MR Adjustable Chaise Lounge

Overview

The MR Adjustable Chaise Lounge (model 242LC) is the long, adjustable chaise of Knoll's MR Collection. Knoll dates it to 1927. It has a canted back, a channel-tufted leather seat and a two-piece tubular steel frame whose height and angle can be changed.

Construction

• Two-piece frame with a hook and knob system for adjusting seat height and angle
• Frame of seamless tubular steel in polished chrome
• Quilted, seamed leather cushion carried on leather straps
• Floor glides in plastic, supplied

Specifications

• W 25½" × D 70½" × H 31¾" (648 × 1791 × 806 mm) as drawn on the product sheet
• Page values: D 70¼" (1785 mm), H 31.85" (809 mm); arm height 19½" (495 mm)
• Weight 39 lb

Canted back and cantilevered bounce

Knoll's shop page says the MR Adjustable Chaise Lounge invites relaxation with a canted back and a cantilevered bounce, and that its channel-tufted seat waterfalls down the tubular steel frame. The design-plan page dates the piece to 1927 and also prints "ca. 1927" beside the designer's name.

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An adjustable frame

This one is built on a two-piece frame, and Knoll's shop page says the hook and knob system on the frame makes it easy to adjust seat height and angle.