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Metropolitan Relax
Lounge armchair with tilt-rocking and swivel mechanism and a new headrest, 2025
1000 × 1000 × 830 mm
2025
Official product information
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Description
Overview
Metropolitan Relax, 2025, by Jeffrey Bernett, is a lounge armchair with a tilt rocking and swivel mechanism, a newly designed upper backrest and headrest, and an aluminium frame. B&B Italia's page calls it the latest evolution of the Metropolitan series.
Construction
- Oscillation mechanism: die-cast aluminium, iron, polypropylene plastic
- Headrest pins: steel, in nylon sliding tubes
- Base and headrest upholstery: flexible cold shaped polyurethane foam, shaped polyurethane, polyester fibre cover
Specifications
- MER100_1: W 100 x D 83 cm, height 86.5 to 100 cm
Story
Dated 2025
The page and the product sheet date Metropolitan Relax to 2025; the series text on the same page runs from 2002, so the year of this chair is the later one. B&B Italia says the chair was designed for a new level of well-being and adaptability.
Rocking, swivelling, with a new headrest
The “tilt” rocking and swivel mechanism lets the chair follow the body's natural movements, according to the page. A newly designed upper backrest and headrest are described as supporting the head and upper body, and the page places the chair in residential interiors, luxury hospitality and executive office spaces.
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Landscape
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Cosmos Outdoor
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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.
