$3,952 / item
Iconic Eero Aarnio White Pony
By Eero Aarnio
Located in New York, NY
by a tube frame and upholstered in a stretch fabric. Pony chair was designed in 1973 by Eero Aarnio
Fabric, Foam
$3,952 / item
Iconic Eero Aarnio Orange Pony
By Eero Aarnio
Located in New York, NY
by a tube frame and upholstered in a stretch fabric. Pony chair was designed in 1973 by Eero Aarnio
Fabric, Foam
$3,952 / item
Iconic Eero Aarnio Midnight Black Pony
By Eero Aarnio
Located in New York, NY
by a tube frame and upholstered in a stretch fabric. Pony chair was designed in 1973 by Eero Aarnio
Fabric, Foam
$3,952 / item
Iconic Eero Aarnio Emerald Green Pony
By Eero Aarnio
Located in New York, NY
by a tube frame and upholstered in a stretch fabric. Pony chair was designed in 1973 by Eero Aarnio
Fabric, Foam
$3,952 / item
Iconic Eero Aarnio Mellow Pink Pony
By Eero Aarnio
Located in New York, NY
by a tube frame and upholstered in a stretch fabric. Pony chair was designed in 1973 by Eero Aarnio
Fabric, Foam
$6,000Sale Price / set|20% Off
Eero Aarnio Pair of Green Vintage Pony Figure Handmade Chairs
By Eero Aarnio
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A pair of vintage green Pony Chairs handmade by Eero Aarnio. Dimensions - 31" x 42" x 20
Upholstery
The Original Pony Chair by Eero Aarnio – Rare 1970s Blue Fabric
By Eero Aarnio
Located in Dronten, NL
The Original Pony Chair by Eero Aarnio designed by Eero Aarnio, Finland, 1973. Few designs capture
Steel
First Edition Model "Pony" designed by Eero Aarnio Stool 1973, Finland
By Eero Aarnio
Located in Antwerp, BE
Large Stool Animal sculpture model Pony designed by Eero Aarnio, Finland 1973. Pony chair
Upholstery
Eero Aarnio Red Pony Chair, Steel Frame, Foam Upholstery, 1970s
By Adelta, Eero Aarnio
Located in Madrid, ES
Pony chair upholstered with red textile. This iconic seat was originally designed by Finnish
Steel
Terrific Eero Aarnio Asko Pony Chair, circa 1970s
By Eero Aarnio
Located in Mount Penn, PA
A 1970s Eero Aarnio Asko sculptural orange pony chair made in Finland.
Fiberglass, Textile
Eero Aarnio Pony Chair
By Eero Aarnio
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rare, playful and iconic pony chair by designer Eero Aarnio in red wool. The pony chair was
Metal
Eero Aarnio Pony Chair, 1970s Finland
By Eero Aarnio
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rare, playful and iconic pony chair by designer Eero Aarnio in orange wool. The pony chair was
Wool, Foam
1970s Eero Aarnio Blue Pony Coffee Mug Finland
By Eero Aarnio
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1970s Scandinavian designer Eero Aarnio Blue Pony Coffee Mug Finland 3.75 h x 4.63 d x 3.25
Ceramic
A Delightful Pony Chair by Eero Aarnio
Located in New York, NY
You would likely never guess the level of comfort this pop icon affords the lucky sitter. Whether straddling it cowboy style or reclining backwards, it is a true pleasure. Upholstere...
Foam, Upholstery, Rubber
Sold
H 31.11 in W 36.62 in D 27.56 in
Tipi Chair by Eero Aarnio for Adelta, 2002, Black & Yellow Figural Lounge Chair
By Eero Aarnio, Adelta
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Extremely rare piece by Eero Aarnio. In 2002, many decades after his 1969 iconic pony, Eero Aarnio
Stainless Steel
Eero Aarnio Pony Chair
By Eero Aarnio
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful 1970s red pony chair by Eero Aarnio, nice original condition some light stains due to age
Upholstery, Foam
Sold
H 20.87 in W 36.23 in D 36.23 in
Irene Set of Six Order-Eero Aarnio Three Pastil Chairs & Three Pony for Air frei
By Eero Aarnio
Located in New York, NY
ORDER for Irene: CONSISTS OF: 3 PONY AND 3 PASTILS PONY COLORS: GREEN, PINK AND ORANGE PASTILS
Fiberglass, Fabric
Pony Chair by Eero Aarnio
Located in New York, NY
Pony chair by Eero Aarnio, 1973. A delightfully whimsical piece from Aarnio. Moulded foam body
Pony Hide Womb Chair by Eero Saarinen for Knoll
By Eero Saarinen
Located in Cambridge, MA
A womb chair with ottoman designed by Eero Saarinen and manufactured by Knoll, circa 1960s
Steel
Original Eero Aarnio "Pony" Chair
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A fun Aarnio Pony chair from the original 1973 edition. In really nice condition.
