A cozy and comfortable bucket seat, a reassuring form with absolutely
contemporary details: these are the main features of Guelfo, the wingback designed by Lapo Ciatti.
Guelfo
wingback and footstool were launched in 2015 with the aim to give a new,
refined and innovative (sometimes ironic) style to the 18th century French
archetype and like all the other pieces presented that year, they find source of inspiration in the Middle Ages and in the process of
overcoming common knowledge.
So
we can find on the one hand the name Guelfo as an homage to one of the two
opposite factions which during the Medieval times built the culture and history
of the city of Florence, while on the other hand the ironic use of aesthetic
standard of the past, here contaminated and updated with very contemporary
details.
A very sharp (and post modern)
way of playing with uncommon combinations as the idea of using together a mixture of
seemingly heterogeneous details and materials such as the capitonné work for the upholstery and black nickel
for the structure.
The wingback, as well as the footstool,
In 2018 Guelfo Fur joined the collection a soft and ironic faux fur version.
Guelfo, featuring great visual impact and scenic power, is the ideal choice to give a touch of personality to the most exclusive contract environment as well as to the finest residential areas.
Perfect for those who
want pieces of furniture ever protagonists, ever ordinary.
" From the start I wanted to make a sofa with a strong impact which could
nevertheless provide an enveloping feeling, be somewhere you would want to
spend your time.
I imagined an evening in a distant past, a winter’s night spent before the
chimney sipping a glass of aged cognac, while chatting with a dear friend of
battles and future projects. "
