Oscar Niemeyer by Etel
memorial lounge chair
Designed by Oscar Niemeyer
Re-edited by ETEL
Armchair pictured here in Barcelona Preto leather
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Black lacquered wooden legs
W 71 x D 102 x H 67.4 cm
W 27.9″ x D 40.1″ x H 26.4″
Seating height: 42 cm / 16.5″
Production lead time: upon request
This piece is handmade in Brazil, using sustainably sourced wood. Production lead time may be as long as one year.
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The Memorial Lounge Chair by Oscar Niemeyer is a special edition of the iconic “Alta” chair. This iteration, dedicated to “Memorial da América Latina”, was designed in 1980 with a different backrest from the original version. Niemeyer wanted it to be placed in front of “Agora”, an artwork by Brazilian artist Victor Arrudaon hanging in the foyer of the Museum’s auditorium. A terrible fire in 2013 destroyed part of this public collection. As the official partner of the Oscar Niemeyer Foundation, Etel has participated to the salvage of such important legacy by donating new chairs to the Museum Collection. To celebrate the partnership with the museum, Etel has released a Limited Edition of the “Alta Memorial Chair”.
Alongside his public buildings, Oscar Niemeyer designed countless pieces of furniture, driven by the need to fix “the problem with furniture arrangements”. The great master thought that beautiful modernist and contemporary architecture was often diminished by the presence of inadequate pieces of furniture… Together with his daughter, Anna Maria, he created many iconic designs including the Rio rocking chair, the Marquesa bench and the Alta armchair. Over time, he launched ON, a line of furniture comprising a desk, a sofa and an armchair. Free from the strict rules of functionalism, he injected sensuality and “Brasilidade” into his work finding beauty through asymmetry and curves.
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Flint Terracotta
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Linterno Fabric : St Moritz/Nobili