Image source: Walter Knoll — Haussmann Armchair
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Haussmann Armchair
Button-tufted club armchair of 1962 with Chesterfield diamond pattern and delicate steel legs.
860 × 700 × 720 mm
1962
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Overview
The Haussmann Armchair is a club armchair designed in 1962 by the Swiss architect and designer couple Trix and Robert Haussmann. Its Chesterfield-style diamond pattern gives structure to the seat and back, and the delicate legs are an homage to the Bauhaus.
Construction
A wooden frame carries fixed, belt-suspended upholstery of cold cure foam under wadding, hand-quilted in traditional Chesterfield style and finished with deep-set, symmetrically placed leather buttons. The base is tubular steel, highly polished or in black chrome, with synthetic or felt glides.
Specifications
- Overall size: 86 x 72 x 70 cm (310-10)
- Base: tubular steel, highly polished or black chrome
- Cover: leathers Elen, Cashmere, Congress, Select, Torro, Vintage; fabrics Doux, Harald 2
Story
A lighter Chesterfield
Trix and Robert Haussmann designed the club armchair in 1962 as part of the Swiss Design Collection. Robert Haussmann gave the idea as designing a piece of furniture that offers the comfort of the classic Chesterfield but looks lighter.
Familiar noblesse
He describes the armchair as having the charm of something that has grown old with dignity, creating an inimitable ambience of familiar noblesse. Originality and quality are meant to be here to stay, today and tomorrow.
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Collection
Haussmann
The Haussmann range by Trix and Robert Haussmann for Walter Knoll: a 1962 club armchair and a sofa with Chesterfield tufting and Bauhaus-inspired feet.