Set of 8 Brutalist Dining Chairs , Model WARS by Zenon Bączyk, Poland, 1978

This distinctive set of eight “Wars” dining chairs was designed by Polish designer Zenon Bączyk in the late 1970s and manufactured by Gościcińska Fabryka Mebli in Poland. The chairs feature bold geometric wooden frames, rectangular sled-style legs, and gently curved backrests with natural cane webbing. The combination of dark wood, warm cane, and cognac leather gives the chairs a strong architectural character. Zenon Bączyk graduated from the State Higher School of Fine Arts in Poznań in 1958. His designs combined modernist aesthetics with functional construction. In 1978, his “Wars” chair received first prize in the chair category of a furniture design competition organized by the American company Otto Gerdau. An example of the model is also held in the collection of the National Museum in Warsaw. The chairs have been carefully restored, with wooden frames refinished in a deep, almost black tone and seats newly upholstered in genuine cognac-colored leather. The original cane webbing has been preserved in very good vintage condition, showing only a few minor areas of loss consistent with age. A remarkable example of Polish modernist design, offered as a matching set of eight.