Doron Hotel Armchair

Overview

Doron Hotel is an armchair by Charlotte Perriand, designed in 1947 for the winter sports resort of Méribel Les Allues and for Hôtel Doron there. The sheet pairs Charlotte Perriand with 1947 as the design year and Cassina with 2020 as the production year.

Construction

The page lists a base in solid ash or canaletto walnut, padding in polyurethane foam and an upholstery in fabric, leather or saddle-hide. The product sheet adds a self-supporting seat canvas in PVC and polyester, a thermo-formed plastic backrest panel, polyurethane foam padding with light velvet, and plastic feet.

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Specifications

• Code 533: 60 cm wide, 66 cm deep, 73 cm high
• Frame: ash stained black or canaletto walnut (page selector)
• Upholstery: plus saddle leather or saddle leather, seven colours on the page selector

A chair for a chalet-hotel

The page says Perriand, "with a real passion for the mountains", designed the armchair in 1947 for the Méribel Les Allues ski resort and for the Hôtel Doron, described as one of the first chalet-hotels in the French resort.

Natural materials

The sheet describes Perriand as holding a special and profound relationship with nature, among the first to look at the link between people and their surroundings and to seek natural materials for her projects. Cassina also offers an outdoor version, described as solid teak with a seat padded in polyurethane foam under waterproof cloth.