Antique Blue Painted Cupboard Dated 1850
Located in Vo', Veneto
Antique Blue Painted Cupboard dated 1850 Period: dated 1850 Origin: Tyrolean area, Germany Wood type: Fir Height: 175 cm 68.89 in Width: 125 cm (138 cm with frame) 49.21 in (54.33...
Fir
Rosso Wall Mirror
By Specchi Veneziani
Located in Milan, IT
Crafted in the finest Murano tradition, this exquisite Venetian mirror is a true work of art. Assembled with crystal and gold elements, and adorned with red glass flowers, each piece...
Glass
$4,360 / item
H 28.35 in W 40.16 in D 34.65 in
"Pietra" Curved Armchair with Leather Arms Upholstered in Bouclé Fabric
By Studio Marta Manente
Located in Centro, RS
Pietra from Italian: Stone The designer Marta Manente is of Italian descent, her great-grandparents migrated from Italy over 100 years ago and lived in the region of Bento Gonçalves ...
Bouclé
Wrought Iron Folk Art Tulip Candleabra
Located in Riverdale, NY
Charming hand wrought iron Folk Art Tulip Candleabra from the 1930's. Heavy enough to use as doorstop as well. Beautifully rendered. 1930's USA. Measures: Height 20", width 17", bas...
Wrought Iron
$3,955 / set
H 13.78 in W 27.96 in D 3.75 in
Pair of Entomology Specimen Display Cases By J T Stockall London Taxidermy Curio
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A large and impressive pair of late 19th early 20th century Entomology specimen cases, containing a varied collection of over one hundred insects from around the world pinned to an e...
Natural Fiber, Glass, Pine
Crackle Textured Handmade Ceramic Mushroom Lamp, Blue
By Ethan Streicher, Streicher Goods
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Every mushroom lamp is hand-made and hand-painted by Ethan Streicher, the founder and designer behind the Streicher Goods brand in Brooklyn, NY. The lamp's silhouette is simple and c...
Brass
Radicchio Hand-Painted Ceramic Serving Tray, Made in Italy
By Bertrando Di Renzo
Located in ROCCAVIVARA CB, IT
Bring the beauty of the garden to your home with our hand-painted radicchio-style plate in a pink hue. Perfect for tableware, this serving tray/platter adds a touch of natural elegan...
Ceramic
19th Century French Folk Art Storage Basket
Located in Allerum, SE
Unusually large 19th century French folk art storage basket. coiled construction with straw and bark. Ca 1890 France.
Straw
Murano Sputnik Spherical Green Glass and Brass Chandelier
Located in Roma, Lazio
A fantastic emerald green sputnik, with a surprising design and for its very low height, which allows it to fit in both high and low ceilings. Very elegant, it will furnish and decor...
Brass
$240 / item
H 20.75 in W 17.84 in D 10.32 in
Pink Baby Rabbit Chair by Stefano Giovannoni, Made in Italy
By Stefano Giovannoni
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Scroll down and click "view all from Seller" to see more than 400 other unique products. (2.2) In Stock in Los Angeles The idea of the rabbit, a gentle, lovable and shy animal, c...
Plastic
Thomas Webb & Sons Two-Color Cameo Vase
By Thomas Webb & Sons
Located in New Orleans, LA
Of all the glassworks produced in the late 19th century, cameo glass was the most challenging to perfect. Only a handful of artisans succeeded in mastering this intricate craft, with...
