Cercle Visitor Chair

Overview

The Cercle visitor chair is the visitor chair of the Cercle series, credited to Lievore - Altherr - Park. It stands on a four-spoke aluminium base and turns on its axis, then returns to its starting position.

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Construction

• Frame: polyurethane with a metal insert
• Base: four spokes in polished or black-painted aluminium
• Glides: thermoplastic swivel glides with a Teflon protection cap
• Rotation: return mechanism with a thrust bearing

Specifications

• Visitor 5643061: largest drawing values, not labelled with axes: 66, 66 and 79 cm

Rotation that returns

The sheet describes the Visitor's "back to position" rotation: the chair turns around its axis and goes back to the original position thanks to a thrust bearing. The base is four spokes ending in revolving thermoplastic glides with a Teflon cap, where the swivel chairs of the series stand on castors. Unlike the President, Executive and Managerial chairs, which turn through 360° with a height-adjustable column, the Visitor lists only this returning rotation.