PHILEAS
Philippe Nigro
Fabrics & Leather
# ZANA/FR
ALCANTARA - A
ASTRID
CODA/FR
DIOS
DIVA
DIVINA MD/FR
DIVINA MELANGE/FR
FILE
GALICE/FR
HARMONY
INDIANA
JOY/FR
KERALA
LUISA
MAPLE/FR
MORPH
NOMA
STEELCUT TRIO 3/FR
VALENCIA
VIDAR/FR
VILO
# ZANA/FR
COTTON 70%
VISCOSE 30%
COTTON 70%
VISCOSE 30%
ALCANTARA - A
POLYESTER 68%
NON FIBROUS POLYURETHANE 32%
POLYESTER 68%
NON FIBROUS POLYURETHANE 32%
ASTRID
VISCOSE 57%
LINEN 24%
COTTON 19%
VISCOSE 57%
LINEN 24%
COTTON 19%
CODA/FR
WOOL 90%
POLYAMID (NYLON) 10%
WOOL 90%
POLYAMID (NYLON) 10%
DIOS
COTTON 40%
POLYESTER 25%
ACRYLIC 15%
VISCOSE 10%
WOOL 10%
COTTON 40%
POLYESTER 25%
ACRYLIC 15%
VISCOSE 10%
WOOL 10%
DIVA
CATTLE HIDE
COW FULL GRAIN PIGMENTED HIDE 100%
CATTLE HIDE
COW FULL GRAIN PIGMENTED HIDE 100%
DIVINA MD/FR
WOOL 100%
WOOL 100%
DIVINA MELANGE/FR
WOOL 100%
WOOL 100%
FILE
POLYESTER (TREVIRA CS) 100%
POLYESTER (TREVIRA CS) 100%
GALICE/FR
POLYESTER (TREVIRA CS) 100%
POLYESTER (TREVIRA CS) 100%
HARMONY
WOOL 85%
POLYAMID 15%
WOOL 85%
POLYAMID 15%
INDIANA
CATTLE HIDE
COW
EMBOSSED CORRECTED GRAIN PIGMENTED HIDE 0%
CATTLE HIDE
COW
EMBOSSED CORRECTED GRAIN PIGMENTED HIDE 0%
JOY/FR
ACRYLIC 48%
WOOL 24%
POLYESTER 12%
POLYAMID 10%
ACRYLIC 48%
WOOL 24%
POLYESTER 12%
POLYAMID 10%
KERALA
COTTON 50%
VISCOSE 35%
LINEN 15%
COTTON 50%
VISCOSE 35%
LINEN 15%
LUISA
ACRYLIC 35%
VISCOSE 30%
POLYESTER 15%
COTTON 10%
LINEN 10%
ACRYLIC 35%
VISCOSE 30%
POLYESTER 15%
COTTON 10%
LINEN 10%
MAPLE/FR
VISCOSE 81%
LINEN 15%
POLYESTER 4%
VISCOSE 81%
LINEN 15%
POLYESTER 4%
MORPH
WOOL 85%
POLYAMID 15%
WOOL 85%
POLYAMID 15%
NOMA
RECYCLED POLYESTER 100%
RECYCLED POLYESTER 100%
STEELCUT TRIO 3/FR
WOOL 90%
POLYAMID 10%
WOOL 90%
POLYAMID 10%
VALENCIA
PVC 80%
POLYESTER 20%
PVC 80%
POLYESTER 20%
VIDAR/FR
WOOL 94%
NYLON 6%
WOOL 94%
NYLON 6%
VILO
VISCOSE 55%
COTTON 25%
LINEN 10%
POLYESTER 7%
ACRYLIC 3%
VISCOSE 55%
COTTON 25%
LINEN 10%
POLYESTER 7%
ACRYLIC 3%
Description
Philippe Nigro’s Phileas seating, designed for Ligne Roset, both challenges and surprises: he has managed the impressive feat of achieving cutting edge modernity, imbuing his creation with real personality and a strong visual identity close to the ‘never-before-seen’, whilst at the same time awakening a cluster of nostalgic reminiscences which anchor it in reassuring historical continuity, like a real multifaceted Proust madeleine. Its vertical quilting recalls the upholstery of 1950s automobile seats, banquettes from the mythical Orient Express, the hushed surroundings of English gentlemen’s clubs, the novels of Agatha Christie and Jules Verne, the balloons of the Montgolfier brothers...inviting one on a real motionless journey through time.