Where are the first original leather butterfly chairs? — 80 anniversary edition

Leather butterfly chair: 80 years and still a classic of modern design

September 17, 2018 • 80 anniversary edition • Big BKF • butterfly chair

In December of 1938 the BKF was born from ideas that began in Paris, a chair consisting of an iron frame of 12 mm with a leather hanging. The leather was commissioned by a saddler, Rossi Caruso from Buenos Aires, that manufactured the saddles for polo players of the time.