Guscioalto Armchair

Overview

Guscioalto armchair, designed by Antonio Citterio in 2011. Flexform calls it an especially comfortable, high-backed wing chair (bergère) known for its couture tailoring, offered as Guscioalto, Guscioalto Soft and Guscioalto Light, on a metal or a wooden base.

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Construction

Shell in rigid polyurethane and polyurethane foam; goose-down seat cushion over a crushproof insert; metal feet with a turning system or a solid wood base; optional goose-down headrest cushion with a metal counterweight. Upholstery is non-removable, except on the Light version.

Specifications

• Design year: 2011
• Codes 015M11 and 015M41 (metal base with turning system): Largest drawing values, not labelled with axes: 94, 68 and 96 cm (37, 26 25/32 and 37 25/32 in)

A bergère with couture tailoring

Flexform's page introduces Guscioalto as an especially comfortable, high-backed wing chair, a bergère, known for its couture tailoring. The seat is a goose-down cushion over a crushproof insert, inside a shell of structural polyurethane foam.

Three versions

The page describes a Soft variant whose seat back is padded further, with Dacron over memory foam, and a Light version with a contoured upholstered element that attaches to the seat back with velcro and can be removed and washed.