Image source: Walter Knoll — Foster 520 Armchair
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Foster 520 Armchair
High-backed club armchair in saddle leather with a soft upholstered interior, by Foster + Partners.
720 × 960 × 950 mm
Official product information
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Overview
The Foster 520 Armchair is a high-backed club armchair designed by Foster + Partners Industrial Design for Walter Knoll. Saddle leather with distinctive markings forms the back, and natural materials are used for the seat.
Construction
The seat is a wooden construction, the armchair has belt suspension, and the back is a moulded foam bucket shell with a wadding cover. The armchair has a black base skirting with glides, or a swivel base powder-coated black matt. The back shield is covered in any fabric or leather or in saddle leather, and the seat and back inner surface can differ from it.
Specifications
- Overall size: 72 x 95 x 96 cm (520-10)
- Base: black skirting with glides, or swivel base in black matt
- Cover: back shield and interior can differ, or one fabric or leather throughout
Story
A new classic of salon culture
The Foster 520 Armchair reinterprets the club armchair, whose development in Germany at the start of the twentieth century Walter Knoll was involved in. Foster + Partners describes it as the first in a new family of chairs developed specifically for manufacture, drawing on traditional craft techniques and modern production methods.
One flowing piece of leather
Three flat patterns are cut from leather and stitched together into a single piece with the minimum number of surfaces. The form derives from ergonomic studies and a series of prototypes, and the linear profile is designed to visually reduce the chair's bulk.
