Vintage Franco rosewood armchair by Sergio Rodrigues 1960

In 1962 "Meia-Pataca" factory-cum-store was launch. The idea was to expand distribution and reduce production costs. The industrial thought its visible on the structural solution; applying juxtaposed wooden pieces of a square or rectangular section and straight corners. The other pieces like "Vronka", "Tonico" armchair and "Franco" follows the same structural thought.