|
__NOTOC__ The Chiavari chair, also known as the Chiavarina, or Tiffany chair, is a wooden chair of Ligurian design. == History == The Chiavarina was created in 1807 by a cabinetmaker from Chiavari on the northwestern Italian coast, Giuseppe Gaetano Descalzi , who at the invitation of the president of the Economic Society of Chiavari, the Marquis Stefano Rivarola, reworked some chairs in the French Empire style, simplifying the decorative elements and lightening the structural elements. The chair was a success and soon many factories opened in Chiavari and surrounding towns. When Gaetano Descalzi died in 1855, about 600 workers were making Chiavari chairs.〔A. Montagni, L. Pessa, ''L'arte della Sedia a Chiavari'', Sagep, Genova 1985, p. 14.〕 The chair was praised by Charles Albert of Savoy, Napoleon III,〔G. B. Brignardello, ''Giuseppe Gaetano Descalzi detto il Campanino e l'arte delle sedie in Chiavari'', Cellini, Firenze 1870, p.38〕 and by the sculptor Antonio Canova.〔P. A. Lattarulo, ''Gaetano Descalzi, la sua "chiavarina", i suoi continuatori'', Tipografia Colombo, Chiavari 2005, p. 51.〕 The success of the Chiavarina declined following the introduction of the Austrian chairs of Michael Thonet which were mass-produced, less expensive, and consisting of few elements easily assembled, and in the second half of the twentieth century, following competition from industrial production. The architect and designer Gio Ponti was inspired by the structural system of the Chiavari chair for his ''Superleggera'' chair of 1955.〔E. Morteo, ''Grande atlante del design dal 1850 ad oggi'', Electa, Milano 2008.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chiavari chair」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|