Luchino Armchair

Overview

Antonio Citterio's 2024 Luchino is a folding armchair that Flexform presents as a new interpretation of the director's chair, made of solid hand-turned and finished wood with the seat and backrest in cowhide, and available in both dining and lounge versions.

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Construction

The folding structure is in four solid woods, Canaletto walnut, ash, oak or wengé, with metal screws and connectors in three finishes and die-cast zama joints. The seat and backrest are cowhide in ten colours.

Specifications

• Design year: 2024
• Code 02C421 (armchair / dining armchair): Largest drawing values, not labelled with axes: 76, 63 and 51 cm (29 29/32, 24 13/16 and 20 3/32 in)

From field chair to director's chair

Flexform's page opens with the folding chair's history: an object of undisputed functionality that originally served as a field chair, then, with the expansion of the film industry, gained iconic status as a director's chair because it was easy to carry between sets.

A new interpretation

The page says the legendary qualities of the type, comfortable, lightweight and easy to carry, inspired Antonio Citterio and Flexform to reinterpret it as the Luchino armchair, with refined joints that enable easy folding and transport.