Vintage Privé Armchair By Paolo Nava For Arflex, 1987

Privé armchair with metal structure covered with carbon fiber mesh, cushion and borders in hand-stitched black leather. Published in the "Repertorio del Design Italiano 1950-2000 per l’Arredamento Domestico", Gramigna - Allemandi, pag. 385 Born in Seregno in 1943, he graduated at the Faculty of Architecture, Milan Polytechnic, and attended the Upper Course in Industrial Design, Florence, qualifying in 1966. He completed his training in England, working with industrial design studios. He founded the Citterio-Nava studio in 1972 with Antonio Citterio and carried out projects for Artvis, Flexform, Snaidero, Boffi, Malobbia and Xilitalia. Following the break up of the Citterio-Nava studio in 1982, Paolo Nava continued independently as a designer, working with noted Italian and foreign companies including Arflex, Flexform, B&B Italia, Tonon, Binova, Poliform, De Sede, Treca, U. Confalonieri & C., etc. A fundamental aspect of his work, which is evident in this armchair, is three-dimensional verification through the laboratory model and experimentation of materials. In very good condition, small flaw on the right armrest.