Editors' Picks
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Discover a collection of furniture, art, fine jewelry, watches and fashion curated by 1stDibs' in-house tastemakers.
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One Love Stool Veneziano+Team Contemporary Natural Cedar Made in Italy Riva1920
By Riva 1920
Located in Cantù, IT
Stool made from a single block of scented cedar that reproduces the form of a heart.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Editors' Picks
Materials
Wood, Cedar
1950s Paavo Tynell Style Blooming Brass & White Daisies Chandelier by Lightolier
By Lightolier, Paavo Tynell
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Springtime hope and renewed optimism emanate from this whimsical 1950s blooming daisies Chandelier in the style of Paavo Tynell by Lightolier. Organic. Happy. Uplifting. This unique chandelier gently stands on its own as a work of art and adds a special sense of joy and wonder to any space. Rare and hailing from the 1950s, this chandelier is a perfect choice for buyers seeking that unexpected WOW factor not seen anywhere else. This Paavo Tynell style chandelier...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Editors' Picks
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Polyester Resin Helmet Sculpture Titled "Sara" by Fabián Bercic, Argentina, 2020
By Fabián Bercic
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Polyester resin helmet sculpture titled "Sara" by Fabián Bercic. Argentina, 2020.
Exhibited in Fabián Bercic solo show "Meteora" at Calvaresi in 2021.
F...
Category
2010s Argentine Modern Editors' Picks
Materials
Resin, Fiberglass
21st Century Sahara Side Table with Marble Top by Roberto Cavalli Home Interiors
By Roberto Cavalli Home Interiors
Located in Cantù, Lombardia
A design table with pure and essential lines. Extremely versatile, it is available in a variety of shapes and finishes.
Sahara Side tables with structure in laser-cut and calendered ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Editors' Picks
Materials
Marble, Metal
Louis Vuitton Chandelier
By Louis Vuitton
Located in Brussels, BE
Very rare chandelier by Louis Vuitton circa 2012, in new condition with original box.
The electrical system is not included in the original box.
I used a black cable for the photos...
Category
2010s French Modern Editors' Picks
Materials
Leather
Chinese Export Silver Mirror
Located in New Orleans, LA
This exquisite Chinese export silver mirror is a work of exotic beauty. Elegantly shaped and monumental in size, this looking glass is held within ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Editors' Picks
Materials
Silver
Azulejos Portuguese Hand Painted Tiles "Court Lady"
Located in Baldock, GB
Beautiful tile mural with the "COURT LADY" motif finely painted.
Tile mural size: 70.8" H x 47.2" W (180cm x 120cm)
Tile size: 5.9" H x 5.9" W (15cm x 15cm)
Origin: Portugal
Prod...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Editors' Picks
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
Contemporary Gaetano Pesce Clear Special XL Vase Resin Yellow, Lime, Turquoise
By Gaetano Pesce
Located in barasso, IT
Clear special extra color vase - Clear yellow, matt lime, matt turquoise.
Vase in soft resin designed by Gaetano Pesce in 1995 for Fish Design collection.
Measures: XL - ø 30cm...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Editors' Picks
Materials
Resin
Five Extremely Rare Chinese Drawings of Foreigners, 18th Century, Colonial
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Five Chinese paintings of western people by an unknown artist
China, circa 1760, captions later
All in giltwood frames.
“A woman with Portuguese hairdo, with gold, silver and gemstone necklace, a skirt under a vest, a koi on her back, called a cloak, a woman customarily inherited the family business, the male humble, to the threshold (Qianlong year, circa 1735).”
Gouache on silk, measures: 32 x 25.4 cm
“He is a Westerner who had a white skin. He does not have a heavy beard but plaits his hair. He wears a triangular black hat, short jacket, leather shoes and long stockings...
Category
Mid-18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Editors' Picks
Materials
Paper
Murano Green Italian Art Glass Forato Vase
Located in Barcelona, ES
Mid-Century Modern green and white Murano Art glass Forato vase with pulled details. Italy, 1950s.
