Description

SOLD in November 2021 for $2400 THE PAIR. 

Our listed price is PER CHAIR. ($2400 for the PAIR). If you have interest in the matching pair come forward quickly as we will be considering offers on single chairs as well. (They’re fairly big chairs so could work as singles too.)

RRP NEW- almost AU $6000 the pair!

This pair is being sold under consignment by a new regular iNVISeDGE seller located on the GOLD COAST, Queensland but can be sent via a professional furniture carrier Australia-wide for a reasonable additional fee, (about $220 to Sydney).

Provenance and Background Info

(Mainly written in 2016 but updated in 2021.)

The pictured suite is second-hand and about 20 YEARS OLD- look at the quality here!

An exceptional quality PAIR of Messina leather lounge ARMCHAIRS HAND-CRAFTED by highly-awarded company, PACIFIC GREEN. Pacific Green is at the top in my eyes- they offer it all and have their own original style others wouldn’t even try to copy. This is one of the best pairs of chairs to come through in iNVISeDGE for some time. I LOVE them! The off-white leather is PERFECT in my eyes. This is a bold design- this upholstery is fresh-looking and pares back the boldness. The contrast in the leather colour also allows the amazing shape of the palmwood frame to take the focus- like it should! Pacific Green has taken resort furniture to whole new level here. The design has such a distinct tropical-island feel to it but make no mistake … this is COMMERCIAL-GRADE furniture. It hasn’t been built to last one or two generations- Pacific Green is making stuff that I think will last forever. Look at the metal sub-structure here! You won’t see anything like in virtually any of the furniture out there today. Plus the leather on this pair is exceptional- this is proper FULL-GRAIN leather. The quality of the leather on Pacific Green varied over the years- this pair were made at a time when Pacific Green was getting some of the best leather they ever sourced.

And this brings me to my last point about this particular pair of chairs. These chairs are the best Messina design Pacific Green ever did. We believe they were done in the very-late 1990’s- they’re now about 20 years old. Just look at them! The Messina design (like many PG designs) was tinkered with over the years. The earliest ones are pretty ugly and have exposed black metal bars running across the backs. The newest ones that they’re still currently selling have been simplified slightly (most likely to cut production costs). The newer ones are not quite as nice as these.

With these there’s a nice curve in the backs and the angles are all brilliant for seating comfort. The seat slants back and there’s a nice angle to the backs as well- the cushioning has a nice level of sponginess but is still fairly firm- these chairs hold you in a perfect seating position.

The Messina has been a “mainstay” for Pacific Green- they’re still selling them today for just shy of $6000 the PAIR new. Ours are a mere fraction of that and in BRILLIANT condition- they present extremely well. I’ve even seen a pair of Messina chairs sell in America for MORE than the new price here in Australia! Over $6000 for a SECOND-HAND pair in America! … And I think the leather on ours is way nicer than those. The investment appeal on offer here is a no-brainer- in my eyes the value of these should only be going up in the future. In the right home, this pair would look incredible but is also warm and inviting- not clinical looking like most designer furniture. Plus the armrests are perfect to rest your drink on! (Use coasters though please…. (okay yesss Mum …)

Pacific Green originated from the Post & Rail brand which started in Sydney in the 1970’s and is heralded for its construction quality. Post & Rail grew into an international brand and in the late 1980’s they did the unthinkable. With a highly successful brand they changed tack completely. With the world’s new concern with deforestation and ecological threats, Post & Rail closed and re-branded as Pacific Green. Pacific Green searched the world for a sustainable quality timber for their future furniture production- the solution? Coconut wood. In the South Pacific, they found vast abandoned plantations of coconut palm trees, which were commercially planted in the early-1900s but had reached the end of productive fruiting. The best part? Coconut wood is a HARD-WOOD that’s more resilient than virtually any timber. It thrives in areas battered by tropical cyclones.

After I’d found out that, I not only wanted the suite I’d found but wanted to start stocking new Pacific Green furniture in iNVISeDGE (which would be a first for us because we currently sell only pre-loved furniture). But there’s more. Pacific Green set a benchmark for modern, sustainable business in the Pacific. In the late 1980’s land was leased, not bought, to respect indigenous ownership. Their factory was built in consultation with surrounding villages and employed only local people. Business and skills training programmes were established. The majority of the business is owned by Fijians- the drive is still Australian- the designing arm and retailing strategy happens here in Australia.

Pacific Green today has grown from that little furniture-making firm that started in the Rocks, Sydney back in 1973 (as Post & Rail). I am inspired and heartened they changed tack back in the late 1980’s when ecological threats were barely thought of. I can write nothing critical about these chairs or Pacific Green- if I wasn’t busy with iNVISeDGE I’d want a job with them.

The quality is exceptional and the construction sooooo DURABLE (all made BY HAND)- the leather- luxurious, the looks- exceptional AND timeless, the investment appeal- exceptional, the comfort- brilliant. The Americans are going gaga over Pacific Green at the moment and they’re paying a lot more than us. Pacific Green is really coming into its own.

The best thing about Pacific Green is the inspiration it evokes- PG ticks every box and proves that businesses can be successful, ecologically-responsible and socially aware. This pair of armchairs have been built to last generations and will continue to tell stories for centuries to come (probably forever)- Pacific Green furniture will be the antiques of tomorrow. There’s no better way to invest in your home and reduce landfill.

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