Pair of Manta chairs by Ingmar Relling for Westnofa

Pair of manta chairs by ingmar relling for westnofa. The iconic norwegian designer ingmar anton relling was born in 1920 in sikkvlven to norways northwest coast. From the age of 16, he worked at the mobelfabrikk vestlandske as. Seven years later, he began his studies in interior architecture and furniture design at skhs oslo (statens hundverks-og kunstindustriskole), a course that had been newly introduced only a year before and to which his brother introduced him adolf. After completing his studies in 1947, he worked in the drawing offices of rastad-relling as before setting up his own studio in 1950. For several years he has focused on interior architecture and worked on churches, libraries and a hotel, but from 1960 relling devoted himself entirely to furniture design. In doing so, he became norway's most famous furniture designer and thus recognized as one of the largest contributors to the "scandinavian design" concept. Relling achieved international fame with his siesta chair. The series represented new way of thinking in terms of construction and form. The most distinctive is the simple, high-backed first edition light beech, covered with sail or leather. After the creation of siesta, relling worked tirelessly with laminated beech chairs, above all armchairs. In some of his works, he used the equivalent qualities of steel. From the relling fork of chairs, a special mention must be made of rest, flex, lido, tema, cox and manta. All are original in terms of construction and have a compact shape of sculptural quality. The lightweight, supple and elegant chairs combine techniques, functional and aesthetic qualities of exceptional quality.

Ref. : 6R8W2F56