Vintage Joe Chair by Jonathan De Pas for Poltronova, 1970

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A beautiful red leather "joe" lounge chair by de pas, d’urbino, lomazzi for poltronova, covered in gorgeous soft red leather … Read more A beautiful red leather "joe" lounge chair by de pas, d’urbino, lomazzi for poltronova, covered in gorgeous soft red leather signed with artist embossed signatures, poltronova brand logo and 'joe' embossing. While this is considered a chair, it is large enough to seat two in loveseat fashion or deep enough to sink into and enjoy similar to a chaise.

designed in 1970, this leather "joe" baseball glove chair is an early production example, by designers jonathan de pas, donato d'urbino, and paolo lomazzi who worked together since 1966 with a specific interest in creating furniture and temporary architecture with industrially advanced materials and technology. The 'joe' chair is made with heavy duty steel frames and preformed polyurethane foam padding, the cover made from large amounts of very high quality soft leather.

'joe' is a large and extremely comfortable club chair designed in the form of a monumental baseball glove which is mounted on hidden wheels which make for easy relocation. The designers, who were inspired by pop art, gave tribute to the legendary american baseball star joe di maggio with wild exaggeration of scale, transforming the baseball glove into a welcoming place to lounge and a surreal experience of functional modern art to enjoy.

this large 'joe' baseball glove lounge chair would look great in any mid-century modern, scandanavian modern or danish modern home but could also look fantastic in a contemporary or post-modern room.

condition
the chair is in original condition. It has had a sympathetic restoration to the seating area where a previous “botched” repair job has been made good by restitching the seam. In the photograph with the hand, it can see this to the right hand side of the hand and also gives an idea of the scale (about 20/25cm in length). Otherwise in excellent vintage condition with original leather upholstery and superb patina, retaining the original branded embossing, please see photographs.

size
height: 95 cm // 37.40 in
width: 190 cm // 74.80 in
depth: 110 cm // 43.31 in
seat height: 40 cm // 15.75 in this piece has an attribution mark,
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