Sergio Traverso is a furniture designer on the up. He first honed his skills in the wood shop of San Francisco firm Ohio Design before starting company Four/Quarter, a name referring to a hardwood measurement (4/4). With a background in industrial design, Traverso draws inspiration from sculpture and architecture (citing Alvar Aalto and Le Corbusier as inspiration). Working with oak, ash, walnut, and Douglas fir, Four/Quarter designs furniture with a fundamental simplicity. Here, a closer look at the current offering, all made to order from their workshop on San Francisco’s Treasure Island. For ordering information, contact Four/Quarter directly.
Above: Dowel Dining Chairs outfit Little Gem in San Francisco, a new restaurant from three alum chefs of Thomas Keller kitchens. Above: A detail of the chair backs in vertical grain Douglas fir. “Through a long prototyping process we made incremental changes to the angle and height of the chair until we found exactly what we wanted,” says Traverso. Above: The Dowel Sling Chair in natural white oak with a vegetable tanned leather seat. Above: The Dowel Dining Table, shown in natural white oak and black steel legs, features a long dowel trestle that inspires the rest of Four/Quarter’s work. Contact Four/Quarter for pricing and information. Above: The Dowel Sling Chair in blackened oak and black leather. Above: Detail of the black leather sling seat. Above: The bar height Dowel Stool in Claro Walnut. Above: The Dowel Bench, shown in bleached Douglas fir. Above: Dowel Dining Chairs in Douglas fir, blackened oak, and natural white oak.
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