Tripolina
The Tripolina describes a folding chair made of wood with metal swivel joints and animal skin covering. Tripolina was invented by the Englishman Joseph B. Fenby and patented in the USA in 1881.
history
The Tripolina folding chair was manufactured by the Viganò company in Tripoli, Libya before the Second World War and was known on the Italian beach market as a camping chair with great stability. However, it was also used by British troops in the 19th century military campaigns. The snap frame was made of local wood and was covered with camel or cowhide. Tripolina was a lightweight, portable folding chair that could be folded flat and stacked.
The Italian company Viganò marked their products on the back of the skins with their large oval "Paolo Viganò Tripolis" seal.
In the 1960s, the Italian industrial designer Ludovico Magistretti took up the idea again and brought a lighter and fabric-covered Tripolina version onto the market.
Comparable
A later chair similar concept, the Butterfly Chair (Engl. Butterfly chair ) of BKF, was the 1938th
Individual evidence
Web links
- An early masterpiece :: The history of the Tripolina Chair