Allwood AV35

Overview

Allwood AV35 is a side chair by Anderssen & Voll, dated 2024. The product page describes a light and comfortable wooden chair that marries traditional craft with a contemporary and fresh presence.

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Construction

Solid oak frame, with seat and back panels in oak veneer under clear water-based lacquer. The frame is CNC-milled; the seat and backrest are form-pressed layers of veneer. Plastic gliders are installed as standard, felt gliders on request.

Specifications

H 80.6 × W 48.4 × D 53.5 cm (31.7 × 19 × 21 in), seat height 46.6 cm, seat depth 43 cm. Weight 5.2 kg on the fact sheet. Twelve chairs stack. Produced in Romania by Becker.

Craft techniques in one chair

In the press release, Anderssen & Voll say that to reach Allwood's form, comfort and strength they turned to different woodworking techniques: milled solid oak, laminated bottom rails and form-pressed curved sheets of laminated veneer.

The back stretcher

The designers explain that a chair's back stretcher is traditionally a constructive element tucked under the seat to connect the legs. In Allwood it moved upwards so that it also supports the back, which made for more compact stacking and turned it into a strong graphic element.