Percival Lafer “MP-211” Living Room Set for Lafer S.A., 1961, Set of 3
Description
Percival Lafer “MP-211” Living Room Set for Lafer S.A., leather and wood, 1961, Brazil, set of three
Designed in 1961 and produced by Lafer S.A. in São Paulo, the MP-211 is one of the most considered objects to emerge from Brazilian modernism — a design in which structure, material, and making are conceived as a single gesture. Contemporary with the work of Sergio Rodrigues and Jorge Zalszupin, it belongs to a moment when São Paulo designers were redefining what furniture could be in the postwar tropics. The leather shell hangs within a frame of blade-like wood uprights that slot together at the top, the upholstery laced into place with leather straps knotted around carved wood beads. There is no hardware, no mechanical fastening: the chair holds together through the same logic as a saddle or a harness, materials in tension with one another. The two chairs and ottoman have been reupholstered in cognac leather, the original seaming and whipstitched detailing faithfully followed, while the wood frames carry six decades of honest patina — grain deepened by time, nothing concealed.
Dimensions
Armchair
Height: 30.71 in (78 cm)
Width: 38.58 in (98 cm)
Depth: 37.01 in (94 cm)
Seat Height: 17.72 in (45 cm)
Ottoman
Height: 16.93 in (43 cm)
Width: 31.89 in (81 cm)
Depth: 23.62 in (60 cm)
Design
1961
Manufacture
1960-1969
Material
Leather and wood
Location
Lonigo, IT
Condition
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