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April 08, 2006

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.

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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!).

Poltrona_frau_furniture

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

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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".

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The name does sound Austrian or German.

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

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