Pair of leather armchairs by Tobia & Afra Scarpa for B&B Italia 1960

These leather armchairs, model Coronado, were designed in 1966 by Afra and Tobia Scarpa for B-B Italia: With incomparable comfort, combining tradition and innovation they are one of the iconic creations of the duo Afra Bianchin and Tobia Scarpa, world famous under the duo Afra and Tobia Scarpa. Both born in the 1930s, graduates of the Venice School of Architecture, the couple begins their lives as glass designers in the large murano house. Many collaborations followed: for example with the famous company Gavina in 1960, Cassina in 1968, Flos in 1973 and even the ready-to-wear brand Benetton from 1964 to the 90s. Their works are exhibited in museums around the world: the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Louvre in Paris, London, Denmark... Whether in glass, textiles, architecture or design, the two artists are visionary and avant-garde: they are the first to use halogen for lighting or cold molding for furniture, as here these armchairs. From 1950 to today they will incorporate new technologies, while retaining history, pure, sober, minimalist forms and function

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