Chairs with high heels for feet feature in this seating collection from French designers Pierre Yovanovitch and Christian Louboutin, meant to reflect "female individuality".
Unveiled at Yovanovitch's gallery in New York City, the duo's latest collaboration includes nine bespoke oakwood chairs influenced by female muses from throughout history, mythology and film ? Dita, Josefina, Syrena, Nefertari, Zenobie, Radicalla, Morphea, Metropolissa and Pompadour.
Pierre Yovanovitch and Christian Louboutin have designed a series of chairs. Photo by Eric Petschek
"The concept of using figurative women's feet as the front legs of a chair came to me, and the idea to collaborate with Christian Louboutin quickly followed suit," Yovanovitch told Dezeen. "With his enthusiastic acceptance, we collectively expanded upon the concept and crafted chairs that represent iconic women."
The collection is on display at Pierre Yovanovitch's New York Gallery. Photo by Eric Petschek
The Nefertari chair, named after ancient Egyptian queen Nefertari, channels royalty with golden-bronze heels added to the feet while Zenobie is a homage to the third-century queen of Palmyra in modern-day Syria with a band of turquoise stones around its front legs.
Metallic, leather-seated Metropolissa is a futuristic homage to the classic 1927 film Metropolis by Fritz Lang, which features one of the first depictions of a female robot in science fiction.
The Zenobie chair pays homage to queen Ze...