Cocktail Lounge Chair Upholstery Colour:0496 Florentine gilt wood coasters hand-painted

Florentine gilt wood coasters hand-painted in the classic Tuscan tradition

almost weightless contours with a sense of bold solidity

An elaborate Spanish baroque octagonal wall mirror with deeply relief-carved gilt acanthus surround

and drawers providing comprehensive storage within a form of architectural authority

Cocktail Lounge Chair Upholstery Colour:0496 Florentine gilt wood coasters hand-paintedArne Hovmand Olsen's 1953 Cocktail Chair is a study in mid century optimism, a wide, wing like backrest curling around a deep seat, balanced on slim, splayed wooden legs finished in smoked oak, oiled oak, or teak oiled oak. It's the kind of chair that was built for the cocktail hour it's named for: sociable, low enough for easy conversation, and just striking enough to anchor a room on its own. Seven decades on, its sculptural silhouette still reads