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Oscar Niemeyer Lounge Chair + Ottoman Model Alta Bas ON1PH for Mobilier International
Designed in 1972.
Articulated legs and backrest supports in thick brushed stainless steel, cut and bent.
Seats and backrests upholstered in original black leather.
Backrest tilt adjustment knobs in black Bakelite.
Heated structure (without cushion) L 1.10 x Width 0.49 x Height 0.50
Weight 22Kg
Ottoman structure (without cushion) L 0,75 x Width 0,45
Weight 18Kg
Cushion 80x 80 x H 20
Bibliography:
⁃ Jean Petit -Niemeyer, poète d'architecture- Éditions de la Bibliothèque des Arts de Paris / Fidia edizioni d'art Lugano, an identical model reproduced on page 383 and described on page 382.
⁃ Créations Niemeyer', Domus, Milan, January 1972, n. 506, p.29.
⁃ Advertisement for Mobilier International, Domus, Milan, July 1972, n. 512.
⁃ O. Niemeyer, A. Fils, Oscar Niemeyer: Selbstdarstellung, Kritiken, Oeuvre, Frölich & Kaufmann, Berlin, 1982, p.83.
⁃ D. Underwood, Oscar Niemeyer and the architecture of Brazil, Rizzoli, New York, 1994, p.148-149, 153.
⁃ L. Puppi, Oscar Niemeyer 1907, Officina edizioni, Rome, 1996, p.128-129.
⁃ A. Weintraub, A. Hess, Oscar Niemeyer Buildings, Rizzoli, New York, 2009, p.15, 187.
⁃ A. Chen, Brazil Modern, the rediscovery of Twentieth- Century Brazilian Furniture, The Monacelli Press, New York, 2016, p.274.
- Connaissance des Arts, February 1972, p. 13
- Gilles de Bure, Le Mobilier Français 1965-1979, Edition du Regard, Paris, 1983, p. 101
- Alan Hess, Oscar Niemeyer Houses, NY, 2006, p. 132, 133 and 135
- Design 1950-2000-,David A.Hanks & Anne Hoy, éditions Flamarion, 2000, p.121
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