Metropolitan ’14

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

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.

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.