Dining Chairs by Ilmari Tapiovaara for La Permanente Mobili Cantù, 1950s, Set of 12

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Set of twelve dining chairs with wooden frame, seat and back in leather designed by Ilmari Tapiovaara and produced by … Read more Set of twelve dining chairs with wooden frame, seat and back in leather designed by Ilmari Tapiovaara and produced by La Permanente Mobili Cantù in 1950s.

This set of chairs presents a beautiful solid structure given by the geometrical shape of the wooden frame which support the saddle leather with the these peculiar decorative openings where back and seating come together.

After studying industrial and interior design at the Central School of Applied Arts in Helsinki, Ilmari Tapiovaara worked briefly in the office of Le Corbusier. In the early 1940s, he designed several pieces of furniture for various Finnish furniture manufacturers, including Asko and Keravan Puuteollisuus. By 1951 Tapiovaara had set up his own studio with his wife Annikki.

In 1946 the couple was awarded the opportunity to design all furniture and interiors for the Domus Academia, a new student-housing complex in Helskini. The most successful product to come out the project was an elegant stacking wooden chair.

Tapiovaara went on to teach at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago and worked for a time in the office of Mies van der Rohe. He is most recognized, however, for his contributions in furniture, which he continued to design throughout his career, working with Artek, Merva, Thonet, Schaman, Hackman, and Olivetti. I have official proof of authenticity such as vintage catalogs,
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