Image source: B&B Italia — Metropolitan ’14
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Metropolitan ’14
Small and regular swivel armchairs by Jeffrey Bernett with a matching footrest, 2014
1000 × 1050 × 840 mm
2014
Official product information
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Description
Overview
Metropolitan ’14 is a 2014 armchair series by Jeffrey Bernett, listed by B&B Italia under Armchairs. It has a small and a regular model; the regular one has a headrest, and a matching footrest completes the series.
Construction
- Frame: steel tube and steel sections
- Padding: cold-shaped flexible polyurethane foam, shaped polyurethane, polyester fibre
- Loinrest cushion: polyester fibre, cotton cover
- Headrest cushion (MP_P): polyester fibre, cotton cover, steel sheet counterweight
- Support frames: die-cast aluminium and extrusions; aluminium laminate and extrusions (MP100ADP); drawn steel (MP63); drawn steel and wood base-frames (ML100AP, ML100)
- Cover: fabric or leather
Specifications
- MP100 (no headrest): W 100 × D 84 × H 78 cm
- MP100AP (with headrest): W 100 × D 84 × H 105 cm
- MP63 footrest: W 63 × D 42 × H 43.5 cm
Story
Seat and armrests as one surface
B&B Italia presents Metropolitan ’14 through a slender profile and a seat that runs without a break into the armrests. The small model sits on a four-spoke aluminium swivel base; the regular model is wider and carries a headrest.
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A small model, a regular model and a footrest
The sheet states that both models can be covered in fabric or leather and that the series includes a matching footrest, listed under the codes MP63 and MP63_1.
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Collection
Metropolitan
Metropolitan by Jeffrey Bernett for B&B Italia: the lounge chair series from 2002, with the original Metropolitan armchair and Metropolitan Relax from 2025.