Monumental Mid-Century Modern organic shaped green Mura...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Editors' Picks
Materials
Glass, Opaline Glass, Sommerso, Murano Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass
Vintage French Art Deco Blue Handmade Wool Rug
Located in New York, NY
Vintage French Art Deco Blue Handmade Wool Rug
Size: 13'0" × 13'3" (396 × 403 cm)
This vintage European deco rug features a striking central design o...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Editors' Picks
Materials
Wool
Dots and Cloud-Inspired Coffee Table by Design Libero and Dimitri Likissas
Located in Dubai, AE
Cloud is a combination of modern design and contemporary art; the dots and cloud-inspired work of the artist Dimitri Likissas were translated into an ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Editors' Picks
Materials
Steel
Gufram, Bocca Lip-Shaped Sofa, Rice, by Studio 65
By Studio 65, Gufram Furniture
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Bocca, the original 1970 lips-shaped couch is only Gufram’s. More than any other, this object of design represents the perfect abstraction of feminine beauty. It is no coincidence th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Editors' Picks
Materials
Fabric, Upholstery
Terra Side Table by Papier Langackerhäusl
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
Terra Side Table
W550 D600 H600 mm
A deep impression.
Textured, hemispherical vessels of handmade paper in various sizes shapes and colors.
Suitable for dry contents.
[PAPIE...
Category
2010s Austrian Modern Editors' Picks
Materials
Parchment Paper
Hayche Strata Pendant Lamp, Pink gradient, United Kingdom, in Stock
Located in Liverpool, GB
The Strata pendant lamp is inspired by mid-century Scandinavian design and is made in powder-coated steel and brass. The extended louvre detailing in the Strata enables a number of c...
Category
2010s British Modern Editors' Picks
Materials
Metal, Steel
Moooi Rabbit Table Lamp in Polyester with Laminated Metal Shade by Front
By Moooi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Rabbit Lamp is a bit shy, but don’t worry: he always hides where the light is. When you turn its light on, the reflection of this adorable creature wil...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Editors' Picks
Materials
Metal
Stainless Steel Slab Floor Mirror by Home Studios for Sight Unseen x Bestcase
By Sight Unseen, Bestcase, Home Studios
Located in Brooklyn, NY
With the Slab mirror, Home Studios continues an exploration of design ideas that began with its inaugural furniture and lighting collection, Homework, which debuted at Sight Unseen...
Category
2010s American Modern Editors' Picks
Materials
Stainless Steel
Wall Full-Length Mirror Organic Shape Limited Edition Contemporary Design
By Barberini & Gunnell
Located in Ancona, Marche
Series of mirrors called 'Livelli' made up of five different mirrors.
The idea for these mirror origins from the observation of architectonical landscape models used for representing three dimensions on paper.
We borrowed these levels and gave life to a three dimensional mirror...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Editors' Picks
Materials
Mirror
Moooi Elements 005 Table in Solid Wood with Upholstery by Jaime Hayon
By Moooi, Jaime Hayon
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Inspired originally by the form of a cactus and its modular shape, the various parts of the Elements collection resemble a functional sculpture: as beautiful as the cactus, but extre...
Category
Early 2000s Dutch Modern Editors' Picks
Materials
Wood
Copacabana Lounge Chair
By Gubi, Mathieu Matégot
Located in Berkeley, CA
The Copacabana lounge chair was created in 1955 by Mathieu Matégot. The low Copacabana lounge chair has the impression of being designed with a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Editors' Picks
Materials
Metal
Marc Bankowsky, Euryale, Bronze Sconce, France, 2006
By Marc Bankowsky
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary patinated bronze sconce by Marc Bankowsky.
Bulb: Two candelabra bulbs
Wattage: 60 each (maximum).
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Editors' Picks
Materials
Bronze
Concrete Caldera Coffee Table by Opiary (18"H)
By Robert Remer
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Opiary is a Brooklyn-based biophilic design and production studio. We integrate nature in each of our designs, incorporating live greenery and organic shapes into bespoke furniture, planters, and sculpture. Through the ethos of biophilia, our work reflects the shifting, yet timeless relationship between humans and nature.
This organic and modern table will enhance and add a distinctive style to any space. Inspire great conversation by pairing it with our Drillium chairs and a centerpiece plant of your choice.
DETAILS
Indoor/outdoor use and extremely weather-resistant.
Sealed and polished to be water and stain resistant.
FINISHES
Available in earth, white, light grey, grey, dark grey, and black GFRC
Pricing varies based on finish. Please message before purchasing.
Price listed is for our standard light grey option.
Pictured here in our dark grey cement option.
All Opiary pieces are handcrafted and made-to-order, and dimensions/finishes are approximations.
Clients are welcome to visit our Brooklyn studio during the fabrication of pieces.
