Medusa '95 small armchair

Brand: Versace Home

Medusa 95 is a new take on a version of the House’s signature Medusa that first debuted in the Versace Spring-Summer 1995 collection. It features the Medusa elevated between Grecian metal details and features here across a full selection of homeware. The Medusa 95 small armchair has a round and enveloping shape and is supported by a swivel base that allows for movement and adaptability within its setting.

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Story

Milestones

1978

Gianni Versace founds the fashion house

Gianni Versace, born 1946 in Reggio Calabria, opens his first boutique on Via della Spiga in Milan and presents his debut collection at La Permanente in March. The original company, registered as Gianni Versace Donna, will grow into the global luxury house headquartered today at Piazza Luigi Einaudi 4, Milan.

1982

Move into housewares

Versace expands beyond fashion into jewellery, china and textiles for the home — the first foothold of what will later be formalised as Versace Home.

1988

The Greca (Greek Key) motif debuts

Gianni Versace introduces the Greek Key in the Fall-Winter 1988 ready-to-wear collection. Decades later, La Greca returns as a defining pattern across Versace Home upholstery and bed linen.

1989

Atelier Versace haute couture

The Atelier Versace haute couture line is launched, presented for the first time in Paris.

1992

Versace Home interiors launch

Versace becomes one of the first fashion houses to launch a dedicated home-interiors line — beginning with textiles and quickly expanding to porcelain tableware through a partnership with the German manufacturer Rosenthal that is still running today.

1994

Vanitas chair

The wooden Vanitas chair, the earliest dated piece in the Versace Home furniture canon, debuts. It will be re-upholstered in velvet and re-presented at Salone del Mobile 2025.

1997

Gianni Versace assassinated; Donatella becomes Creative Director

Gianni Versace is murdered outside his Miami Beach home, Casa Casuarina, on 15 July 1997. His sister Donatella Versace, who had been Vice President since 1978, becomes Creative Director — a role she will hold until 2025.

2014

Blackstone takes a minority stake

Blackstone purchases a 20% stake in Versace for €210 million — the brand's first non-family ownership.

2019

Capri Holdings acquires Versace

On 2 January 2019, Capri Holdings (the former Michael Kors group) closes its acquisition of Versace for approximately US$2.1 billion.

2020

Versace Home furniture licensed to Lifestyle Design Group

Versace signs a licence with Lifestyle Design Group — the Italian home-design division of US-based Haworth Group — for the production and distribution of Versace Home furniture. The licence covers furniture only; textiles and accessories remain in-house, ceramics continue under Rosenthal, and wallpaper and floor tiles stay with their respective licensees.

2023

Rosenthal × Versace turns 30

The Rosenthal × Versace partnership marks 30 years with a limited mug collection that revives a 1993 design — gold-toned Barocco motifs paired with a Medusa lid.

2024

"If These Walls Could Talk" at Palazzo Versace

Salone del Mobile installation at the brand's original Milan atelier on Via Gesù 12 debuts the Medusa '95 Conversation Sofa, La Greca Bed, Lady Desk, and Moon Island sofa and armchair.

2025

Prada Group acquires Versace

Announced 10 April 2025 and closed 2 December 2025: Prada Group acquires Versace from Capri Holdings for €1.25 billion (~US$1.375 billion). The same year Donatella Versace steps down as Chief Creative Officer (effective 12 March) and becomes Chief Brand Ambassador (1 April); Dario Vitale is appointed Chief Creative Officer.

Inside

Construction

Wooden frame + polyurethane and fiberfill

A wooden frame padded with polyurethane and fiberfill produces the round, enveloping body of the small armchair.

Lacquered wood swivel base

Lacquered wood base offered in black or white, with a fixed or swivel mechanism.

Feather back cushion

Back cushion is feather-filled with a removable cover; seat cushion in polyurethane and fiberfill is non-removable.

Grecian metal details + Medusa motif

Metallic decorative details inspired by the style of Ancient Greece — a direct reference to the 1995 Spring-Summer collection that gives the family its name.

Configurator

Modules

Medusa '95 small armchair

88 × 80 × 69 H cm

Round-back small armchair on a swivel base — suited to lounge corners and bedroom seating.

Lateral view

88 × 80 × 69 H cm

Side profile showing the rounded volume and the lacquered wood base.

Trust

Certifications

LEED Gold

LEED Gold buildings

Versace's Milan headquarters at Piazza Luigi Einaudi 4 holds LEED Gold certification, and the Bal Harbour Shops boutique (Florida) is also certified to LEED Gold for interior design and construction (USGBC project record certified 18 December 2019).

FSC

FSC-certified paper packaging

All paper-based packaging components used by Versace are sourced from Forest Stewardship Council–certified suppliers. This certification covers packaging only; it does not extend to furniture wood.

FAQ

Frequently asked

88 cm wide × 80 cm deep × 69 cm tall — a low-profile lounge piece scaled below La Medusa metal armchair (97 × 84 × 82 H cm).

Yes — the lacquered wood base (black or white) is offered in fixed or swivel configuration.

The feather back cushion has a removable cover; the polyurethane-and-fiberfill seat cushion is non-removable.

The Medusa '95 collection celebrates Versace's Spring-Summer 1995 fashion collection — its silhouettes, Grecian metal details and Medusa motif are translated into furniture.

At Milan Design Week 2024, inside the "If These Walls Could Talk" Versace Home installation at Palazzo Versace, Via Gesù 12.