Designed by Japanese architect Kazuhide Takahama for Simon Gavina in the early 1970s, the Rennie chair belongs to a body of work in which Takahama translated a Japanese sense of proportion and restraint into the vocabulary of Italian design manufacturing. Trained as an architect in Tokyo, Takahama met Dino Gavina at the Milan Triennale and went on to design several seating series for the company; the Rennie, with its tall rectangular backrest and glossy lacquered wood frame, is among the most architectural of these, and is documented in period design literature as part of Simon Gavina's catalog. This example retains its original ribbed corduroy upholstery in a warm rust, on the tall rectangular backrest and the wide seat. The frame legs are in black lacquered wood, forming the characteristic geometric shelf-like structure typical of the model.
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SILVER Seller in Bari, Italy
