949.
Set of eight (8) dining chairs in rosewood with cane seat and back. Designed by Joaquim Tenreiro, Brazil, circa 1949.
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The Haas Brothers, USA, 2015.
Available for Custom Commission. Unique "Hairy Clark Jr." Beast chair in brown Icelandic sheepskin with four cast bronze goat feet, a cast bronze dong and carved ebony horns. Designed and made by The Haas Brothers, USA, 2015.
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Pierre Yovanovitch, France, 2019
"Monsieur Oops" Chair with solid oak structure. Designed 2017. Made to Order. Textile: Cardinal Rusty 061 0446 from Maison AD. This example produced in 2019.
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$9,000 -
Rob Pruitt, USA, 2019
Rob Pruitt. "Technicolor Chair #4," 2019. Blue tape on chair.
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Sergio Rodrigues, Brazil, 1985
Set of four (4) "Cuiabá" dining chairs in caviona wood and cream leather upholstery. Designed by Sergio Rodrigues, Brazil, 1985.
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Joaquim Tenreiro, Brazil, 1960
Single chair in jacaranda with cane seat and curved spindle back. Designed by Joaquim Tenreiro, Brazil, 1960.
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Pierre Yovanovitch, France, 2019
Made to Order "Monsieur Oops" Chair for LOVE, 2019. Solid oak frame, custom upholstery.
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$9,000 -
Joaquim Tenreiro, Brazil, 1960
Single chair in jacaranda with cane seat and curved spindle back. Designed by Joaquim Tenreiro, Brazil, 1960.
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Alvar Aalto, Finland, 1930s.
Cantilever Chair, Model 21, in bent birch plywood. Manufactured by Finmar.
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Jorge Pardo, Mexico, 2018.
"Untitled." Birch plywood, wicker, and veneer.
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The Haas Brothers, USA, 2019.
"Giraffaello Sanzio Da Urbino" sculptural chair in solid, carved walnut.
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Green River Project LLC, USA, 2019.
"EBONY CHAIR (II)." Ebony, boiled linseed oil.
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Pierre Yovanovitch, France, 2019
"Madame Oops" Chair with solid oak structure. Designed 2017. Made to Order by Pierre Yovanovitch, Paris. Textile: Rumi 09-292 from Chapas. This example produced in 2019.
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$9,000 -
Serban Ionescu, USA, 2019
"Slipova" sculptural chair. Powder coated steel.
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$8000
Photo Credit: Cruz C. Valdez.
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Peter Shire, USA, 2018.
"Plasma Elephant" sculptural chair. Steel, two-part polyurethane.
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Martine Syms, USA, 2018.
"Aunty (10)." Painted steel chair, woven polyester strap.
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Joaquim Tenreiro, Brazil, 1960
Single chair in jacaranda with cane seat and curved spindle back. Designed by Joaquim Tenreiro, Brazil, 1960.
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Portuguese-born Joaquim Tenreiro knew how to work woods to their limits, creating extremely light pieces with excellent structures. The impeccable finishes derived from his carpentry background and his knowledge of traditional furniture styles: the use of cane invokes Brazilian colonial furniture, while the spindle back dates back to Windsor chairs. -
Rogan Gregory, USA, 2019
"Hermaphroditee" sitting environment in gypsum.
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Photo Credit: Cruz C. Valdez. -
Ali Tayar, USA, 1999
Anodized extruded aluminum with wood
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Poul Kjaerholm, Denmark, 1964/2007
Hand braided brown leather armrest and stainless steel frame. Seat upholstered in brown leather. Originally designed by Poul Kjaerholm, 1964. Edition 10 of a total edition of 25 with 8 APs. Produced by Sean Kelly Gallery and R 20th Century, Denmark, 2007.
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George Nelson, USA, 1954
Model MAF, in fiberglass, enameled steel, rubber, enameled aluminum, and plastic. Designed by George Nelson & Associates for Herman Miller.
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George Nelson Associates
“Five-Leaf” Chair from the 1964 New York World’s Fair
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Manufactured by Union Carbide
Molded polyethylene, enameled steel
Commissioned by Walter Dorwin Teague, 300 of these chairs were made for the Gas Association Pavilion at the 1964 New York World’s Fair, and only a handful are known to have survived. When a pair came onto the auction market a few years ago, we teamed up with the Carnegie Museum of Art to acquire them. One is now in their permanent collection, and this is the first time we have ever (virtually) exhibited our example. Designed by Ronald Beckman and Ray Wilkes in Nelson’s office, the chair design is a true outlier, an experiment in synthetic materials for an American corporation which reminds me of such famous predecessors as Gilbert Rohde’s Plexiglass chair from the 1939 World’s Fair. -
Gerrit Rietveld, Holland, 1924
This example manufactured at a later date by Gerard van de Groenekan. Ebonized beech and molded plywood. Branded twice "H.G.M. G.A.V.D. Groenekan de Bilt Nederland."
