***SOLD OUT***
El Patio Lounge/Galleon Bar Chairs
by Gustavo Pulitzer Finale

Items from MV VICTORIA I (ex DUNNOTTAR CASTLE, VICTORIA, THE VICTORIA, PRINCESA VICTORIA)

Most with rose colored upholstery, dark wooden legs
Price: ***SOLD OUT***
$250 USD plus shipping

Two views of one of these Pulitzer chairs after new red velvet uphostery was fitted. Photos by and copyright Jonathan Boonzaier 2005. (Please note this is only a sample photo and that the chairs that are for sale do not come with the new upholstery).

 

1.  The El Patio Lounge during VICTORIA's Incres Lines heyday.  Peter Knego collection. 2.  The Galleon Bar in 1997.  Photo and copyright Peter Knego 1997.

Cassina manufactured most of the chairs found on Italian designed ships of the 1950s, 1960s, and early 1970s.  These chairs are very similar in style to those commissioned for Nino Zoncada and a large number of his works ranging from STELLA OCEANIS and EUGENIO C to STELLA SOLARIS and LEONARDO DA VINCI.  Unlike the others which had metal legs, these chairs have beautiful wooden leg structures, and were made for Gustavo Pulitzer Finale when he created the sleek, deluxe VICTORIA in 1959.  The upholstery most likely dates from the mid-Chandris period of the early 1980s and varies in condition.  A suggestion would be to recover these chairs in solid blue or crimson velvet (see above) to return them to their original look, if desired.

As these have been selling quite quickly, I have tried to rescue another batch from India and hope to take delivery of that later this year.