IKEA GUBBO Swivel Chairs, Mia Lagerman (Pair)

IKEA GUBBO Swivel Chairs, Mia Lagerman (Pair)

$1,199.00
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IKEA GUBBO Swivel Chairs, Mia Lagerman (Pair)
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KOBK.26.FUR.019
IKEA GUBBO Swivel Chairs, Mia Lagerman (Pair)
$1,199.00

Specifications

IKEA (Sweden), designed by Mia Lagerman, c. 2004; model GUBBO

Lacquered moulded shell with re-dyed black cotton seat and back cushions

Splayed metal legs with a 360-degree swivel; modular bolt-together construction

Sold as a matched pair

Each chair approx 85 cm across the splayed leg base; tub 71 cm wide, 65 cm deep; 7.2 kg each

KOBK restoration: original cotton covers re-dyed, legs touched up, cleaned and checked

Honest age: some cotton wear discreetly back-patched, light wear in areas; both in very good condition

Every KOBK object is one of one and carries its age honestly. Expect marks, wear and patina as part of the piece; any specific fault is noted above. Where an object is photographed on a stand, the stand is included.

Notes

IKEA at its most ambitious. The GUBBO was Mia Lagerman's turn-of-the-millennium exercise in getting a sculptural, almost space-age lounge chair into flat-pack: a hemispherical shell that cradles you between two round cushions and spins a full turn on splayed metal legs. It was made for only a few years and quietly dropped, which is why the good ones now change hands as a collectible rather than a cast-off.

This is a matched pair, sympathetically brought back to life. The original cotton covers have been re-dyed a deep black, the legs touched up, and everything cleaned and checked. The clever bolt-together logic still reads: the back cushion fixes to the shell, the shell to the swivel plate, the legs splay from there, and it is genuinely comfortable to sit in. Some wear in the cotton has been discreetly back-patched and a little light wear remains here and there, but for their age both are in very good order.