So long!

Ah, there's never a dull moment here at chez chairsmith.  OK, OK, so chairs chairs chairs could be classed as pretty dull, but hey, this ain't no ordinary chair, oh no!  This is the 'Dolphin' long chair by Finnish designer Ilmari Tapiovaara for Skanno, c. 1955.  Made of oak, this lounger reminds us of an aged piece of gymnasium equipment with its beautifully coloured wooden base and aperture 'handles'.  Lifting the lounger allows its plastic wheels to make contact with the floor - so there's nothing more to do than sit back and enjoy the ride!

Images:  Design Addict

Essential elements

We've made a delicious discovery ..... an 'archive' button on Love Vintage Furniture - which means lots of extra pages of yummy yumminess to peruse.  There are some great pieces to cast one's eye over, but for us the rare and iconic DS-1025 designed by Ulbald Klug for de Sede in 1972 was just too special to pass up.





The basis of the DS-1025 is two ingenious elements which have been constructed with eminent craftsmanship into terrace-like forms, with the left and right elements varying in width and depth - imitating tapering steps.  Together they constitute a two-seater, a pyramid or a small range of upholstered hillocks, depending on the number of elements.  And with the addition of extra elements, it is possible to create seating groups whose diversity is limited only by one's imagination.

We'll take a couple of hillocks please!

Images/Credits:  Love Vintage Furniture, de Sede

Want

Heavens above, we've only gone and found an Ernest Race for Race Furniture Ltd three seater R57 sofa and two matching armchairs.  Gulp!  Designed in 1956, this set has a tubular steel sub-frame with original black leather hide to the sides, arms and back and loose cushions pads in a velour fabric.  But the best bit .......... yeap, those low rounded turned beech legs finished with the original Armstrong glides.  Delightful.

Images:  Eclectic Rooms Design

Basket case

We're not entirely sure where we stand on the Franco Albini ottoman - in fact, anything wicker - but there's no denying it makes for a particularly interesting photograph or two.  What say you?

Image:  HOWE

Plastic fantastic

We keep bumping into these chaps over on, you know, that well-known auction website.  There's just something about them.  Not sure what - but we'll take 'em both please!  Designed by Rodolfo Bonetto for Driade in 1970, the 'Melaina' is a reworking of a traditional tub chair formed from a single piece of moulded fibreglass.




Images:  Suburban Interiors