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THE ONE Bloomberg Pursuits October 29, 2018

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Take a seat in the rereleased Taliesin 1,
an armchair Frank Lloyd Wright designed for
his own living room. Photograph by Joanna McClure

At Taliesin West, THE COMPETITION has long armrests THE CASE But the Taliesin’s
the Scottsdale, • Starting at $3,542, that run horizontally For all their brilliance short-hair leather
Ariz., home and the Metropolitan rather than at an with the outside of upholstery is
design studio where armchair from B&B angle. It’s a modern- buildings, architects comfortable, first
Frank Lloyd Wright Italia SpA has a day classic, starting haven’t had much and foremost, and
dreamed up many Jetsons vibe and a at $3,879. success making the profile will go
of his greatest much roomier seat. • Luca Nichetto’s furniture that you’d as easily with a
works, one chair • Eero Saarinen’s Elysia, from $5,090, actually want to leather sofa as
had pride of place. Womb Chair, also has a wood sit in once you’re with a glass side
The architect often designed at about frame but with a inside—just look up table. The slanted 75
created the furniture the same time as more curvaceous the designs from armrests are
that went inside his Wright’s Taliesin, profile and many Daniel Libeskind, perhaps the best
famous structures, fabric options. Zaha Hadid, and feature: They’ll
but he saved the David Adjaye if prop you up no
Taliesin 1 for his you want proof. matter your body
own living room. type or how high
Originally made you sit. $5,500;
70 years ago and cassina.com
out of production for
the past 30 years,
the reclined seat has
been rereleased by
Italian manufacturer
Cassina SpA in a
limited edition for
$5,500. Like the
original, it’s made
almost entirely
from one piece of
beech plywood
with a cherry wood
veneer and folds
like origami into an
elegant seat.