B&B Italia – Canasta Round Armchair – $9,138 (above and below)
Okay…was at a design walk a few weeks back and ran into this outdoor furniture line at B&B Italia on the corner of Robertson and Beverly Blvd. in Los Angeles. Was in love with the use of woven Vienna straw to make entirely caned outdoor furniture – chairs, armchairs, sofas, tables and lounge chairs. The woven oversized caned design was flawlessly conceptualized by Spanish born designer Patricia Urquiola in 2007.
Here is the maudlin part of the story. I took photos of this furniture on my Blackberry when I was at the design walk. Meant to post them as a COCOCOZY FIND…but did not. Then, some two weeks later, I was watching the Bachelorette…yes, I was watching the Bachelorette and I saw “the Bachelorette” smooching some guy on this fantastic outdoor furniture. I was decor “scooped”, as they say in the news business, by the set decorator of reality dating show???!!!! Oy…
Anyhoo…after seeing MY furniture on broadcast television, I immediately called B&B Italia the next day and Kyra, a design consultant, was kind enough to send me these photos. So now I’m taking back the “scoop”!
B&B Italia – Canasta Round Sofa – $11,879
B&B Italia – Canasta Armchairs – High back version of the armchair is $4,605.00 and the low back version is $3,830. (above and below)
If you want more info about this fab furniture, I am sure that nice Kyra would be happy to help. Here is her information:
Kyra Ackerman
B & B Italia
8801 Beverly Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA. 90048
phone: 310. 278.3191
[email protected]
So hot!! Thanks for sharing, watching the Bachelorette apparently has redeeeming qualities, lol! All the best, Jaime.
Love this collection. Patricia Urquiola is , in my view, the most talented furniture designer….