ALTA STEEL ARMCHAIR & OTTOMAN

Oscar Niemeyer

YEAR: 1979/2013
ARMCHAIR DIMENSIONS W x D x H (cm): 102 x 71 x 70cm
OTTOMAN DIMENSIONS W x D x H (cm): 71 x 71 x 41cm
FINISH: Steel. Fabric or Leather.
WARRANTY: 1 Year
LEAD TIME: Approx. 16-18 weeks

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

Created in the 1970s by Oscar Niemeyer in collaboration with his daughter Anna Maria, the Alta Armchair features a perfect curve; starting at the base it reaches to the backrest and is considered an icon of Brazilian modernist furniture design. This version is executed in stainless steel and was created (in the late 1970s) for the headquarters of the French Communist Party in Paris.

OSCAR NIEMEYER

1905 - 2012

Famous for designing several landmark buildings in Brasília, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and around the world, Niemeyer also created sculptural pieces of furniture. 

The desire to create his own furniture was born out of frustration; he often thought furniture would detract from modernist and contemporary architecture. So he decided to design his own. 

Together with his daughter, Anna Maria, he designed the iconic Rio rocking chair, the Marquesa bench and the Alta armchair. He would later create the ON line: a desk, a sofa and an armchair that reflected the famous curves of his architecture. 

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