MODIFICATIONS
Tempered glass top (44"D) available
Live or silk plants...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Editors' Picks
Materials
Cement
Pair of Walnut Armchairs, Late 16th Century, French Renaissance, with Ram Mask C
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
"This rare pair of upholstered open armchairs relate to examples in museum collections in France, the USA and the UK. Few pieces of Renaissance furniture featuring ram’s head motif arm terminals survive as the chairs would have been in the ownership of the elite symbolising leadership and authority. The condition of these armchairs reflects their age and use and they have a rich colour and lustrous patina.
The form of these chairs is characteristic of a stereotypical Renaissance model. The upholstered section of the backs are upholstered in wool with applied 17th century floral needlework faced with gilded studs and supported by square section uprights. The channelled tablet and stylised rosette incised curved arms terminate in acanthus capped carved rams' masks and are supported by column turned uprights headed by an entrelac collar. The ram is a symbol of leadership and authority and it also determination, action, initiative, and Aries, the first sign of the Zodiac. The seats are upholstered in wool with applied 17th century needlework faced with gilded studs and supported by tapering column/ring turned front legs and square section back legs. Some of the stretchers with moulded detailing. Standing on front ball feet. Exceptional original colour and patina. Henri II 1550-60.
Condition: The chairs are both sturdy with exceptional colour and patina. One armchair with a splice on the rhs back leg and replaced but period front and lhs stretcher both bearing old nail marks, two other replaced stretchers and the back uprights bearing old nail marks indicating that they were upholstered at some point. The other armchair with an old repair to a break in the right back leg and an old patch near the end of the leg, replaced but period back and lhs stretcher, small patch to bottom of lhs arm where it meets the support. Old worm marks and some losses. Considering the age of the armchairs, these repairs and replacements are not unusual and consistent with the repairs on the related armchairs in museum collections. They suggest that the chairs either fell backwards at some point or someone leant back while sitting in them.
Back Height 107cm, 42in, Seat Height 59.5cm, 23½in
Width 60cm, 23½ in, Seat 59cm, 23¼in
Depth including arm 59cm, 23¼in, Seat 49cm, 19¼in
Provenance: Deaccessioned by The National Galleries of Scotland
Bearing an old transport label from Alain Moatti (French architect) to Mrs Katz, London
Literature: Related to :
There are comparable armchairs in international museum collections dated to the second half of the 16th century. Most share the following characteristics with the above pair, the form, the ram's mask carved to the end of each arm, the curvilinear outline of the arm rests, the ring turned front legs as well as the plain square section back legs and plain stretchers.
1. Two stained glass windows...
Category
16th Century French Renaissance Antique Editors' Picks
Materials
Walnut
Venetian Monumental Seated Bird Cage
Located in New York, NY
Italian Venetian style (20th Cent) octagonal shaped painted and decorated metal and wood bird cage with 8 upholstered seat and back cushions around base. (Franco Zefferelli Collection)
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Rococo Editors' Picks
Materials
Metal
Saturn Sofa by Gaston Rinaldi for Rima, Italy, 1957, Maharam Blue Divina Melange
By Gastone Rinaldi, RIMA
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Saturn (Saturno) sofa by Gaston Rinaldi for Rima, Italy, 1957, recently reupholstered in luxurious Maharam Divina Melange Blue. Scalamandre Tigre pillows in main photo are for displ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Editors' Picks
Materials
Steel
Arflex Pecorelle Armchair in Denver Fabric and Black Fur Corners by Cini Boeri
By Cini Boeri, Arflex
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The architect Cini Boeri tells that she was inspired by Christo Vladimirov Javasev's and Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon's works, masters in the art of landscape painting. Nature pr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Editors' Picks
Materials
Metal
Microfreaks 'Hot Shot' Creature Sculpture by The Haas Brothers & Haas Sisters
By The Haas Brothers
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Hot Shot, active and alert, uses her stalked eyes to surveil the land for any potential volcanic eruptions and to warn all of those in the area. Make no mistake, her frantic temperament is not a weakness, as she is a known heroine. Thick-skinned, she can even swim in lava, her eyes bobbing above the boiling flow. When the heat is on, she can keep her cool.
Material: Pewter base, double brass-plated and 18-karat gold-plated and hand polished three times. Hand-beaded with Venetian and Czech glass beads.
