Image source: Vitra — Panton Chair Classic
© Vitra and the respective rights holders. Quoted to accompany INTEBEE's independent design commentary and research.
Panton Chair Classic
Verner Panton's S-shaped chair in rigid polyurethane foam with a glossy lacquer finish.
500 × 830 × 600 mm
1959
Official product information
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Description
Overview
The Panton Chair Classic is, in Vitra's words, the original version of Verner Panton's chair in rigid polyurethane foam with a glossy lacquer finish, dated 1959 on Vitra's page.
Image source: Vitra — Panton Chair Classic · © Vitra and the respective rights holders. Quoted to accompany INTEBEE's independent design commentary and research. · View official product page ↗ · Image use & copyright policy
Construction
The shell is rigid polyurethane foam and the surface a glossy lacquer finish, as the fact sheet's materials list states. Vitra markets it under the name Panton Chair Classic.
Specifications
500 mm wide, 600 mm deep, 830 mm high. Seat shell in 11 white, 12 black or 15 red.
Story
The original version
Vitra says the original version of the Panton Chair, with a glossy lacquer finish, is still marketed today as the Panton Chair Classic.
Back in production
After the thermoplastic version was discontinued, Vitra resumed production in 1990 in rigid polyurethane foam, which needs complex finishing but resists breakage better than the thermoplastic. Wikipedia dates the Classic's return four years after the 1979 stop; Vitra's own date is 1990.
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Collection
Panton Chair
Panton Chair (1959) by Verner Panton for Vitra: from the 1958 model to polyurethane foam and polypropylene, with the Panton Chair and the Panton Chair Classic.
