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Flamingo Chair
Foersom & Hiort-Lorenzen's 2003 Flamingo Chair: a swivel chair on a stainless steel base
670 × 790 × 620 mm
2003
Official product information
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Overview
The Flamingo Chair, model 3381, is a swivel chair designed by Foersom & Hiort-Lorenzen in 2003. Fredericia describes a seat with symbolic ‘wings’ for arms and a back that appears to float. Size: 67 cm wide, 62 cm deep, 79 cm high, seat height 46 cm, armrest height 67.5 cm; weight 15 kg.
Construction
The seat shell is steel-reinforced foam that is cold cured, in HR or CMHR grade, and its fabric or leather cover cannot be taken off. The swivel base uses stainless steel tube with plastic glides; felt glides are available.
Specifications
- Model: 3381, swivel base
- Frame: black painted or brushed stainless steel
- Upholstery quantity: fabric 1.5 m; leather 2.5 m²
Story
A flamingo on slender legs
Fredericia's text compares the chair to a flamingo standing on its slender legs, calling it at once aesthetic and poetic. The curves of the seat carry symbolic ‘wings’ for arms above the steel frame, and the back seems to float on top, which the page sums up as an expression of fluid lines.
From cabinetmaker and carpenter
The designers' page on Fredericia describes the two men's start in the trades: one as a cabinetmaker, the other as a carpenter fitting out ship interiors. Their duo has worked for nearly 50 years.
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Collection
Flamingo
Fredericia's Flamingo collection by Foersom & Hiort-Lorenzen: a single swivel chair, the Flamingo Chair (model 3381, 2003), upholstered in fabric or leather.