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"To New York furniture maker
Walter Rossi, upholstery is sculpture. Rossi, who trained as an architect in his
native Italy, makes iron furniture that is upholstered in a unique process. Rossi
works with Gerard Theuns, who reupholstered chairs for the Brooklyn Museum exhibition of
Hunziger furniture, 19th-century pieces known for their swirling forms. Theuns
helped Rossi develop a process using wet plywood that bends to the shape of the
metal. The furniture, with its pencil-thin metal legs and floating seats and backs,
recalls everything from Thonet bentwood furniture to 1950s cartoons. Ted Porter of
Ryall Porter Architects has bought some pieces and says, 'It's unusual to
have such delicate lines with wrought iron.'"
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