Image source: Moroso — New-tone Armchair
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New-tone Armchair
New-tone, a 1989 armchair by Massimo Iosa Ghini with a wood frame and aluminium feet, for Moroso
1989
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Description
Overview
New-tone is an armchair by Massimo Iosa Ghini, 1989, made by Moroso. Its covers cannot be taken off.
Construction
The wood frame is padded with polyurethane foam of mixed density and polyester fiberfill. These two fillings also form the seat cushion. The feet are aluminium and are screwed to the structure.
Specifications
- Type: armchair, 1989
- Structure: wood
- Fillings: polyurethane foam of mixed density, polyester fiberfill
- Support: aluminium feet screwed to the structure
- Upholstery: covers not removable
- Designer: Massimo Iosa Ghini
Story
An armchair from 1989
Massimo Iosa Ghini is credited with New-tone, dated 1989, and Moroso makes the armchair with covers that remain fixed.
What is under the upholstery
Beneath the covers sit a wood frame and a filling of mixed-density polyurethane foam and polyester fiberfill. The seat cushion uses both, and aluminium feet are screwed to the structure.
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