Six Monk Dining Chairs, Afra and Tobia Scarpa, 1973 5h (in cm) | 700

5h (in cm) | 700 grams | sand cast bronze

Textured plaster on timber board

distilled through the artist’s refined visual language

originally conceived in 1972

The new canvas upholstery is in as-new condition

Six Monk Dining Chairs, Afra and Tobia Scarpa, 1973 5h (in cm) | 700An iconic set of Monk dining chairs designed by Afra and Tobia Scarpa for Molteni, Italy, 1973. A defining piece of Italian mid century modern design, the Monk chair is celebrated for its monastic simplicity and refined materiality. This set of six chairs features new canvas upholstery and gently refreshed timber frames. Afra and Tobia Scarpa were a husband and wife team of architects and designers recognised for their contribution to Italian modern