ADRIANA ARMCHAIR

Jorge Zalszupin

YEAR: 1962/2012
DIMENSIONS W x D x H (cm): 70 x 65 x 60cm
FINISH: Leather or Fabric
TIMBER: Cedar, Freijo, Imbuia, Sucupira
WARRANTY: 1 Year
LEAD TIME: Approx. 16-18 weeks (1 in stock now)

Handmade to order. Re-edited by ETEL. Embedded with a seal certifying its authenticity and part of the ETEL collection.

Originally designed in 1962, this elegant piece of furniture spent decades hidden in the designer’s garage. In 2011, almost fifty years after the initial design was conceived, Zalszupin’s daughter Veronica went searching for objects of interest to include in a solo exhibition of her father’s work, when she stumbled upon the Adriana prototype.

The armchair, damaged by the passing of time, was hidden in the back of an unused room. She knew immediately that she had discovered a jewel. Its slender structure and the brass work on the back give the piece a delicate and graceful appearance.

JORGE ZALSZUPIN

1922 - 2020

He studied during the war and, when he graduated, in 1945, he felt so disillusioned with the devastation he saw in his hometown that he decided he would leave to look for other lands. After a spell in France, he came to Brazil, where he encountered the right conditions to develop his unique, poetical, sensual and modern brand of architecture.

 In the 1960s and 1970s, his work could be seen in pretty much every public building in Brasília. At the factory, a first-world structure mobilized designers, architects, engineers, craftsmen and a wide range of professionals who worked together through all stages, from the research of materials to the final product.

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