Chiavari chair

After 50 years, Eligo brings the “Tigullina” armchair back in a limited production series thanks to the collaboration of Giannina and Luisella Sanguineti who made the original designs, inherited from Colombo Sanguineti, available to local craftsmen. With the Tigullina chair, la Sanguineti GB&Figlio received honourable mention at the Compasso d’Oro award in 1956.

The symbol of the Chiavari Collection, these family of chairs, created by Gaetano Descalzi in 1807, called, in fact, the Campanino. Their original simplicity has a neo-classical look and the unmatchable lightness that distinguishes it since two-hundred years.

Dating from the second half of the 20th century, this is an extremely rational and linear model, made through a simplification of form and reduction of materials. Its essential geometry respects the construction techniques used in the Chiavari model.

The new Solferino chair: on the 60th birthday of the Superleggera by Giò Ponti, Eligo redefines the aesthetic of the Chiavari chair by respecting the tradition. Its essential geometry respects the construction techniques used in the Chiavari model. The Solferino Chair is proposed in four different variants: the reed weaving, the Tuscany vegetable-tanned leather, rope “Paracord®” and the upholstered, covered with wool.

This model appeared between the late 19th century and the early 20th century, which embodies a sober design, characterized by a pleasant simplicity due to the absence of moldings and decorations. This elegant chair represents one of the historical models of the Chiavari tradition, with the design of the backrest recalling the style of the same historical period.