Archibald Delicate Balance Limited Edition

Overview

Archibald Delicate Balance is a limited edition of the Archibald armchair made with the artist Shepard Fairey. The armchair is covered in Pelle Frau® ColorSphere® Impact Less leather carrying a multicolour digital print, and is produced in 200 numbered pieces.

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Construction

• Structure: steel, with elastic belts as suspension
• Base: a tubular steel frame and four feet cast in aluminium, finished in custom black chrome
• Cover: printed leather, not removable, with 3D embossing in selected areas

Specifications

• Armchair 5PF0050600017 / 5506111: W 83 cm, D 80 cm, H 75 cm (the height is not labelled on the drawing)

A collaboration with Shepard Fairey

The sheet says Poltrona Frau continues its dialogue with the art world through a collaboration with Shepard Fairey, whom it describes as one of the most influential voices in contemporary street art and a reference figure in visual culture. His artwork explores nature, the cycles of life and human responsibility, and the page describes the graphic signs as a visual narrative about the delicate balance between humans and nature.

The printed artwork

According to the sheet, a female figure, a well-known icon of the artist and an embodiment of Mother Nature, interacts with delicate birds and slender flowers recomposed into one new illustration.