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Like addresses in certain zip codes, Van Gogh's paintings, and house seats at La Scala, icons hold their value. In uncertain times, we turn to the classics for comfort and assurance. The masters behind them knew what they were doing. Great craftsmanship, superior materials and brilliant design comprise this suite of iconic modern pieces from SUITE New York.

Egg Chair

We look at it and smile, but it was designer Arne Jacobsen who had the last laugh. Derided for his unusual design, the Great Dane knew the chair's occupants would love its peekaboo sensibility and swivel, which is why he chose it as the lobby chair of the Royal Hotel in Copenhagen. Earlier this year, manufacturer Fritz Hansen's 50th anniversary limited edition chair in chocolate leather and suede sold out in a snap. Now available in a wide array of fabrics, it is most fun to upholster it in your own material to keep forever.

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Wishbone Chair

The Dean of The Chair, Hans Wegner made over five hundred in his life. A master craftsman, his love of natural materials is evident in the woods and rush used in his pieces. it is difficult to isolate one chair as his masterpiece, but his most popular is the Wishbone, so named because of the shape of its back. Wegner paid utmost attention to the comfort of his wooden seating, ensuring he sitter would be happy in them for hours and that each chair was as beautiful from the back as from the front. Today manufacturer Carl Hansen still makes the Wishbone exactly as Wegner did, with the highest quality woods and natural materials, ensuring each piece is both a classic and also eco-friendly.

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Pippistrello Lamp

Gae Aulenti is used to setting the world on its edge. From her famous Tour table with bicycle wheels to the Pippistrello light, so named because it resembles the wings of the bat, Aulenti has asked design aficionados to look twice. As one of the world's most prominent architects, having designed the modern gallery of Paris's Pompidou Centre, her work is infused with with and elegance. Available as a table or floor lamp, the light's height is adjustable via telescopic neck. A chrome version is available in a limited edition of 500 released earlier this year, with each signed by Aulenti herself, has sold out (although SUITE has one!).

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PK22, PK91 And PK54

Poul Kjaerholm is the undisputed Maestro of Danish design, and while his PK22 chair is his most famous, it is impossible to select only one piece to highlight. The PK22 side chair was first designed in 1956 and released in leather or wicker, a material loved by the designer. With its stainless steel spring base, it is breathtaking in its simplicity and luxury and is now also available in suede. Kjaerholm's PK91 folding stool has the same elegant properties. With the combination of turned steel legs, its seat is available in leather or canvas. The PK54 table is a clear work of genius. The circular marble or granite top sits on a steel base. As is, the table seats six people but can be extended with the addition of a maple outer ring in six sections which interlock without tools, allowing for the accommodation of twelve. Brilliant and beautiful, all three are heirlooms.

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Leather Lounge Chair

Belgian-born Maarten van Severen was one of the most acclaimed designers of his generation. A proponent of strict minimalism, he created furniture and objects that were highly engineered yet deceptively simple in appearance. He worked with architect Rem Koolhaas and designed pieces for Vitra, Edra, Kartell, Alessi and Pastoe, for whom he made the Leather Lounge chair in 2004, a year before he died at age 48. The seat appears to float on the sleek minimal lines of the four tubular legs. The armrest and comfortable, pleasingly-curved seat in supple leather give the piece the ease of an armchair, through the form evokes more of a chaise lounge as Van Severen intended.

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GLI Specchi di Dioniso

No 20th Century designer lived larger than Ettore Sottsass. Though a European, he spent the late 1940s among the beat generation in America and was profoundly influenced. Upon his return to Italy, he worked for Olivetti typewriters creating some of their most iconic machines and computers. At the age of 64, after a night of drinking with other designers half his age, he co-founded the design firm The Memphis Group which was so-named after listening to Bob Dylan's "Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again." Industrial design clients included Fiorucci, Knoll and Alessi. His spirit is exemplified in the series of six colorful GLI Specchi di Dioniso mirrors he designed last year, some of his last creations. Their vivacity should remind us of how to live.

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