Pair of rare leather Yryö Kukkapuro 'Saturnus' for Haimi, Finland.

Rotating seat in fiberglass, base in aluminum and warm cognac leather.Height 70 cm, width 56 cm, height to seat circa 37 cm. Depth 77

Wear is commensurate with age and use, patina a few small tears shown. This was one of the first things we bought for the hotel, but have since shifted the dining room black and white. One of our favorite designers, we have still have Kukkapuro chairs in both the living room and dining room.

Kukkapuro's design philosophy is centred around ergonomics.

He is best known for his chairs, of which perhaps the most famous is an easy chair called Karuselli ('Carousel') from 1964, which is included in the permanent collection of major museums including the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. It was nominated as the most comfortable chair in the world by The New York Times in 1974,and fellow designer Sir Terence Conran has called it his "favourite place to sit because it is so comfortable".

Kukkapuro has exhibited in dozens of solo and group exhibitions around the world.

As of 2020, Kukkapuro continues to work, even in his late 80s