A PAIR OF 20TH CENTURY IRON, BRASS, AND SUEDE SAVONAROLA CHAIRS
THESE CHAIRS HAVE AN ICONIC, AND COMPELLING FORM; OFTEN LIKENED TO THE SHAPING OF A CURULE CHAIR, THE DESIGN OF THESE PARTICULAR PAIR OF CHAIRS ARE MODIFIED FROM THE ICONIC X-FRAME ‘SCISSOR SHAPE’, DESIGNED WITH A BROAD, LOW SLUNG, HAND FORGED WROUGHT IRON FRAME WITH ROBUSTLY CAST BRASS FINIALS ON THE BACKS AND ARMS, AND HAMMERED SPADE FEET. AN IRON CENTRAL MOTIF WITH MIRRORED ‘S’ DESIGN PUNCTUATES THE FRONT JOINT, AND THE NUBUCK SUEDE SEATS HAVE A DRY PATINATION TO THEM, AS IF BLEACHED GENTLY BY THE MEDITERRANEAN SUN.
H 92CM, 32 1/4” X ARM H 62 CM, 24 1/2” X W 58CM, 23” X D 41CM, 16 1/4”
A PAIR OF 20TH CENTURY IRON, BRASS, AND SUEDE SAVONAROLA CHAIRS
THESE CHAIRS HAVE AN ICONIC, AND COMPELLING FORM; OFTEN LIKENED TO THE SHAPING OF A CURULE CHAIR, THE DESIGN OF THESE PARTICULAR PAIR OF CHAIRS ARE MODIFIED FROM THE ICONIC X-FRAME ‘SCISSOR SHAPE’, DESIGNED WITH A BROAD, LOW SLUNG, HAND FORGED WROUGHT IRON FRAME WITH ROBUSTLY CAST BRASS FINIALS ON THE BACKS AND ARMS, AND HAMMERED SPADE FEET. AN IRON CENTRAL MOTIF WITH MIRRORED ‘S’ DESIGN PUNCTUATES THE FRONT JOINT, AND THE NUBUCK SUEDE SEATS HAVE A DRY PATINATION TO THEM, AS IF BLEACHED GENTLY BY THE MEDITERRANEAN SUN.
H 92CM, 32 1/4” X ARM H 62 CM, 24 1/2” X W 58CM, 23” X D 41CM, 16 1/4”
