Organic Chair
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Product description
The Organic Chair – a small and comfortable reading chair – was developed in several versions for the 1940‚ Organic Design in Home Furnishings‘ competition organised by the Museum of Modern Art in New York. With its sculptural shapes, the design was ahead of the times. But due to the absence of suitable manufacturing techniques, the armchair never went into production. Not until 1950 did it become possible to manufacture and market organically shaped seat shells in large quantities, as exemplified by Charles and Ray Eames‘s famous Plastic Armchair or Saarinen‘s Tulip Chair.
725 x 675 x 825 mm
725 x 675 x 825 mm
Concept
The Organic Chair – a small and comfortable reading chair – was developed in several versions for the 1940‚ Organic Design in Home Furnishings‘ competition organised by the Museum of Modern Art in New York. With its sculptural shapes, the design was ahead of the times. But due to the absence of suitable manufacturing techniques, the armchair never went into production. Not until 1950 did it become possible to manufacture and market organically shaped seat shells in large quantities, as exemplified by Charles and Ray Eames‘s famous Plastic Armchair or Saarinen‘s Tulip Chair.
The Organic Chair is also available in a version with an extended backrest and longer, wider armrests – the Organic Highback armchair. The Organic Conference version can be used as table seating.
The Organic Conference chair has a higher, more upright seat than the Organic Chair and Organic Highback models conceived for reading. This extremely comfortable chair is thus ideally suited for dining room seating or for conference and meeting venues.
Materials
Seat shell: laminated.
Upholstery: polyurethane foam with fabric cover.
Legs: black ash or natural oak.
Glides: fitted with plastic glides for carpet, felt glides additionally enclosed for hard floors.
The Organic Chair is also available in a version with an extended backrest and longer, wider armrests – the Organic Highback armchair. The Organic Conference version can be used as table seating.
The Organic Conference chair has a higher, more upright seat than the Organic Chair and Organic Highback models conceived for reading. This extremely comfortable chair is thus ideally suited for dining room seating or for conference and meeting venues.
Materials
Seat shell: laminated.
Upholstery: polyurethane foam with fabric cover.
Legs: black ash or natural oak.
Glides: fitted with plastic glides for carpet, felt glides additionally enclosed for hard floors.
More about this product
Categorised in Seating - Chairs - with armrests - Seat and backrest upholstered - 4-leg base - open base - Wood - Base solid wood - Residential - Contract - Office - Hospitality.
Manufacturer
Vitra
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Organic Chair
Architonic ID
1514127
Order number
210 010 00
Year of Launch
1940
Also available in 4 other variants
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Klünenfeldstrasse 22, 4127 Birsfelden Switzerland
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€1,000
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