ORIGINAL SHANGHAINESE QIPAO GARMENTS
Rare historical textiles carry identity through texture, color and symbolism.
MATERIAL MEMORYWORKS / BRANDS / H-CHAIRS
H-CHAIRS
1930s Shanghai Art Deco chairs restored through traditional Florentine upholstery techniques and transformed through rare garments and historical textiles.
ITALIAN CRAFTSMANSHIPMEETS ASIA
EACH CHAIR CONCEALS A STORY INSIDE ITS MATERIAL.
Through garment, color, symbolism and volume, each chair revives the retro-glam spirit of 1930s Shanghai. The textile is not decoration: it carries identity and cultural memory. Archival garments and original structures make every composition materially singular and non-replicable by design.
MATERIAL ORIGIN
QIPAO, SHANGHAI, FLORENCE.
Three material conditions define the collection.
1930s COLONIAL ARMCHAIRS
Original Shanghai structures are restored and re-engineered rather than replicated.
ORIGINAL STRUCTUREFLORENTINE UPHOLSTERY
Traditional Florentine techniques ensure precision, durability and material integrity.
CRAFT CONTINUITY
FROM SHANGHAI TO FLORENCE
Chinese textile heritage and Italian artisanal execution are structurally integrated into one unique artifact.
SELECTED COLLECTION
OBJECTS READ LIKE SCENES.
INLAND EMPIREThe mind-mirror Realm
CASABLANCAUnresolved Love and Troubled Decisions
DRACULASensuality of a Dangerous Kiss
IN THE MOOD FOR LOVELove at His Highest
THE GARDEN OF EDENBeyond the Eye, True Bliss
PULP FICTIONViolence and redemption
RESTORATION · RECONSTRUCTION · RESOLUTION
RESTORED BEFORE REIMAGINED.
Woodwork, springs and natural internal layers are rebuilt before the archival textile completes the object.
01Wood
02Silk
03Jute
04Natural Latex
THE COLLECTION
A CINEMATIC INDEX OF ONE-OF-A-KIND OBJECTS.
01Shanghai Express
To live by one's own code.
COLLECTION RECORD02Geisha
The arts of seduction.
COLLECTION RECORD03Last Emperor / Empress
Power, rise and fall.
COLLECTION RECORD04Lust, Caution
The enemy within.
COLLECTION RECORD05Vacanze Romane
Roma-nce in Roman dolce vita.
COLLECTION RECORD06La Dolce Vita
Pleasure-filled extravaganza.
COLLECTION RECORDART, FASHION AND RESTORATION IN ONE COLLECTIBLE OBJECT.
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