Glass
Fabric Pende Woka Chandelier
By Woka Lamps
Located in Vienna, AT
Handsewn fabric shade, dessin by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn, hanging on a fabric-covered wire, brass-parts in the requested finish. Total drop custom made 2 x Edison screw sockets ...
Brass
My Art Book of Friendship
By Phaidon
Located in New York, NY
Selected as one of Oprah’s Favorite Things 2023. This keepsake children’s book celebrates friendship in a new and accessible way: through art. Featuring a bright stylish cover and ...
Paper
$300 / item
H 10.24 in W 3.75 in D 3.75 in
Iris Pink Glass Candleholder by Summerill & Bishop by Casarialto
By Casarialto
Located in Milan, IT
A superb design masterfully handcrafted of mouth-blown glass, this candle holder is created in co-creation with Summerill and Bishop London. From the sketch of Summerill and Bishop L...
Glass
$20,979
H 29.14 in Dm 25.99 in
20th Century Luigi Massoni for Poltrona Frau Dilly Dally Vanitiy Dressing Table
By Poltrona Frau, Luigi Massoni
Located in Turin, Turin
Dressing table model Dilly Dally designed by Luigi Massoni for Poltrona Frau in 1960s. The dressing table is composed of two pieces, one round armchair (which alone measures 74 x 66 ...
Metal
Candy Skies II
By Gaia Barnatan
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT THE ARTIST: Gaia Barnatan explores surreal, dreamlike spaces through the medium of digital collage. Her work aims to create a sense of balance, playfulness and curiosity, and e...
Photographic Paper
“I always look ahead, never back,” Finnish design legend Eero Aarnio has been quoted as saying. A leading innovator of modern furniture design, Aarnio has long embraced a bold, playful, confident and colorful style several steps ahead of his time.
For his 1954 entrance test for the Institute of Industrial Arts in Helsinki, Aarnio created a whimsical painting of a man reading a newspaper in a red, curved chair whose silhouette foreshadowed Aarnio’s Ball chair of 1963. That spherical seat skyrocketed him to design fame, and decades later, it is still recognized as one of the world’s most futuristic designs.
Born in 1932 to a house painter and a seamstress, Aarnio has always had a cheerful disposition and an independent spirit. He went his own way early on: After just two years at Asko, the big Scandinavian furniture company that originally produced his Ball chair, Aarnio established his own studio in 1962.
Over the next decade, the young visionary made an indelible mark on the world. Open-minded and entrepreneurial, Aarnio embraced the aesthetics, materials and technologies of the Swinging Sixties, working with a new generation of plastics and molding them into fluid, organically shaped, brightly hued forms.
Introduced at the 1966 Cologne Furniture Fair, the pod-like fiberglass Ball chair soon adorned the homes of movie stars and royalty, graced magazine covers around the world and was featured in films and ads. The groundbreaking seat originally came in orange, white, black, yellow and red and could be ordered with a telephone installed in it. Yet this designer of the future, as he was known in the 1960s, has always insisted that he didn’t deliberately seek to be associated with the decade’s sci-fi aesthetic.
“I had no intention to create either pop or Space Age design — as many people label my work,” Aarnio declares in one of the essays included in Eero Aarnio — Designer of Colour and Joy, a book jointly created by the Design Museum and publisher WSOY to accompany 2016’s “Eero Aarnio” exhibition.
The show featured a number of Aarnio’s objects, including his iconic Ball, Pastil (1967), Bubble (1968), Tomato (1971) and Pony (1973) chairs. These were joined by lesser-known seating and other objects like the rattan Juttujakkara, or mushroom, stool (1960); the sculptural Double Bubble lamp (2000), with which Aarnio first explored the possibilities of rotation-cast plastic; and the three-legged Rocket (1995) and Baby Rocket (2006) stools, both parts of a collection produced by Artek after Tom Dixon, the company’s creative director from 2004 to 2009, discovered the original piece in Aarnio’s kitchen.
“Aarnio expanded the whole idea of what constitutes furniture,” explained Suvi Saloniemi, the Design Museum’s chief curator. “His significance as a designer is crystallized in the liberation of form that he has introduced by discovering the properties of plastic as the material of a designer. His furniture is sculpture-like and eye-catching, but the pieces are always utilitarian at the same time.”
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