Underside incised with “Hot Shot” by The Haas Brothers and Haas Sisters...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Editors' Picks
Materials
Gold Plate
Contemporary Chandelier 'Cirkus' by AGO 'Large - Terracotta' (in stock)
By AGO Lighting
Located in Paris, FR
Cirkus chandelier by AGO Lighting
Coated ABS, aluminum
UL Listed
LED GU10 110-240V (not included)
Two sizes available: 4 pairs of lamps / 6 pairs o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Organic Modern Editors' Picks
Materials
Aluminum
Nanimarquina Wellbeing Hammock by Ilse Crawford
By Ilse Crawford, Nani Marquina
Located in New York, NY
Wellbeing is an organism of comforting textile products that support the human experience. All the items focus on tactility, materiality, craft and quality. They add warmth, softness...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Editors' Picks
Materials
Cotton
Black Efflorescence II, Floral Stoneware Ceramic Sculpture by Vanessa Hogge
By Vanessa Hogge
Located in London, GB
Black Efflorescence II is a unique hand-sculpted stoneware sculpture completely covered in a variety of flowers and blooms, each individually handmade by the British artist Vanessa Hogge.
Vanessa Hogge breathes life into her clay in the form of dahlias, chrysanthemums, agapanthus, daisies, agaves and roses. Inspired by her passion for all things botanical, and influences as diverse as Frida Kahlo, Georgia O’Keefe and Marianne North...
Category
2010s British Organic Modern Editors' Picks
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
'Petal' Dining Table by Richard Schultz for Knoll
By Richard Schultz, Knoll
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A Mid-Century Modern 'petal' dining table designed by Richard Shultz. This table features a flower-like pine top on a white enameled eight-point cast iron pedestal base. Manufactured...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Editors' Picks
Materials
Iron
Simbiosi Artist Proof Glass and Marble Sculpture by Emmanuel Babled for Venini
By Emmanuel Babled, Venini
Located in murano, IT
Simbiosi is an edition of unique glass and marble pieces, marrying the two materials into vases It is in the border between manufactured products and one of sculptures. The functiona...
Category
2010s Italian Arts and Crafts Editors' Picks
Materials
Carrara Marble
Customizable Wittmann Vuelta Velvet Sofa by Jaime Hayon
By Jaime Hayon, Wittmann
Located in New York, NY
Rotation, turning, return – these are the meanings of the Spanish word Vuelta. The backrest rotates playfully around the corner, becomes the armrest, continues on to the sitter - or ...
Category
2010s Austrian Editors' Picks
Materials
Leather, Fabric, Velvet
Anna Karlin Lady Lamp
By Anna Karlin
Located in New York, NY
Regarding the observer with a quizzical gaze, the human-scale Lady becomes another character in the room. Each glass head is handblown and may differ slightly, so making each piece u...
Category
2010s Editors' Picks
Materials
Brass, Aluminum
Stephanie, Brass, Hand-Sculpted, Contemporary Pendant by Kalin Asenov Studio
By Kalin Asenov
Located in Savannah, GA
Stephanie is a pendant light, part of the Posse collection, a system designed around the core ideas of collaboration and play.
The pendant is created to give the customer freedom in tailoring their own expression. The design is centered around a common brass core and allows the client to choose a combination of colors and shapes of the sculpted rings. The choice is between rings already in production or a completely new and personal for the client idea to be developed in the studio. The final object is an expression of both the artist/designer and the customer.
Conceived as a version of children’s stacking toys, Posse is designed to encourage open ended play and collaboration. The design is a juxtaposition of machined metal parts and sculpted sections; the light is built and sculpted entirely by hand in Kalin Asenov’s studio...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Editors' Picks
Materials
Brass
Coral Mokka Set in Style from Dorothy Draper from 1930s
By Carlsbad
Located in Vienna, Austria
Mokka set from the 1930s, produced in the Victoria Carlsbad porcelain manufactory-
This coral coloured set with handprinted black linen co...
Category
1930s Czech Hollywood Regency Vintage Editors' Picks
Materials
Porcelain
Lensvelt AVL Cloud Table
By Atelier van Lieshout
Located in Amsterdam, NL
The AVL Cloud Table is a polyester bar table by Atelier van Lieshout that symbolizes the freedom and volatility of clouds. The table is a collection of clo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Editors' Picks
Materials
Polyester
Navette, with Ladle, Wedgwood, C1790
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
An extraordinary navette, or cream boat, in black basalt with encaustic decoration. Complete with matching ladle: a rare find indeed.
