Aida Armchair

Overview

Roberto Lazzeroni designed the Aida armchair for Poltrona Frau in 2015; the sheet says its soft and graceful design evokes the corolla of a flower, with arms that open and curve outwards like petals. It comes as a fixed armchair or as a swivel armchair, and the SKU on the page is 559511.

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Construction

The back shell is moulded polyurethane foam, and the seat structure is seasoned beech and birch plywood on hand-tied biconical steel springs fastened to jute belts. The seat cushion is integrated into the structure and made of moulded polyurethane foam. The base is wood or metal, fixed or swivel; the swivel turns 360 degrees and returns by itself to its starting position.

Specifications

• Armchair, 559511: W 90 cm, D 79 cm, H 72 cm
• Bases: fixed or swivel, in wood with a black textured finish or in metal with a gunmetal grey finish

A flower in an armchair

The sheet says that the design of Aida evokes the corolla of a flower, the arms opening and curving outwards like petals, and that simple geometric forms make up a delicate yet strongly characterised volume. It adds that, once again, Roberto Lazzeroni created a familiar shape that the incisiveness of the line makes new and modern.

Classic methods, new materials

The page notes that, as with classic items from the Poltrona Frau archives, the spring system is hand-tied, while the backrest shell and the seat padding follow the latest technologies in moulded polyurethane foam. In its words, Lazzeroni combined classic construction techniques with contemporary materials and expedients when designing Aida.