{"id":11921,"date":"2015-02-13T12:37:47","date_gmt":"2015-02-13T17:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/?p=11921"},"modified":"2015-02-13T12:37:47","modified_gmt":"2015-02-13T17:37:47","slug":"timeless-design-alta-by-oscar-niemeyer-for-espasso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/timeless-design-alta-by-oscar-niemeyer-for-espasso\/","title":{"rendered":"Timeless Design: Alta by Oscar Niemeyer for Espasso"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first piece of furniture legendary <strong>Oscar Niemeyer<\/strong> designed, along his daughter Anna Maria Niemeyer in 1971, the <strong>Alta<\/strong> armchair and ottoman for <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/espasso.com\/\">Espasso<\/a><\/strong> are exemplary of Niemeyer\u2019s exquisite curves and sinuous forms made famous by his seminal modern architecture. <!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11922\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 784px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/alta-1.jpg\" alt=\"Alta by Oscar Niemeyer for Espasso\" width=\"784\" height=\"560\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11922\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/alta-1.jpg 784w, https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/alta-1-332x237.jpg 332w, https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/alta-1-664x474.jpg 664w, https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/alta-1-688x491.jpg 688w, https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/alta-1-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/alta-1-768x549.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 784px) 100vw, 784px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/alta-1.jpg\">Alta by Oscar Niemeyer for Espasso<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Bearing an embedded seal certifying its authenticity by the Funda\u00e7\u00e3o Oscar Niemeyer, the Alta armchair and ottoman are handcrafted from black-lacquered wood and leather.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11923\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 560px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/alta-2.jpg\" alt=\"Alta by Oscar Niemeyer for Espasso\" width=\"560\" height=\"479\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11923\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/alta-2.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/alta-2-300x257.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/alta-2.jpg\">Alta by Oscar Niemeyer for Espasso<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_11924\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 560px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/alta-3.jpg\" alt=\"Alta by Oscar Niemeyer for Espasso\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11924\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/alta-3.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/alta-3-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/alta-3.jpg\">Alta by Oscar Niemeyer for Espasso<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first piece of furniture legendary Oscar Niemeyer designed, along his daughter Anna Maria Niemeyer in 1971, the Alta armchair and ottoman for Espasso are exemplary of Niemeyer\u2019s exquisite curves and sinuous forms made famous by his seminal modern architecture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11922,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,8],"tags":[5,10,55,147,173],"class_list":["post-11921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-livingroom-furniture","category-furniture","tag-chair","tag-living-room","tag-lounge","tag-ottoman","tag-timeless-design"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.6 (Yoast SEO v28.0) - 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