Móveis de Madeira Pailar

About

Operating in the 1960s on 1087 Raul Pompeia Street, São Paulo, Indústria de Móveis Pailar was founded by Luiz Laufer, who was also responsible for the company's designs.

 

This set of armchairs was the only piece we managed to catalog from their collection so far, and despite the limited material, it stands as a very significant piece, for it has been mistakenly attributed for many years as a prototype design of the Costela Chair, designed in 1953 by Martin Eisler. Our hypothesis is that the Lounge chair designed by Pailar came after Martin Eisler’s piece and was, in fact, inspired by the Costela Chair.

Searching through old newspapers, we start to find Pailar advertisements from 1966 up to 1975, which indicates their production spanned from the late 1960s to the mid-1970s. Unlike most of its contemporary designs, the Pailar chair wasn’t made with Rosewood, but a less expensive, yet still noble wood called Gonçalo Alves.