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Paolo Buffa pair of ladder back chairs, m
anufactured by Marelli & Colico, Cantu, 1950`s ca. Italy
. Quality solid mahogany ebonized frames with scalloped seat back.The seat has the original vinyl upholstery, studs and the 1950`s underlining. The front legs finish elegantly with a bronze detail. Both chairs, frames and upholstery are very good condition with an attractive antique patina. Good large size decorative chairs. They sell together. The price is for the pair.
Height of the seat is 49 cm.
Literature: Roberto Aloi, Esempi di Arredamento Moderno di tutto il mondo sedie poltrone divani, Hoepli, Milano, 1950; Paolo Buffa designer, Eredi di Angelo Marelli, Cantù, 1993, Roberto Rizzi, i mobili di Paolo Buffa, Galleria del Design e dell`Arredamento, Cantù, 2001.
Paolo Buffa (1903-1970) was the son of Italian painter Giovanni Buffa who graduating from the Politecnico in Milan in 1927. He was a prolific architect, but his real passion was designing furniture. His works range from the traditional and ornate to the futuristic, but they are all of exceptional quality and refinement. His clients were generally quite wealthy and wanted their homes furnished with elegantly modern, functional pieces.
In 1945 he began a collaboration with Ico Parisi that lasted a decade, during which time they designed simple, bare interiors. In 1947 Buffa was invited, along with several other well known Italian designers, to participate in the exhibition The Modern Style of Furnishing, which celebrated the rebirth of inventiveness and elegance in Italian Design. The exhibition was repeated in 1948 in Paris, where it was very well received.
Some of Buffa`s notable projects were the Royal Palace of the King of Albania in 1940, the Quirinale Hotel in Rome in 1951, the furnishing of the royal yacht of King Farouk of Egypt in 1952, and the furnishing of the cruise liner Leonardo Da Vinci in the 1950s.
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