Description
Another Artica suite has been offered to us in very similar colours- contact us if you have interest and I’ll organise photos for you.
The full suite shown in these photos SOLD for $3,400 within 6 days of being listed (in 2024).
The listing price is for the 8 Artica dining chairs only (all Artica Furniture was CUSTOM-MADE / hand-crafted in Australia). The matching dining table is priced SEPARATELY! Preference will be given to buyers who would like to purchase the full suite, including the table. This particular suite was made in the late-1980’s so is now around 35 years old. LOVE the earthy colouring!
LOCATION- Williamstown, near GAWLER, Adelaide. I travelled to Adelaide to specifically work with this suite (and one other suite with another seller). If this doesn’t say something about the esteem of this suite, nothing will! I have experienced this dining suite in the flesh and took these photos. This suite can be transported Australia-wide for a reasonable additional fee (about $280 to get all 8 chairs to MELBOURNE).
Extraordinary QUALITY! Kai Kristainsen style chairs- they have a very Danish mid-century flavour.
Upholstered in TOP-QUALITY FULL-GRAIN LEATHER by HOWE Leather (Australia).
Background Info and Provenance
(Description predominantly written in 2021, then updated in 2024)
A set of 8 VINTAGE “LAPPI” dining chairs made by ARTICA FURNITURE. Artica were a craftsman furniture-manufacturer based in Adelaide, South Australia (Artica went out of business very recently). I love the shape of these chairs! They have a very Kai Kristainsen-look with the rounded backs and lean, elegant profile. They’re seriously stunning chairs, so very COMFORTABLE and exude the type of QUALITY you very rarely find in furniture these days. These chairs have been built to be passed onto future generations- the workmanship is incredible!
This is the second Artica dining suite I’ve experienced in the flesh- this design impressed me even more the second time round. The comfort is INCREDIBLE- subtle slant back in the seat, perfect curve in the back, amazing plushness, the armrest section is spot-on- your arms nestle perfectly into this chair, plus the height of the seat-back is perfect for comfort. All these elements combined create an incredibly supportive chair. You could happily relax in these chairs for hours on end. The only reason most people have not heard of Artica is because there’s not much of it around. When furniture is made this way (using the techniques of yesteryear), it can’t (and never will be) mass-produced. It was impossible for Artica to make these suites en-masse. The hours of craftsmanship involved preclude this. These 8 chairs retailed for around $4,500 back in the late-1980s! That’s just for the chairs- the matching table sold for an additional $4,000. TOTAL- $8,500. With inflation this would be about $23,100 today! As a comparison, in the early-1990’s (just a few years later) the average Australian family could have bought a new Honda Accord for a similar price (around $10,500 for a new car back around the same time! We have attached the print advert in this listing to prove it!)
Dating from the late 1980’s, this particular suite has had one owner- the suite was rarely used as it was in their formal dining room. The chairs are sleek and minimalist in design. When put with a matching table, the full suite makes a sophisticated statement.
There’s absolutely NO way ANY furniture company in the world could produce this suite for anywhere close to our asking price. (And definitely not in Australia!) This leather is the real deal- proper Australian FULL-GRAIN VINTAGE leather (by Howe Leather). It’s buttery soft but THICK as well. It is not heavily processed and protected by a quality pigment finish. This leather is already about 35 years old and looks close to new! If you give this leather a little attention every now and then (a quick clean and an application of conditioner every couple of months), this upholstery will serve you and your family for a lifetime or more.
Crafted in SOLID JARRAH timber they just DON’T make furniture like this anymore, and in fact solid timber furniture like this was rarely produced back then due to the cost involved. Buying Australian-made vintage furniture is a great way to go. You’re investing in a stunning suite of the highest-possible quality- to top it off the value of vintage Artica Furniture can only go up in the future! There’s no better way to invest in your home and reduce your carbon footprint … plus by buying from iNVISeDGE you’re supporting various AUSTRALIAN SMALL businesses (including our freight carriers).
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