SIMPLE MEETS LUXURIOUS AND CASUAL MEETS ELEGANT IN BUNAKARA’S FURNITURE PIECES ON DISPLAY AT “NY NOW”
LISBON, Portugal – For 2017, Bunakara juxtaposes rough with smooth, sparkling with matte, and dark with light to create captivating furniture that transcends time and place. Highlights of the furniture pieces in Bunakara’s NY NOW showroom include two statement pieces in the Timeless Collection as well as an acacia wood armchair in the Fingerprint Collection.
Intricate golden bronze sand-cast hardware adorns the soft-close drawers of the eight-drawer Timeless Commode, which is offered in a new finish this season. Crafted of mango wood, the pure Ivory finish of the case is paired with a contemporary base in a matching finish. For a bolder look, the piece is also available in a rich Ebony finish with a contemporary golden bronze steel base.
A study in contrasts, the Timeless Console features a mango wood top in Ebony, three soft-close drawers in Ivory with sand-cast hardware to match, and slim tapered legs in acacia wood with matte varnish. Open the top right drawer of each piece to discover the message “Not Be Found.”
The Pure Chair, part of the Fingerprint Collection, is an acacia wood armchair, carved in the French style, finished with a matte varnish and then upholstered with a natural linen burlap on the inside and outside back. The seat is upholstered in ivory linen, which also is used for tie-on arm pads. Other fresh details include spit tack trim, a single button on the inside back, and a burlap twine bow – its ends dipped in ivory paint – attached to the top of the outside back with a small embellished gold nail. The chair also includes the Fingerprint Collection’s signature single painted leg.
“Each piece incorporates a respect for tradition and a sense of heritage with an artist’s vision for the future,” said Dixon Bartlett, U.S. national sales and marketing director for Bunakara. “Joana Aranha has an extraordinary ability to take these beautifully authentic materials – such as mango wood, acacia wood, linen, burlap and sand-cast brass – and create silhouettes that are completely fresh and modern.”
Aranha, Bunakara’s founder, said she focuses on designing special pieces she hasn’t been able to find anywhere in the world. “I like combining simple with luxurious and casual with elegant. I believe each piece should have an engaging detail or two you might not notice at first – like the burlap twine bow with its ends dipped in ivory paint on the back of the Pure Chair.”
She credits Bunakara’s talented artisans in India with bringing her creative visions to life, and every piece features Aranha’s signature beaded Flower of India insignia. Her designs are so special and unique that many are copyrighted.
Bunakara, a unique line of upscale furniture, home accents and textiles blends the simple with the luxurious. Handcrafted in India using beautifully authentic, natural materials, products are designed by Joana Aranha, an international Portuguese designer of residential and commercial interiors and home furnishings. Bunakara, which means “weaver” in Hindi, is specially curated for retailers and designers who appreciate sophisticated, hand crafted design with unexpected details. Her designs are so special and unique that many are copyrighted. Visit our U.S. showrooms at the High Point, Dallas, NY NOW or Atlanta Markets, our Life Designs NYC Showroom or online at www.bunakara.com.
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