Carlo Hauner & Martin Eisler, Pair of armchairs, c. 1960

Name: Carlo Hauner & Martin Eisler, Pair of armchairs, c. 1960
Brand: Carlo Hauner and Martin Eisler

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About the Item

Pair of armchairs in tubular metal and bouclé cotton upholstery, produced by Forma in the 1960s. The famous duo of designers sign here an innovative piece in which we find the elements that made their reputation of avant-garde creators. These armchairs rest on a folded and welded metal base, the trademark that they popularized with their "Reversivel" model. This gives the piece a balance between the lightness of the structure for an airy look and the visually strong geometry that creates a note of stability. The seat and backrest, designed in a perfectly ergonomic way, are completely covered with fabric, in this case white cotton bouclé, which reinforces the clean style of the designers while offering the utmost comfort. Martin Eisler & Carlo Hauner have once again proposed with this pair of armchairs a form that testifies to an era in search of simplification of the lines that go to the essential, where the structure is in agreement with the function, with a particular attention on the adaptation to the body and also to the new lifestyle. The armchairs are indeed very easy to move in an interior, symbol of a changing era marked by a desire for mobility, flexible and adaptable furniture, which allows to regularly reinvent its decor, its practices and its lifestyle. A period set, in every sense of the word!

Creator:
Carlo Hauner and Martin Eisler (Designer)
Dimensions:
Height: 31.5 in (80 cm)Width: 28.35 in (72 cm)Depth: 22.84 in (58 cm)
Style:
Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Metal,Upholstery,Hand-Crafted
Place of Origin:
Brazil
Period:
Mid-20th Century
Date of Manufacture:
c. 1960
Condition:
Reupholstered. Wear consistent with age and use. Excellent condition. Recently refitted in white cotton bouclé by Donatelli Editors in Brazil, a material that perfectly matches Carlo Hauner & Martin Eisler's design for this pair of armchairs.
Seller Location:
PARIS, FR
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU6408240301382

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Carlo Hauner and Martin Eisler

Forma began in São Paulo, under the leadership of Italian designer Carlo Hauner and Austrian architect and interior designer Martin Eisler. Hauner studied drawing and technical drawing at the Brera Academy in Milan. After participating in the Venice Biennale, he emigrated to São Paulo, where he established the furniture manufacturer Móveis Artesanal, for which Carlo and Martin — as well as Carlo’s brother Ernesto Hauner — would create a range of pieces for the home.

In 1936, Eisler earned a degree in architecture from the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, where he studied under Oskar Strnad and Clemens Holzmeister. With World War II looming, he left Austria immediately after graduating. He first went to Czechoslovakia, to which some of his family had already fled. In 1938, he moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina, and opened his interior design firm Interieur Forma.

Eisler relocated to Brazil in the early 1950s, where he met Hauner. At the time, Eisler had been looking for help producing furniture for his brother-in-law, Ernesto Wolf, and contacted Hauner. The two found that they had a shared vision, and with financial help from Wolf, they opened Galeria Artesanal as a storefront for Móveis Artesanal.

Looking to expand into international sales, the duo rebranded the company Forma. Sérgio Rodrigues, who helped launch a branch of Artesanal in Curitiba, was put in charge of interiors at Forma. That company soon became one of the biggest names in Brazilian furniture — it sold its own sculptural rattan lounge chairs, bookcases and other case pieces crafted with rosewood or jacaranda, and Forma was eventually distributing furniture licensed from iconic American manufacturer Knoll, thereby bringing works by noted designers such as Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Charles Eames and Harry Bertoia to the Brazilian market.

Forma stands at the forefront of a revival of Brazilian modern furniture. Fashioned from high-grade regionally sourced hardwoods, leather and iron, even Forma's earliest creations have stood the test of time. The company’s alluring mid-century modern works appealed to homeowners at its peak, from the 1950s through the ’70s, and given the broadening interest in Brazilian furniture and the likes of designers such as Rodrigues, vintage Forma is making a major comeback today.

The Forma furniture company continued producing masterfully crafted furniture into the 1970s, until Eisler's death in 1977. Forma folded soon after, but Eisler's company in Argentina, Interieur Forma, is still in business today.

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