Image source: Poltrona Frau — Chester One Armchair
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Chester One Armchair
Chester One armchair by Renzo Frau: handmade capitonné, hand-tied springs, Pelle Frau® leather.
1220 × 670 × 1060 mm
Official product information
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Description
Overview
The Chester One armchair is the armchair of Poltrona Frau's Chester One line, credited to Renzo Frau. It is covered in Pelle Frau® leather with a handmade capitonné design, and its page lists five leather ranges.
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Construction
The structure is seasoned beech, sprung with hand-tied biconical springs. Vegetable horsehair pads the back and arms; the seat cushion is goose down and polyurethane foam.
Specifications
- Armchair 5107112: W 122 cm, D 106 cm, H 67 cm (measured with 6 cm feet)
- Cover: not removable
Story
Renzo Frau's Chester
Poltrona Frau credits the Chester One armchair to Renzo Frau. Its sheet comes from the company's Renzo Frau archive, and the dimension drawing on the page is the one for armchair 5107112.
The page's description
In its Insights text the page says the Chester One reinterprets the myth of the Chesterfield in a contemporary key, blending capitonné craftsmanship with a more streamlined design, and calls it a bridge between past and present.
More by Renzo Frau
Chester Line Sofa
Renzo Frau's Chester as a modular system: capitonné sofas, chaise longue and curved elements.
Chester One Ottoman
Chester One ottoman: a square capitonné pouf on beech, 98 cm each way, in Pelle Frau leather.
Chester Line Ottoman
Chester Line ottoman, a smooth-topped pouf in Pelle Frau leather on a beech and poplar frame.
Lyra Armchair
Collection
Chester
Chester by Renzo Frau for Poltrona Frau, born in 1912 after the Chesterfield sofas of London clubs: the classic sofa and armchair, Chester One and Chester Line.
