Poltrona Frau

Forgive me, but I wasn't all that familiar with Poltrona Frau. Even though they have been around for almost 100 years. Sorry! There is a lot going on here.

I was in Soho cruising around and popped into their store (145 Wooster St.) and was very impressed. To be completely honest, I thought it was an Austrian or German designer (I know, I am sure I sound like an idiot to design heavies, but it is the truth). Poltrona Frau isn't exactly an Italian name.

Go to their site and view the timeline, what a history.

You can also see some fun facts:

130 shades of leather.

100,000 people sit in their theater chairs every night around the world (err...where are these theaters? that has to be comfy!).

They produce about 150,000 pieces of furniture per year.

Comments

[DesignGaL]

The name does sound Austrian or German.

[David]

Frau is a tipical surname from Sardinia. Many surnames from that italian island end with a "u".