Image source: Cassina — Ombra Armchair
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Ombra Armchair
Perriand's 1953 armchair: a chromium-plated steel-plate frame and two cushions set at right angles.
700 × 640 × 820 mm
1953
Approx. $3,500 (reference price; varies by region and retailer)
Official product information
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Description
Overview
Ombra is an armchair by Charlotte Perriand. The Cassina page presents it as an armchair giving extreme comfort in a sleek shape, built from a steel plate frame and two cushions placed perpendicular to each other.
Construction
The sheet lists a steel-plate frame with a polished chromium-plated finish, cushions padded with differentiated-density polyurethane foam and resin-bonded polyester padding with cloth, quilted fabric or quilted leather upholstery, and adhesive felt pads on the feet.
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Specifications
- Code 512 01: 70 cm wide, 82 cm deep, 64 cm high on the sheet (65 cm on the page drawing)
- Frame: steel plate, polished chrome finish
- Upholstery: 12 fabric ranges and 5 leather ranges, 213 colours
Story
From Ombra Tokyo
The sheet says Perriand designed Ombra in 1953, taking as her reference her Ombra Tokyo chair of about the same time, made with curved plywood. The name is the Italian word for shadow, and the sheet describes an interplay between the object and its shadow.
Maximum function, minimal structure
According to the sheet, the piece expresses her aesthetic of maximum function with minimal structure, and the strict geometry of seat and back lets the elements slot into one another so that they read as one continuous piece. Cassina re-issued the armchair "in full respect of the original concept".
More by Charlotte Perriand
Indochine Chaise Longue
Perriand's armrest chaise longue, designed in Vietnam in 1943, in painted tubular steel.
LC8 Tabouret tournant
Swivel stool by Charlotte Perriand with a chrome steel frame and circular-material padding.
LC9 Tabouret
Stool by Charlotte Perriand with a chrome tubular steel frame and a rattan or leather seat.
LC7 Swivel Chair
Swivel armchair with a padded backrest and round seat, designed by Charlotte Perriand in 1927.
Collection
Cassina iMaestri Collection
Cassina's iMaestri Collection, begun in 1965 with Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret and Charlotte Perriand, since joined by Rietveld, Albini, Ponti and Eames.
