ERNESTO HAUNER (1931-2002) & MOBILINEA - BRESIL (PUBLISH - Lot 252

ERNESTO HAUNER (1931-2002) & MOBILINEA - BRESIL (PUBLISHER) Pair of 1970s stools in chromed and brushed metal, seat in gold leather. H 63 x W 40 x D 26 cm HISTORICAL Ernesto Hauner (1931-2002) was an Italian immigrant who arrived in Brazil in 1949. He soon began working in furniture design alongside such important figures as Lina Bo Bardi, Sérgio Rodrigues, Martin Eisler and his brother Carlo Hauner. He began his professional career at Studio Palma, which later became Móveis Artesanal, and became a partner at Forma Móveis e Objetos de Arte. In 1958, he launched his own company with a small factory in São Paulo, manufacturing modular shelving units in solid wood. Ernesto's designs explored the possibilities and uses of the new materials that Brazilian industry was beginning to produce, adapting his projects to mass production and developing complete ranges of furniture for the home and office.