SOLD – Adrian Pearsall (1925-2011) for Craft Associates – Pair of armchairs with cruciform base – circa 1960
Description
What I like
I like in these armchairs the opposition between the roughness of the base, in epoxy resin covered by bronze projection, its very angular character, and the softness of the covering of the sitting block in off-white velvet, at the small angles of the armrests.
Pearsall is the only one, along with Paul Evans, to master this difficult technique of spraying bronze on epoxy!
I love their exotic bird or heron silhouette, so special!
Likewise, these sculpture armchairs are extremely comfortable despite their very demanding design, which I appreciate to the highest degree!
These armchairs are completely typical of Adrian Pearsall’s furniture, very expressive, also reminiscent of certain creations by Vladimir Kagan or Paul Evans.
Pearsall designs emblematic armchairs from the 50s and 60s: we are projected into a period film: Audrey Hepburn could have sat there!
Technical description
Adrian PEARSALL (1925-2011) for Craft Associates
Pair of armchairs with a cruciform base formed from a wooden panel with trapezoidal cut, covered with granite epoxy resin in bas-relief with gold and black bronze projection, gold and black color, high-backed seat block newly covered in off-white velvet, small armrests forming a trapezoid.
Around 1960.
These armchairs are part of a line designed by Pearsall including dining room seats, a table and a bar, but also a sofa with this very particular use of resin, which also recalls the work of Paul Evans.
Dimensions and weight
Height: 118,5 cm – Width: 48 cm – Depth: 58 cm
Weight: 17kg each
Mix & Match
Our pair of armchairs by Adrian Pearsall will go perfectly with the pair of Grass Hopper armchairs by Sonja Wasseur: same uncompromising lines, same quality of materials. The metallic appearance of the base will resonate with the golden brown of the top of the coffee table by Julian de Covemaeker, but also with the brass elements of the “Composition metallica” tapestry by Enrique Broglia. The rigor of their composition can be called that of the Composition of Edgard Pillet of 1950-51, certainly much more colorful, or that of the Abstract Composition of Lenin by Lima Medeiros of 1971; but we may prefer to add to them the poetry of the two works “Invocation” and “L’eau et les Songes” by Charles Piquois, whose soft colors will be highlighted by the off-white of the seat of our armchairs.
The colorful and cheerful palette of “Aquarius #4-1973” by Michiel Gloeckner will give a festive air to our armchairs!
This search for sculptural sobriety is also visible in the monumental “Moth Butterfly” tapestry by Pierre Szekely, whose partially shaved horse skin is also an example of roughness!
Finally, how can we resist combining our armchairs with the Vaso table by Pierangelo Gallotti for Gallotti & Radice: here too, the architecture is geometric, but full of poetry!
Description
To know more
The designer
Adrian Pearsall (1926-2011) trained as an architect at the University of Illinois in 1950. He is best known for his furniture design. He founded Craft Associates in 1952 and achieved immediate success by offering affordable, quality furniture incorporating the use of bold styles and unique color combinations. Influenced by Vladimir Kagan and George Nakashima, Pearsall is best known for his spectacular high-backed chairs, sofas with attached end tables, and iconic gondola sofas, which have become highly prized by collectors. Some of his furniture shows that, like Paul Evans, he knew how to master the technique of projecting bronze onto epoxy resin.
The editor
Pearsall founded Craft Associates in Pennsylvania in 1952 to manufacture his own designs. Walnut designs debuted in the late 1950s, exploding sales and propelling Mr. Pearsall above all others in the field of residential design. The company grew from 6 to 800 employees and was sold in 1968 to the famous Lane Lane Furniture Company. Pearsall later started another company while Lane eventually stopped production and sales in the late 1970s and permanently closed Craft Associates.
A new company Craft Associates was recently formed.
A beautiful and authentic pair of armchairs at a fair price
This pair of armchairs has been carefully selected for its aesthetic qualities, its originality and its fair price. Our choice favors above all the acuity of the design, of which the signature of Adrian Pearsall is guarantor, a guarantee of an enhancement of your new acquisition in your interior and of an ability to dialogue with your furniture, to agree and to mix to create a unique decoration.
Buying vintage furniture is surely a reasonable investment, such is the appetite for the 1960s.
Finally, buying vintage furniture preserves the resources of planet earth.
Additional information
Weight | 17 kg |
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Dimensions | 58 × 48 × 118,5 cm |