Pierluigi Colli armchair for Colli, wood and velvet, Italy, 1940This armchair shows an angular, architectural profile built in solid wood, with straight tapered legs that meet the floor in a sculpted V shaped chevron cut into the front face, a detail repeated at all four points of contact with the ground. The frame relies on simple exposed joinery rather than applied ornament, and the flat horizontal arms extend forward in a single easy line before meeting the front legs. A stretcher runs low between the legs on each side, and the seat and back are set into the frame in the manner typical of Italian workshop production of the period. A matching ottoman built to the same design is available in addition, listed separately.The armchair is attributed to Pier Luigi Colli, an architect and designer active in Turin from the 1920s. Colli began his career working with figures including Gio Ponti, Emilio Lancia, and Luigi Vietti before establishing an independent practice in the following decade, and his furniture from this period is known for clean lines and geometric forms realized in solid wood. The carved chevron motif seen on this piece recurs across furniture associated with his Turin production, marking a transition in his output from earlier Art Deco ornament toward the more architectural vocabulary he developed through the 1940s