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We found this 1960’s chair fighting for its life with the worst cat damage I have ever seen. So we took it to Janine for reupholstry. I don’t think I have laid eyes on a more gorgeous piece of furniture. There is no other like 2231-C. It is like a work of art. The lush green pairs so well with the rich walnut. I hope Adrian Pearsall would like this. 

Adrian Pearsall founded Craft Associates in Pennsylvania in 1952 to manufacture his own designs. By the late 1950s his designs incorporating walnut became hugely popular. Adrian Pearsall designed some of the most exuberant and expressive American furniture of the 1950s and ’60s. For verve and vivacity of form

Here is a beautiful pair of cantilever club chairs by Joan Burgasser and Anton Lorenz for Thonet, circa 1972. Tubular chromed steel frame with brown wool upholstery. The design won the 1972/1973 Design in Steel Award and Joan Burgasser was Thonet’s head of Marketing at that time. As a key figure in the rise of modern tubular steel furniture, Lorenz’s importance stems not only from his furniture designs, but also from his patented inventions and successful entrepreneurial ventures. Both chairs are comfortable and in good original condition. The wool fabric has a subtle modern design. Overall this pair of chairs are in very good original condition. $550

***PRICE IS FOR THE PAIR***

Overall Dimensions:
High – 30.25”
Wide –

I picked these up at a local auction of a home that had many high end pieces. I loved the design and could tell they were good quality. But the original fabric was in poor condition.  I wanted something bold for these founders chairs. I was thinking a big abstract black and white but also time period appropriate. A light bulb went off when I was thinking of my favorite bold 70s furniture. Textile designer Jack Lenor Larson fabrics were some of my favorites, in particular the jaw dropping butterfly sofa. So I searched until I found the best tribute.