Downtown Office Chair

Overview

Downtown Office Chair is Jean-Marie Massaud's desk armchair for Poltrona Frau. The page lists it in four models, President, Executive, Managerial and Meeting, under the product number 55750.

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Construction

• Structure: moulded polyurethane foam with a metal insert
• Padding: differentiated-density polyurethane foam in the zones of greatest comfort, with a polyester wadding quilt
• Base: five spokes in polished aluminium or in aluminium with a black finish
• Supports: soft, self-braking "W" type castors, or glides
• Cover: Pelle Frau® ColorSphere® leather, also with micro-perforated parts, or fabric; tone-on-tone stitching

Specifications

• President, code 5575011: largest drawing values, not labelled with axes: 141, 69 and 67 cm
• Cover: Pelle Frau® leather or fabric, 74 ColorSphere® colours and 16 fabric ranges

One chair, four models

The page presents the chair as a range of four models. President, Executive and Managerial carry the synchronised backrest movement, while Meeting turns on its axis and, according to the page, rotates thanks to a thrust bearing. The shared sheet also lists Visitor as a fifth item.

Cover and stitching

The sheet lists the movement of each model under its own heading: 360° rotation for all four, with seat height adjustment and the backrest movement for President, Executive and Managerial. Meeting has the rotation alone.