Set of a pair iconic Ico & Luisa Parisi dining chairs
manufactured by Ariberto Colombo, Cantù, circa 1952
this version with a wooden backrest is a later version;
the original version is with a seat pad covered with red synthetic leather then re-upholstery with a mint green velvet; this version is with a wooden structure in dark rosewood
“the seat pad seams float on the supports of the underlying X-shaped frame. This solution. Makes it possible to link the four legs, lending a sense of lightness to the seat. The vertical wooden elements are skillfully tapered at the edges-.” by “Ico Parisi” Roberta Lietti catalog
dark walnut finished in rosewood and mint green velvet
good condition ; perfect original line to verify on the back side of the chairs
Measures: height 92 cm, 43 x 44 cm; height seat 49 cm
Literature:
R. Aloi Esempi di Arredamento Moderno Milano 1953 n. 1 in back cover
Domus n. 708, September 1989, p. 101
G. Gramigna “Repertorio del design Italiano 1950-2000 per l’arredamento domestico “vol. 1 Torino 2003, p. 19
Roberta Lietti, Ico Parisi Design : Catalogo ragionato Catalogue Raisonné 1936-1960, Milan, 2017, pp. 196-197 Roberto Aloi, Esempi di arredamento di tutto il mondo.
Sedie, poltrone, divani. seconda serie, Milan, 1953, p. 1, fig. 1, 23 and 24 Andrea Branzi and Michele De Lucchi, Il design italiano degli anni ’50, Milan, 1985, p.108