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Gerrit Rietveld, Holland, 1935
Produced by Gerard van de Groenekan, Utrecht.
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The first chair in our exhibition "Furniture by Architects" to be designed for mass production instead of a specific building, the Crate series of furniture was Rietveld’s attempt during the Great Depression of the 1930s to create low-cost designs from the cheapest of materials. The furniture was distributed by Metz & Co., the Dutch department store. Plans for the Crate chair have been widely circulated over the years in “Do It Yourself” manuals, and today original examples such as this one are in the collections of numerous museums, including Brooklyn, SFMOMA, Vitra and the V&A. -
Sergio Rodrigues, Brazil, 1956
Set of twelve (12) "Lucio Costa" chairs in rosewood with light cane seats.
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Babacar Niang, Senegal, 2013
Ebony and leather.
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Joaquim Tenreiro, Brazil, 1947
Set of four (4) "Structural Chairs" with rosewood frames and beige upholstery. Designed by Joaquim Tenreiro, Brazil, 1947.
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Verner Panton
S-Chair, model 276. 1965.
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Manufactured by August Sommer, Germany
Distributed by Thonet
Aniline-dyed bent plywood
Verner Panton’s S-Chair is famously the first cantilever chair to be made of one piece of…anything! Gerrit Rietveld laid the groundwork in the early 1930s with the Zig-Zag chair, and followed it with various experiments in the 1950s that anticipate Panton’s breakthrough. Panton originally designed this chair on paper in 1956, but it wasn’t actually realized until he collaborated with a German molded wood company starting in the early 1960s. The present chair, model 276, is the lesser-known, slightly rarer rounded variant of model 275 (of which we also own an example), which has a square backrest. It’s a surprisingly heavy chair, with approximately sixteen layers of glued and pressed plywood.
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Pierre Yovanovitch, France, 2019.
"Catherine" Madame Oops Chair, 2019. Solid oak frame, handmade embroidery by Lesage Interieurs. Made to Order.
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Sergio Rodrigues, Brazil, 1990
"Adolpho" armchair in jacaranda with leather seat.
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Designed by Sergio Rodrigues for the offices of Manchete TV and Editora in the Flamengo neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro.
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Ole Wanscher, Denmark, 1957.
A Pair of T-Chairs. These chairs date to circa 1957–1959. Made by cabinetmaker A.J. Iverson. Brazilian rosewood, original black leather seats.
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Serban Ionescu, USA, 2018.
"Hugs #2" sculptural chair. Powder coated steel and canvas upholstery.
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$6000 -
Ole Wanscher, Denmark, 1943.
These chairs date to the 1940s. Made by master cabinetmaker A.J. Iverson, Copenhagen. Cuban mahogany frames, seats upholstered in their original pale natural leather.
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Verner Panton, Germany, 1965
S-chair, model 275. Designed 1956, this example manufactured ca. 1965. Manufactured by A. Sommer, Germany. Retailed by Thonet, Frankenberg, Germany. Aniline-dyed beech plywood
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Pierre Yovanovitch, France, 2018
"Frog" Chair. Designed 2018. Made to Order. Solid oak structure.
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$9,000 -
Jose Zanine Caldas, Brazil, 1949
Upholstered arm chair with plywood frame. Designed by José Zanine Caldas and manufactured by Moveis Artisticos Z, Brazil, circa 1949. Reupholstered by Jouffre with bespoke "Naxos" fabric designed by Chapas Textiles. (Seat: 14" H)
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Sergio Rodrigues, Brazil, 1985
Set of four "Cuiabá" dining chairs in caviona wood with armrests.
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Joaquim Tenreiro, Brazil, 1950
Pair of upholstered side chairs with rosewood legs. Designed by Joaquim Tenreiro for a private commission in Copacabana, Brazil, circa 1950. Reupholstered by Jouffre with bespoke "Cameroon" fabric designed by Chapas Textiles. (Seat: 16.5" H)
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Pierre Yovanovitch, France, 2019.
Available for custom commission. "Charlotte" Madame Oops Girlfriend Chair, with Lesage embroidery.
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Sergio Rodrigues, Brazil, 1970s
Set of six chairs in jacaranda with upholstered seat and back.
