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Organic Chair

Name: Organic Chair
Brand: Vitra

Upholstered reading chair with a medium-high backrest, laminated shell and ash or oak legs.

Designer

Charles Eames & Eero Saarinen

Brand

Vitra

Dimensions

725 × 825 × 675 mm

Year

1940

Materials

Laminated seat shellPolyurethane foamFabric upholsteryAshOak

Finishes

68 ash, black, lacquer finish10 oak, natural, lacquer finish

Colors

Tonus 57 lime greenTonus 58 grass greenTonus 50 blueTonus 51 royal blueTonus 02 dark blueTonus 43 truffleTonus 01 blackTonus 54 dark redTonus 55 hibiscusTonus 56 dark magentaTonus 03 redTonus 53 dark orangeTonus 52 dark yellowHopsak 71 yellow/pastel greenHopsak 69 grass green/ivoryHopsak 70 grass green/forestHopsak 87 ivory/forestHopsak 81 ice blue/ivoryHopsak 85 mint/ivoryHopsak 20 green/ivoryHopsak 86 mint/forestHopsak 73 petrol/moor brownHopsak 77 nero/forestHopsak 82 ice blue/moor brownHopsak 22 sea blue/dark greyHopsak 84 blue/moor brownHopsak 83 blue/ivoryHopsak 25 sea blue/ivoryHopsak 74 dark blue/ivoryHopsak 75 dark blue/moor brownHopsak 05 dark greyHopsak 24 dark grey/neroHopsak 66 neroHopsak 23 nero/ivoryHopsak 80 warm grey/moor brownHopsak 76 marron/moor brownHopsak 62 red/moor brownHopsak 96 red/cognacHopsak 63 red/poppy redHopsak 65 coral/poppy redHopsak 68 pink/poppy redHopsak 67 poppy red/ivoryHopsak 88 cognac/ivoryHopsak 17 nude/ivoryHopsak 79 warm grey/ivoryHopsak 16 yellow/ivoryHopsak 18 mustard/ivoryHopsak 19 mustard/dark greyCosy 2 12 pale blueCosy 2 01 pebble greyCosy 2 02 fossilCosy 2 13 papyrusCosy 2 14 canolaCosy 2 16 pale roseCosy 2 15 rusty orangeCosy 2 19 chestnutCosy 2 17 reed greenCosy 2 18 petrolCosy 2 20 electric blueCosy 2 21 dark blueCosy 2 10 classic greyCosy 2 03 nutmegCosy 2 11 merino blackCredo 11 cream/dolphinCredo 14 sand/avocadoCredo 19 lime/curryCredo 13 salt’n pepperCredo 20 dolphin/steel blueCredo 21 royal blue/elephantCredo 22 emerald/ivyCredo 26 teal blue/blackCredo 06 anthracite/elephantCredo 07 black/anthraciteCredo 08 dark blue/blackCredo 17 black/aubergineCredo 05 chocolate/blackCredo 27 bitter chocolateCredo 24 mauve grey/mid-greyCredo 25 mother-of-pearl/blackCredo 16 red chilliCredo 15 saffronCredo 23 pale rose/dark orangeCredo 18 pale rose/cognacCredo 12 rockCredo 01 creamHola 09 pearlHola 01 canaryHola 10 cementHola 04 blush pinkHola 05 dark greyHola 11 truffleHola 02 terracottaHola 06 dark blueHola 08 mintHola 03 chestnutHola 07 sea green

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Description

Overview

The Organic Chair is the reading chair of the Organic family, with a medium-high backrest, credited to Charles Eames and Eero Saarinen and dated 1940. Vitra's words for it are a "small and comfortable reading chair".

Construction

Laminated seat shell with polyurethane foam and fabric cover
Legs in black ash or natural oak, lacquer finish; wood from Western Europe and/or Poland
Plastic glides fitted, felt glides included
96 cover options in five ranges: Hopsak, Credo, Tonus, Cosy 2, Hola

Specifications

W 725 x D 675 x H 825 mm
Seat height 350 mm
21% recyclable when fully separated, 5% recycled content (Vitra ecology sheet)

Story

The reading chair

Vitra's words for the Organic Chair are a "small and comfortable reading chair", and its page captions this version as the reading chair with the short backrest.

Covers

The 96 cover options come in five ranges. Hopsak (35 colours) is a 100 percent polyamide plain weave in two-tone colourways, Credo (22) a worsted cloth of 95 percent new wool and 5 percent polyamide, Tonus (13 shown) a plain-weave cloth of 90 percent new wool and 10 percent helanca, Cosy 2 (15) a milled wool-polyamide cloth, and Hola (11) a 100 percent recycled polyester.

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Upholstered armchair with a high seat shell, extended backrest and longer, wider armrests.

Collection

Organic Chair

Vitra's Organic Chair family (1940) by Charles Eames and Eero Saarinen: from the MoMA competition entry to the 2004 launch of Chair, Highback and Conference.