Category
Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Editors' Picks
Materials
Stoneware
Emil Stejnar Vintage Wall Sconce / Wall Lamp Snowball, 50s / 60s
Located in Berlin, DE
Emil Stejnar vintage wall sconce / wall lamp Snowball 50s / 60s
Two-armed light arms, brass gold / white, electrified.
The Viennese designer Emil Stejnar is known for his lightin...
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Editors' Picks
Materials
Metal
Modern Up! Balloon Round Coffee Table, Black
By Duffy London
Located in London, GB
For those who prefer their fun a little darker, The Up! Balloon Coffee Table from acclaimed British designer Christopher Duffy has gone macabre wi...
Category
2010s British Editors' Picks
Materials
Steel
OLK Manufactory, Ancient Pokemon Rug
Located in Warsaw, PL
Ukrainian artist and founder of OLK manufactory Oksana Levchenya designs traditional kilims with a contemporary take. The traditional Ukrainian kilim, ...
Category
2010s Ukrainian Folk Art Editors' Picks
Materials
Wool
Mirror with Dragons, Italy, 1940s
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
An Asian -nspired mirror with unusual shape, framed by two carved wood dragons, seeming to entwine around the glass.
Category
1940s Italian Baroque Revival Vintage Editors' Picks
Materials
Wood
Adrian Pearsall Sofa in Walnut and Rose Leatherette
By Adrian Pearsall
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Adrian Pearsall, sofa, walnut, leatherette, United States, 1960s
Beautiful sofa created by the American designer Adrien Pearsall. The sofa has a uniqu...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Editors' Picks
Materials
Walnut, Faux Leather
Brass and Glass Pace Collection Dining Table
By Pace Collection
Located in Kansas City, MO
Pace Collection rectangular beveled glass top dining table with glass and brass base. No chips or significant scratches to any of the glass. It's hard to image this table being in be...
Category
1970s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Editors' Picks
Materials
Brass
Heart Stool with Red or Black Fabric
Located in Paris, FR
Stool heart with polyurethane foam and upholstered with
red fabric 100% cotton. With removable upholstery. Base in
polished stainless steel.
Also available with black fabric, on requ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Editors' Picks
Materials
Stainless Steel
Kartell Panier Coffee Table in Crystal by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec
By Kartell, Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Formal, technical and functional research is clearly visible in this container with its simple and expressive shape. With its transparent polycarbonate...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Editors' Picks
Materials
Plastic
Konekt Pause Lounge Chair with Polished Brass Legs and Boiled Wool
By Konekt
Located in New York, NY
The Pause Chaise Lounge is upholstered with graded-in fabric or COM and features solid brass legs. With a fiberglass shell designed to embrace the body, this sculptural lounge chair ...
Category
2010s American Editors' Picks
Materials
Brass
Tour Table with Glass Top Designed by Gae Aulenti for Fontana Arte
By Gae Aulenti, Fontana Arte
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Tour is the evolution of the table with wheels. Again with wheels, but in this case taken from bicycles, it was a surprising piece. The beveled float glass top, 0.6" thick, rests on ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Editors' Picks
Materials
Glass
Unique Sculptural Bench by Rogan Gregory, 2019
By Rogan Gregory
Located in New York, NY
Unique sculptural bench in bleached maple and stone. Designed and made by Rogan
Gregory, USA, 2019.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Editors' Picks
Materials
Stone
The Bach Console Table Designed by Laurie Beckerman
By Laurie Beckerman
Located in New York, NY
This extra high console table is fabricated in laser-cut steel, and then powder coated in any color. Named after Bach because of the table's mathematical simplicity and perfect propo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Editors' Picks
Materials
Steel
Opinion Ciatti Guelfo Fur Wingback Armchair in White Mélange Synthetic Fur
By Opinion Ciatti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A cozy and comfortable bucket seat, a reassuring form with absolutely contemporary details; these are the main features of the Guelfo collection designed by Lapo Ciatti.
