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Founded by Fred \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003eLowen, the studio \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003eproduced pieces that were \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003eengineered as much as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003estyled: the T21 swivel \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003earmchair, the T8 sling, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003ethe bentwood-framed \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003eT4 and won \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003erecognition at the Australian \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003eDesign Awards along \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003ethe way. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003eSolid \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003eTasmanian Blackwood, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003egenerous proportions and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003emechanisms built to outlast \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003ethe fashion for them. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003eTessa became one of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003ecountry's most successful \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003efurniture exports, and remains \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003eamong the most \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003ecomfortable seating of the era. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"mid-century-tessa-t8-bentwood-chair-seat-retro-vintage-custom-order","title":"Tessa T8 Bentwood Chair — Custom Order","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Tessa T8 bentwood chair, designed by Fred Lowen, rebuilt in a fabric of your choosing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA bent plywood frame carrying a canvas sling — construction that is both lighter and stronger than it looks, and the reason these have survived where heavier chairs of the era have racked. The sling gives with the sitter rather than resisting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoth the fabric and the cushion insert can be specified, so two chairs from the same frame can read very differently.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour currently available. Custom order, 3–4 weeks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eH 86cm × W 68cm × D 86cm\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Esho Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46548848672945,"sku":null,"price":1390.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0676\/5772\/8177\/files\/30F04D71-8DED-40BD-8454-FD2107399807.png?v=1766996092"},{"product_id":"mid-century-tessa-t4-fred-lowen-sling-frame-bentwood-teak-custom-upholstery-3-4-week-lead-time","title":"Tessa T4 Sofa by Fred Lowen — Custom Order (3–4 Weeks)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Tessa T4, designed by Fred Lowen — the sofa that showed Australian makers could innovate rather than imitate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe frame is bentwood teak, and that is the whole story. Steaming and shaping timber rather than cutting and joining it produces a curve no straight-cut frame can match, and gives the T4 its distinctive flowing line. Few Australian makers attempted it at this scale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReupholstered in your choice from a wide range of quality fabrics and vinyls. 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