2019 Armchair

Overview

The 2019 armchair is a 2019 design by the Poltrona Frau Style & Design Centre, made in collaboration with Roberto Lazzeroni. It reinterprets the brand's historic capitonné leather armchair a hundred years later, with a new name, new dimensions and new proportions. The SKU on the page is 5145112.

Construction

Structure: seasoned solid beech. Suspension: hand-tied steel biconical springs attached to jute belts. Padding: rubberised horsehair for the seat and shaped vegetable horsehair for back and arms, with a loose goose-down cushion stabilised by a polyurethane foam insert. The leather cover has handmade capitonné on the front of the back and a leather trim behind it. Underneath sits a solid ash frame in a moka stain with four feet.

Specifications

• Armchair, 5145112: W 97 cm, D 108 cm, H 98 cm
• Options: an elliptical plate on the left or right arm, and brass castors under the front feet

A hundred years on

The sheet opens with the line From 1919 to 2019: exactly one hundred years on, a new name, new dimensions and new proportions. It says that everything about the historic Poltrona Frau capitonné leather model has changed and yet everything remains the same, and that the brand reinterpreted it in collaboration with Roberto Lazzeroni while keeping its original spirit.

Proportions

The page's Insights text says that Roberto Lazzeroni observed the 1919 from every angle, sitting on it and touching it, and concluded that its proportions no longer matched the modern notion of comfort. The 2019 armchair is described as a new version that keeps intact all the features that made the original famous.