Michel Haillard (French, b. 1959)

Armchair
horn, carved wood and painted hide simulating fur
Height 44 x width 32 x depth 40 inches.

Property from the Collection of a Gentleman, Atlanta, Georgia

This lot is located in Chicago.

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Michel Haillard (b.1959) began his career working in advertising after studying at the l’École Supérieure des Arts Modernes, Paris. In the 1990s he turned his creative talents to designing furniture. Working with horns, antlers, skins, and hides, Haillard creates sculptural furniture. Employing an eclectic mix of exotic materials and traditional forms, Haillard brings together disparate materials in a quest to create a universe of his own making. The resulting creations are functional works of art for everyday use. Though Hillard himself draws no comparison, his works seem to recall horned furniture of the Victorian period.

Seat height 13 inches.
In overall good, stable condition. Having patterns of wear to cat fur, likely from manipulation of material for upholstery or natural to the material. Light scuffs and scratches to leather upholstery to the back. Some verdigris appears in crevices of the carved elements at the top of the seat back. Additional images available upon request.

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Michel Haillard (French, b. 1959)

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