ABOUT the chairs we make

BUTTERFLY CHAIRS & butterfly chair covers
by muumuu design
prolific style icon of 40's, 50's and 60's
aka BKF or AA chairs - true to the original BKF design of 1938


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FEATURES: True to the traditional BKF Fixed frame BUTTERFLY CHAIR, muumuu frames have tight curves at the 4 base points and rounder curves at the sling support wing ends.

The original design is distinguished by the upturn ears of the upper wings which help shape the seating position, something that most imitations fail to replicate.

muumuu Butterfly Chair frames :

Our frames are created  to the highest specifications,  ensuring your frames can be handed on to your children and children's children.

Black  Powder-coated sand-blasted steel.

Butterfly Chair Frame: 830Hx830Wx720Dmm  
​Matt Black powder-coated Steel rod


History of the BKF:

Widely known as BKF chairs in Argentina, the iconic BUTTERFLY CHAIR was designed by three young architects by the names of Bonet, Kurchner and Ferrari-Hardoy, in 1938. They were in turn, inspired by the TRIPOLINA chair, first used in North Africa by the British and then the Italians in the 19th century.

Enormously popular worldwide and sold in the millions during the 1950's and 60's, the Butterfly Chair, also known as the AA chair in continental Europe, remains a design icon, possessing that rare quality that makes an object or person a single distinguishable entity - STYLE

TRIPOLINA CHAIRS and covers
by muumuu design
 folding wood, steel and leather or canvas butterfly chair
 a traditional campaign chair originating in the 19th century


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FEATURES: All the features of the early Tripolina design have been incorporated, and some embellished in the muumuu Tripolina chair in order to maximize comfort, sustainability and longevity of use for life in todays world.


Tripolina Chair frames by muumuu:

Stainless steel plates and swivels; nyloc nuts and bolts
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SOLID TEAK FRAMES - Raw or waterbased finish 
MERANTI Frames - Ebony black or chalk white finish or clear coated.
History of the TRIPOLINA:

The Tripolina design is attributed to Englishman Joseph Fenby who patented the design 1877, but had become bankrupt by 1979.

 The chair was popular as a campaign or safari chair, its design admired for its ease of transport and comfort. It was manufactured under licence from1904, by French, Italian firm Vigano in Tripoli in Egypt, and in the USA. Marketed for both leisure and military use the chair became widely known in Europe as an "officer's" chair or "campaign chair". Used not only by the British and American armies, the Italian army also used it in their 1930's campaign in Libya where it found its name "Tripolina" chair. 
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