Ico & Luisa Parisi for Ariberto Colombo, Cantù, set of six rare rosewood dining chairs. Sculptural frame with slightly curved butterfly-shaped upholstered backrest, upholstered seat suspended on the pointed corner supports of the underlying x-shaped frame, and tapering legs. This particular model is rare, well-documented, and more sculptural with generous proportions than the more simple versions of this chair. Fully restored and newly upholstered in an antiqued blue velvet.
Giuliana Gramigna, Repertorio del design italiano 1950-2000 per l’arredamento domestico, volume 1, Turin, 2003, p. 19
Andrea Branzi and Michele de Lucchi, Il design italiano degli anni ’50, Milan, 1985, p.108
Roberto Aloi, Esempi di arredamento di tutto il mondo. Sedie, poltrone, divani. seconda serie, Milan, 1953, p. 1, fig. 1, 23 and 24
Flaminio Gualdoni, ed., Ico Parisi & architecture, exhibition catalogue, Galleria Civica, Bologna, 1990, p. 194