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Poul Kjærholm, Denmark, 2007
Molded aluminum tripod chair, in yellow. Originally designed by Poul Kjaerholm, Denmark, 1953. Edition 15 of a total edition of 25 plus 8 APs produced by Sean Kelly Gallery and R 20th Century, Denmark, 2007-2010. Plaqued and numbered.
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Erwine and Estelle Laverne, USA, 1957
Set of ten (10) "Champagne" dining chairs with leather seat cushions. Lucite, aluminum, and leather.
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Joaquim Tenreiro, Brazil, 1958
Set of six chairs with black upholstered seats and backs and black wrought iron legs.
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Pierre Yovanovitch, France, 2019.
"Gerard" Monsieur Oops Chair. Solid oak frame, handmade embroidery by Lesage Interieurs. Made to Order.
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Photo credit: Jean-François Jaussaud.
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Charles Eames and Eero Saarinen, USA, 1939
Chair from the Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo. Beech, upholstery
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Joaquim Tenreiro, Brazil, 1954
Chair in solid Brazilian hardwood with upholstered seat and back
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Poul Kjærholm, Denmark, 1974
Rare PK 13 "Free Swinger" cantilevered armchair with chrome-plated spring steel frame, black leather cushion and armrest. Designed for E. Kold Christensen.
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Pierre Yovanovitch, France, 2019.
Available for custom commission. "Marion" Madame Oops Girlfriend Chair, with Lesage embroidery.
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Joaquim Tenreiro, Brazil, 1948
Side chair in pau marfim (ivory wood) with undulating armrests (set of 4 chairs available).
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Sergio Rodrigues, Brazil, 1956
"Poltrona Oscar" side chair in solid wood with cane seat and back.
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Pipsan Saarinen Swanson, United States, 1950
"Sol-Air" chair with wrought iron frame and original caned seat.
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Joaquim Tenreiro, Brazil, 1949
Set of eight dining chairs in rosewood with cane seat and back.
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Porky Hefer, South Africa, 2016
Wasp Nest sculptural hanging seat in woven leather, steel and sheepskin.
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Joaquim Tenreiro, Brazil, 1942
Set of nine "First Chairs" in rosewood with cane seat.
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Serban Ionescu, USA, 2017.
"Homarus" sculptural chair. Powder coated steel and canvas upholstery.
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$6000
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Charles Eames and Eero Saarinen, USA, 1940
Chair from the Organic Design Competition. Manufactured by the Haskelite Corporation/Heywood-Wakefield. Honduran mahogany and original upholstery.
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Geraldo de Barros, Brazil, 1950s
Set of twelve dining chairs in rosewood with cane back and upholstered seat. Designed for Unilabor in São Paulo, Brazil, 1950s
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Sergio Rodrigues, Brazil, 1990
"Chico" chair with leather seat and back.
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Designed by Sergio Rodrigues for the offices of Manchete TV and Editora in the Flamengo neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Pair available.
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Ole Wanscher, Denmark, 1940s
Set of eight (8) Horsehair and Brazilian Rosewood Ladder Back Dining Chairs. Made by master cabinetmaker A.J. Iverson. Frames of Brazilian rosewood with original black/brown horsehair upholstery with leather piping.
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Pierre Yovanovitch, France, 2017
"Monsieur Oops" Chair. Solid oak structure.
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Sergio Rodrigues, Brazil, 1959
Set of seven high back "Cantu" chairs in jacaranda with leather seats.
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Poul Kjærholm, Denmark, 2007
Molded aluminum tripod chair in black. Original design, 1953. Current Limited Edition of 25 plus 8 APs produced by Sean Kelly Gallery and R 20th Century, Denmark.
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Greta Magnusson Grossman, USA, circa 1952
Side chair in walnut with an upholstered seat. Designed for Glenn of California, Los Angeles, California.
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Joaquim Tenreiro, Brazil, 1950s
Set of four chairs with slatted seat in pau marfim (ivory wood).
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Designed by Joaquim Tenreiro for a private commission in the Flamengo neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro. -
Robert Venturi for Knoll, USA, 1984
"Empire" chair in molded plywood with laminated finish in the "Grandmother" pattern.
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Serban Ionescu, USA, 2018.
"Arnolda" sculptural chair. Powder coated steel.
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$6000 -
Poul Kjærholm, Denmark, 2007
Molded aluminum tripod chair in grey. Original design, 1953. Current Limited Edition of 25 plus 8 APs produced by Sean Kelly Gallery and R 20th Century, Denmark.
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Sergio Rodrigues, Brazil, 1959
Set of six "Cantu" chairs in jacaranda with tan leather seats.
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Pierre Yovanovitch, France, 2019.
Available for custom commission. "Romain" Monsieur Oops Boyfriend Chair, with Lesage embroidery.
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