Miguel Milá for Gres

MIGUEL MILÁ (Barcelona, 1931- Bilbao, 2024) par Gres.
Folding scissor chair from the 60s.
Brown leather.
Early piece in the artist's production.
In perfect condition, a particularly unusual condition in this type of pieces, which significantly enhances its value and uniqueness.
Measurements: 51 x 45 x 81 cm.

Exceptional scissor chair designed by Miguel Milà for Gress in the 1960s, considered one of the first pieces created by the author and, most probably, the earliest in his production.

Made in brown leather, it stands out for the purity of its conception and the honesty of its materials, in line with Milà's thinking, where functionality and essentiality are integrated with absolute naturalness. Its folding structure responds to an impeccable practical logic, elegantly resolving the relationship between form and use.

Because of its rarity, state of preservation and relevance within the designer's career, this chair is a particularly difficult piece to find on the market, and even more so in this condition.

Miguel Milá began his studies at the School of Architecture, although he soon abandoned them to work in the office of Federico Correa and Alfonso Milà. In 1958 he set up his own business as an industrial and interior designer. In the early sixties he witnessed the birth of Spanish industrial design, and throughout his long career he has been awarded the ADI FAD Delta de Oro prize six times, the first time in 1961, for the "TMC" lamp. He was also awarded the National Design Award in 1987, the Sant Jordi Cross in 1993, and in 2010 the CoNCA National Culture Award.