Image source: Fritz Hansen — Carimate Chair VM120
© Fritz Hansen and the respective rights holders. Quoted to accompany INTEBEE's independent design commentary and research.
Carimate Chair VM120
Vico Magistretti's 1959 solid-wood armchair with a paper cord seat
580 × 765 × 450 mm
1959
Italy
Approx. $1,900 (reference price; varies by region and retailer)
Official product information
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Description
Overview
The Carimate™ Chair VM120 is a Vico Magistretti design of 1959 in Fritz Hansen's range, an armchair for indoor use according to the fact sheet.
Construction
- Frame: solid wood, offered in untreated natural beech and in black coloured ash (fact sheet)
- Seat: natural paper cord
- Wood 77 %, plywood 10 %, paper cord 13 % by material share (fact sheet)
Specifications
- H 76.5 × W 58 × D 45 cm (product page)
- Seat height 46 cm, armrest height 63.6 cm (product page)
Story
A solid-wood armchair
The fact sheet says the chair is made from solid wood, in natural beech or in black coloured ash, with a seat of paper cord. By material share it counts 77 % wood, 10 % plywood and 13 % paper cord, and it adds that the wood is FSC-certified.
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Weights and sizes
The fact sheet gives 8.5 kg for the coloured ash version and 9 kg for beech, against 9.4 kg in the product data. The page lists the chair as 76.5 cm high, 58 cm wide and 45 cm deep, with a 46 cm seat height and a 63.6 cm armrest height.
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Collection
Carimate
The Carimate series by Vico Magistretti for Fritz Hansen: the 1959 chair made for a golf club north of Milan, reintroduced in natural beech and black ash.