![]() ![]() (And shagreen reemerged as a luxe material among designers and decorators in 2017.) The Sylvie has been photographed in a number of high-profile spaces including Alexander Wang's New York City loft apartment designed by Ryan Korban. Their sculptural, sensuous shagreen Sylvie chair, with its slender and towering backrest, makes a statement in any space and has seen a fair amount of praise over the years. Ria Augousti wanted to revive shagreen’s use as a finish in one of their very first designs. Modernist designer Jean-Michel Frank was an enthusiast of the textured hide, and during the 1960s, Karl Springer covered desks, chairs and tables with it. The initial popularity that shagreen enjoyed as furniture covering fizzled when the Art Deco era faded. There, in the New York Design Center, the range of decorative objects on offer from R&Y Augousti included dining tables, side tables and decorative objects such as candleholders and picture frames in shagreen. The business grew swiftly - R&Y Augousti moved permanently to Paris in 1994, and in 2011, the couple opened their first American showroom. ![]() The couple established R&Y Augousti in 1989 and married in 1990. “We got on like a house on fire,” Ria has said of the beginnings of their relationship. Ria was working at the interior design firm of John Stefanidis, in London, when Yiouri joined the firm. He was drawn to interior design that reflected a revival of Art Deco that took shape during his years as a young adult. She continued her studies in England and graduated from the London School of Furniture Making.īorn in Cyprus, Yiouri Augousti studied architecture at London’s Architectural Association. Her family relocated to Cebu and, at age 15, she went to New York City to study art. Ria Augousti (née Macasaet) was born in Manila. The pair works with pen shell, metal and an array of exotic skins - including ostrich, snake, eel and crocodile - to create Art Deco-inspired furniture that echoes the influences of their unique friends and draws on the experiences they’ve shared on their global travels. R&Y Augousti was founded in 1989 by husband-and-wife team Ria and Yiouri Augousti.
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