DESCRIPTION
Description
THE RATTAN MISUNDERSTANDING: how the world's most sophisticated natural material got written off
Rattan suffers from an identity crisis it never deserved. Mention rattan furniture and watch eyes glaze over with visions of creaky peacock chairs and dusty conservatories. Yet this remarkable material has been quietly revolutionizing furniture design for over a century, creating some of the most elegant and structurally ingenious pieces ever conceived.
THE RATTAN MISUNDERSTANDING: how the world's most sophisticated natural material got written off
Rattan suffers from an identity crisis it never deserved. Mention rattan furniture and watch eyes glaze over with visions of creaky peacock chairs and dusty conservatories. Yet this remarkable material has been quietly revolutionizing furniture design for over a century, creating some of the most elegant and structurally ingenious pieces ever conceived.
THE RATTAN MISUNDERSTANDING: how the world's most sophisticated natural material got written off
Rattan suffers from an identity crisis it never deserved. Mention rattan furniture and watch eyes glaze over with visions of creaky peacock chairs and dusty conservatories. Yet this remarkable material has been quietly revolutionizing furniture design for over a century, creating some of the most elegant and structurally ingenious pieces ever conceived.
DESIGNER
Unknown Italian designer (in the style of Franco Albini)
CATEGORY
Seating
DIMENSIONS
150 x 72 x 78 cm (chairs)
REGION
Italy
CONDITION
Very good vintage condition with gentle patina throughout. Some lived in charm which gives a beautiful dark colour.
material
Rattan
STYLE
70’s Italian rattan as it was reintroduced to the European design world as a modern style of rattan that moved away from the colonial/American style.
PERIOD
1970s
REGION
Italy
DIMENSIONS
150 x 72 x 78 cm (chairs)
DESIGNER
Unknown Italian designer (in the style of Franco Albini)
material
Rattan
CONDITION
Very good vintage condition with gentle patina throughout. Some lived in charm which gives a beautiful dark colour.
PERIOD
1970s
STYLE
70’s Italian rattan as it was reintroduced to the European design world as a modern style of rattan that moved away from the colonial/American style.
