VERONICA ARMCHAIR

Jorge Zalszupin

YEAR: 2008
DIMENSIONS W x D x H (cm): 81 x 77 x 78cm
FINISH: Leather
TIMBER: Angelim, Cedar, Freijo, Imbuia, Sucupira
WARRANTY: 1 Year
LEAD TIME: Approx. 16-18 weeks

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

In 2008, at the age of 86, Jorge Zalszupin came out of retirement and designed the beautiful Veronica armchair. Although 40 years had passed since his last design, his mastery of the process was still on display.

“This piece was conceived instinctively, as were all my designs, in around one hour. All it took was a blank page for the idea to come up; no references, really. I wanted something curvaceous, cozy and in wood, which has a fascinating texture and smell”.

JORGE ZALSZUPIN

1922 -2022

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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