Guelfo wi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Editors' Picks
Materials
Nickel
Vintage Animal Pelt Design Swedish Rya Rug. 3 ft 2 in x 4 ft 10 in
Located in New York, NY
Animal Pelt Design Vintage Swedish Rya Rug, Country of Origin: Scandinavia, Circa Date: Mid 20th Century. Size: 3 ft 2 in x 4 ft 10 in (0.97 m x 1.47 m)
Category
20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Editors' Picks
Materials
Wool
Set of Fourteen Cockpen Dining Chairs
Located in Westwood, NJ
A custom set of fourteen mahogany Chinese Chippendale cockpen dining chairs. A mid-18th century design, carved of mahogany with saddle seats and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Chinese Chippendale Editors' Picks
Materials
Mahogany
Gio Ponti, Art Edition, the Planchart Coffee Table and a Set of Four Art Prints
By TASCHEN, Gio Ponti, Molteni & C
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This numbered Art Edition of 1,000 copies (Hardcover book, 36 x 36 cm, 572 pages) is accompanied by an exclusive, square format reproduction of the Arlecchino coffee table designed b...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Editors' Picks
Materials
Steel
"Nuáge, " Hanging Fixture by Alexandre Logé
By Alexandre Logé
Located in New York, NY
Cloud-shaped hanging light fixture of plaster. Five light sources inside upward-facing cones. Each cone comes outfitted with a 2-pin G9 socket, suitable for halogen or LED bulbs. Mad...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Editors' Picks
Materials
Metal
Martin Eisler & Carlo Hauner Pair of Purple Velvet Armchairs with Ottomans
By Carlo Hauner and Martin Eisler
Located in Barcelona, ES
Martin Eisler (1913-1977) & Carlo Hauner (1927-1997)
Set of armchair and footrest
Manufactured by Forma Moveis,
Brazil, 1950
Iron structure, fabric upholstery
Pair of purple velvet Mid-century modern velvet armchairs made in Brazil.
Measurements:
100 cm x 60 cm x 70 H cm (armchair)
39.37 in x 23.62 in x 27.56 H in (armchair)
Literature
Brasilian modern: The rediscovery of 20th century Brazilian furniture. Aric Chen. Brasil, 2016. Pag 217,128 (similar model).
Martin Eisler (Vienna, Austria, 1913 - São Paulo, Brazil, 1977), was an architect and furniture designer. He was part of a group of European architects and designers who left Europe during the chaos of the Second World War and went to live and work in Brazil. Eisler stood out amongst this group of creatives, his work was at the forefront of modern furniture design in Brazil which flourished through the 50s and 60s in the region. The work of Martin Eisler in partnership with Carlo Hauner (1927-1996) was of particular significance.
Eisler left Europe in 1938 due to the rise of fascist regimes. He first lived in Argentina, where he was settled and worked as an architect, set designer and interior designer, he opened up an interior design firm Interieur Forma. In 1940, he married Rosl Wolf, the daughter of German immigrants.
Born in Brescia in 1927, Carlo Hauner studied technical drawing and drawing at the Brera Academy in Milan, Italy. In 1948 he successfully participated in the Venice Biennale after which he moved to Brazil, where he dedicated himself to the design of textile, ceramics, furniture and architecture. In only a very short time he founded a furniture production company and purchased a factory from Lina Bo Bardi and her husband Pietro Bardi, renaming it Móveis Artesanal.
In 1953 Hauner met Martin Eisler, who was looking for help to produce furniture for the home of his brother-in-law, Ernesto Wolf. Eisler reached out to Hauner and the rest is history. The two men connected and with Wolf’s financial backing, they opened Galeria Artesanal (a store for their company Móveis Artesenal) on a busy street in São Paulo.
Being highly ambitious and with an eye on the international market as well as the upcoming office market, Móvies Artesanal later changed into Forma. Along with Oca, Forma became one of the biggest names in Brazilian furniture production. Even managing to attract an exclusive license to sell Knoll furniture, bringing big names in international design such as Mies Van Der Rohe, Charles Eames and Harry Bertoia to the Brazilian furniture market. Hauner and Eisler’s designs are characterized by the use of Brazilian woods, thin tubular frames and a range from furniture, to ceramics and textiles. Some of their most famous designs are the “rib” lounge chair...
Category
1950s Brazilian Vintage Editors' Picks
Materials
Iron
Sky Ceramic Plate Hand Painted Glazed Earthenware Italian, Contemporary
Located in London, GB
Hand painted ceramic plate "Sky" series by Pantoù Ceramics, hand thrown and hand painted glazed earthenware. All unique pieces, Italy, 2019. Measure: 40 cm diameter.
Pantoù Cerami...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Editors' Picks
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware
Lalong Upholstered Chaise Lounge in Navy Blue Fabric Designed by Aldo Cibic
By Aldo Cibic
Located in Como, IT
Lalong is a chaise lounge designed by Aldo Cibic with soft lines, upholstered and covered with removable navy blue cotton fabric. It lies on six ant...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Editors' Picks
Materials
Textile, Upholstery
