Cone Chair

Overview

The Cone Chair is the armchair that Verner Panton designed in 1958. Vitra says he first made it for a restaurant in Denmark; the body is an inverted cone with a padded shell forming back and armrests.

Construction

• GRP body, lightly padded with polyurethane foam; the seat cushion can be replaced
• Stainless steel swivel base in a cruciform shape, brushed or powder-coated
• Seat height 480 mm (440 mm when loaded)

Specifications

• Drawing, none of the lines named: 570 mm across the front, 625 mm across the side, 820 mm high
• Cover fabrics Cento, Cosy 2, Hola, Tonus, Volo and Leather Premium F, 91 colours in all

Designed for the Kom Igen restaurant

Vitra's magazine story says Verner Panton was commissioned by his father, the manager of the restaurant Kom Igen in Langesø Park, to refurbish it, and designed the Cone Chair for the interior. Its fabric cover came in the five reds of the colour scheme.

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From a forge to Vitra

The chairs for Kom Igen were first made in a small forge on Funen. Percy von Halling-Koch founded Plus-linje to produce the design; because that company no longer exists, Vitra has made the chair since 2004.