Pitagora Armchair

Overview

The Pitagora armchair is an auditorium and theatre seat designed by Lella and Massimo Vignelli for Poltrona Frau. The company's page notes its rigorous design and a backrest with lower back support that gives the seat an ergonomic profile. Rows may be straight or curved.

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Construction

A wooden structure carries the chair, with fire-resistant polyurethane padding that does not lose its shape and elastic belts as the suspension. Seat: automatic tip-up, hinged on nylon joints that deaden noise. Covers are fabric, velvet or Pelle Frau® leather in its Color System palette, all upholstered by hand in the traditional way. Rows are mounted on metal bases coated with epoxy powder paint that resists scratches and knocks.

Specifications

• Armchair without writing table: W 58 cm (printed 50 / 58), D 69 cm, H 92 cm
• Armchair with foldaway writing table: same width and height, with the writing table, an extra depth line of 81 cm is printed

For theatres and auditoriums

Poltrona Frau's page presents Pitagora as a seat that dresses theatres and auditoriums with understated elegance, in rows that run straight or bend.

Options on request

The page says the chair can be supplied with a wooden panel on the backrest and under the seat, and with a foldaway writing table. Structural and colour customisations are also available on request.