Lounge chair "Brasilia"
The rarest armchair of the Brazil model resembles a marquis-cut diamond. Its body consists of clearly defined rigid planes. The back and sides converge at sharp angles, imitating the facets of a jeweler's cut.
The seam that divides the backrest and seat into two halves creates the illusion of volume and refraction of light. Because of this, the left and right sides of the chair visually appear to be two different planes reflecting light at different angles, just like the faces of a diamond.
In the 1960s, this crystal design was considered the peak of futurism.
In the 1960s, the word "Brasilia" was associated by the European beau monde with the city of the future, technological progress and architectural utopia. This furniture name was a powerful marketing ploy. The Schmieder factory immediately stated that it was creating not just a home chair, but an ultramodern art object ahead of its time.
It is not reprinted, the factory was closed in 1971.
The furniture of the Danish Schmieder factory was not created for the mass market, but was supplied in exclusive batches to expensive interior salons in Europe, which is why the brand was often associated with the country where the main sales were conducted.
Unlike most Danish productions of the time, the Schmieder Edition moved into the radical modernism of the Space Age
They were among the first to use hidden complex wooden frames that allowed them to create rigid futuristic geometry.
The factory did not save on materials in principle. For the upholstery of Brasilia chairs, wool and velour were purchased from the expensive Danish textile house Kvadrat.
Schmieder actively implemented steel rotating bases, which was a complex and expensive engineering solution for residential furniture in the 1960s.
Schmieder existed for a relatively short time and closed down during the twilight of the Space Age era (presumably in the 1970s), unable to compete with the giants of the mass furniture market and the global economic crisis of those years. They did not leave behind factory archives, and their catalogues were produced in meager editions.
Today, Edition Schmieder is the name-password for hunters of rare vintage. It is known that in addition to the armchairs, they have released a limited series of Brasilia sofas (repeating the same faceted geometry).
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