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Jupiter Armchair
Jupiter Armchair by Pierre Guariche, 1966: swivelling high back on a black steel base
880 × 1000 × 890 mm
1966
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Description
Overview
The Jupiter Armchair was designed by Pierre Guariche in 1966 around a single block seat with round and welcoming shapes. It has a swivelling high back and is offered in a choice of 14 materials.
Construction
The structure is steel wire clad with injected polyurethane foam and polyester quilting. The swivel base is 8 mm thick steel in epoxy satin black lacquer. The interior is clad in high resilience polyurethane Bultex foam, and the seat cushion is also Bultex foam.
Specifications
Overall size: 880 x 890 x 1,000 mm (W x D x H). Seat height: 460 mm. Weight: 38.5 kg.
Story
Inspired by the conquest of space
In 1966 Pierre Guariche developed a series of designs around a single block seat with round and welcoming shapes, one of them a seat with a swivelling high back. The conquest of space and technical innovations such as expanded polyurethane inspired the shapes of Jupiter.
Less than a year to the catalogue
The drawing was submitted on 24 October 1966, and less than a year passed before Jupiter appeared in the catalogue of Meurop, a Belgian company.
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