Image source: Flexform — Doralice Armchair
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Doralice Armchair
Citterio and Nava's 1980 Doralice armchair: retro lines under a removable slipcover
750 × 800 × 730 mm
1980
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Description
Overview
Doralice armchair, designed by Antonio Citterio and Paolo Nava in 1980. Flexform describes discreet proportions and retro lines reinterpreted with a contemporary flair, in a wood and metal structure under a soft, lightweight slipcover.
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Construction
Wood-and-metal frame, polyurethane padding, a laminated fabric as the protective layer; feet in beechwood or stained Canaletto walnut; optional goose-down backrest cushion; removable cover.
Specifications
- Design year: 1980
- Code 013501 (armchair): Largest drawing values, not labelled with axes: 80, 75 and 73 cm (31 1/2, 29 17/32 and 28 3/4 in)
Story
Retro lines, contemporary reading
Flexform's page gives the Doralice armchair discreet proportions and retro lines that are reinterpreted with a contemporary flair. The structure is wood and metal, padded with polyurethane foam, and the page says a soft, lightweight slipcover over it can be easily removed and replaced.
An early Citterio and Nava piece
Flexform's page on Paolo Nava says that between 1979 and 1982 his work with Antonio Citterio included Doralice, Magister, Pasodoble and Ugomaria.
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