Image source: B&B Italia — Charles Outdoor Armchair
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Charles Outdoor Armchair
Antonio Citterio's Charles Outdoor armchair: slim aluminium frame, woven polypropylene surface.
840 × 720 × 840 mm
2010
Official product information
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Description
Overview
The Charles Outdoor armchair belongs to the homonymous series of outdoor seating that Antonio Citterio developed with B&B Italia; the product page and sheet date it 2010. The company states that the series carries forward the traits of the indoor Charles seating system.
Image source: B&B Italia — Charles Outdoor Armchair · © B&B Italia and the respective rights holders. Quoted to accompany INTEBEE's independent design commentary and research. · View official product page ↗ · Image use & copyright policy
Construction
Tubular aluminium and aluminium profiles form the frame, with polypropylene fibre interlacing over them. A shaped polyurethane seat cushion sits in a jacket of water-repellent polyester fibre, and the polyester fibre back cushion has a matching jacket. Feet are die-cast aluminium with a polyester powder coat; ferrules are thermoplastic. The sheet also names a waterproof cloth (PES fabric with a PU coating on one side) and gives the cover as "fabric in limited categories".
Specifications
Armchair CHO84: 84 cm wide, 84 cm deep (side view), 72 cm high, seat height 40 cm.
Story
A woven armchair
The product sheet credits the armchair, with its rigorous and timeless aesthetic, with a surface formed by an open interlacing of polypropylene ribbon. Aluminium is the material of the frame beneath that woven surface.
Outdoor sibling of an indoor system
The page presents the armchair as part of the outdoor series named after the Charles indoor seating system, whose features it keeps.
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Collection
Charles
Charles by Antonio Citterio for B&B Italia (1997): a sofa system on inverted-L die-cast aluminium feet, with Carré, Large and Outdoor editions, bed and tables.
