Butterfly Chair and 10 Interiors That Would Miss It
One of my favourite furniture pieces at all times is so called butterfly chair. The first time I spotted it was in Sri Lanka – made from a cow leather it was decorated with typical Asian motifs – elephants, flowers, etc. When I saw it, I just fell in love with it and couldn’t resist buying it.
Since then it decorates my house, wherever I live. With removable cover and assembling legs it is so easy to transfer it wherever I go (it perfectly fits my large suitcase). Since the time I bought it, more than ten years have passed, but I constantly see this portable recreational seat in all popular interior design magazines. So it is time to tell about a butterfly chair and show several beautiful examples of how it can be successfully incorporated in home decor.
A butterfly chair has a very long history as it has been designed in the 1938 and since then never lost its popularity. The authors of this beautiful piece were Argentinian designers from Austral Group – Jorge Ferrari Hardoy and Antonio Bonet, and initially it was named as BKF chair. The design was based on the existing Tripolina chair, which was introduced in the end of the 19th century. Here how it looked:
The new design had sleeker forms and more steady structure. Usually Butterfly chair has steel legs and the leather cover which just put on the top of them. The construction is quite complicated and without proper instructions scheme it is not that easy to assemble it. I don’t know where I got lost mine (perhaps during on of those moves from country to country), but each time I try to put it together I feel like I solve an unsolvable puzzle. For those who are like me, I am publishing here the scheme I have found on the web:
Initially, butterfly chair was meant to be used primarily outdoors, however, today one of the popular design trends is to bring it indoors. I have found several beautiful examples, on how butterfly chair can be incorporated in home decor. Which look is your favourite?
