Description
The listing price is $1,750 PER chair. We also have 2 matching two-seater sofas priced SEPARATELY at $995 EACH. Priority will be given to buyers who’d like to buy the full suite or most of the suite. We’ve sold these suites on many occasions for more than this asking price. Priced to sell! These suites rarely come up in this tone particularly where EVERY piece is in immaculate condition. The opportunity to buy multiple matching pieces is also rare!
Retail Price of a full suite like this NEW from Tessa (now defunct) in leather- approx. AU $17,000.
LOCATION- Geelong, South of Melbourne. Freight for just the pair of chairs to Sydney would be ABOUT $280- this will give you a general idea of freight costs to your location.
This is an AUTHENTIC VINTAGE SUITE FROM THE 1970’s in quality FULL-GRAIN leather- incredible condition!
Background Info and Provenance
This is arguably one of the most sought-after lounge suites to ever come out of Australia. (Listed price is PER swivel chair. There are also two, 2-seater sofas, priced SEPARATELY.) The Contour range by Grant Featherston is probably the most collectable in terms of dollar-value, but this design, the T21 swivel executive lounge chair, released by Tessa in the early 1970’s is, in my experience, the most asked-for chair. And I understand why so many people want them. The quality jumps out at you but it’s the comfort that everyone wants. OMG … after sitting in a Tessa T21 chair you’ll instantly understand why so many people say they are the most comfortable chair ever made! We have sold vintage Tessa T21 lounge suites in leather for upwards of $8,000 and can show bank statements to prove this.
This Tessa T21 lounge suite was made in 1970’s- it’s in FULL-GRAIN vintage leather. This ORIGINAL upholstery was made in Australia in the 1970’s by HOWE leather and is some of the best leather ever made. As a result, this suite is very close to being in the same condition it was in when it left the Tessa factory about 50 years ago.
After a 50-year stint in the Australian Marketplace, making all their furniture in AUSTRALIA, Tessa Furniture closed its doors in 2019. It’s a sorry state of affairs when an Australian business can no longer do what they do so well because of cheap imports destined to end up as landfill. And this is the very reason why Tessa eventually died. Their designs are so well-made that the second-hand market for Tessa pieces ended up becoming more sought-after than new Tessa Furniture. And who can blame people going straight to the second-hand market for designs such as these? The QUALITY of this furniture is so exceptional that second-hand Tessa chairs often still look basically new after 10, 20, 30, 40 even 50 years of use. In this listing you’re getting a suite that looks close to new but for about one third the price of a new suite.
These days, I believe the Tessa T21 swivel chair is THE best investment in the furniture marketplace. Everyone seems to want T21s and because they are no longer in production, more and more people will hang onto theirs for a lifetime of enjoyment- this means that less and less will be coming onto the secondary market. Tessa T21 chairs retailed NEW in leather for about $4,400 EACH just before Tessa went under- at our price, it should be obvious to anybody that the only way the value of these chairs can go, is up.
These tones are classic Tessa colours too- some of the most sought-after in the Tessa range.
This Tessa T21 lounge suite is about 50 years old. After much of the world’s furniture ends up as landfill, this suite will be passed onto another user and eventually a whole new generation. Now that Tessa Furniture is no longer made, I can’t see any reason why this design (made in AUSTRALIA) won’t slowly increase to the value they were selling for new (ie. $8,800 for the matching pair of chairs in leather). There’s no better way I can think of to invest in your home, the future of our environment and local community.
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