Progetti Armchair

Overview

Progetti is the armchair Giorgetti describes as having a strongly recognizable image that, thanks to its innovative and fresh design, has become an icon for the company. The product page credits Giorgetti R&D (the data sheet: Centro Ricerche Giorgetti) and lists design years 1987 and 1996. The series includes armchairs, wing chairs, two-seat sofas and a stool; the representative model is the Progetti 63220 armchair, 62 × 66 × H 88 cm.

Construction

The series is solid beech wood, with legs that are polished or lacquered. The armrests are polished pau ferro. The padding of seat and back is non-deformable multi-density polyurethane and fibre.

Specifications

• Upholstery in fabric or leather, completely removable; saddle leather for codes 64220, 64230, 64270, 64240 and 64350
• Frame finishes listed on the page: beech wood and matt lacquer; the page also shows "Glaze 4081, dark beech wood (fin.54)"
• Data sheet sizes (cm): 63230 armchair 72 × 68 × H 81; 63231 armchair 95 × 75 × H 81; 63250 armchair 59 × 65 × H 104; 63260 armchair 63 × 67 × H 90; wing chairs 63240 (61 × 75 × H 121) and 63340 (75 × 87 × H 105); two-seat sofas 63222 (126 × 70 × H 88) and 63232 (135 × 75 × H 81); stool 63350 (58 × 46 × H 45)
• Listed by Giorgetti as Customizable

A handle inspired by a walking stick

Giorgetti's history page has a 1987 entry: the company's R&D Center creates the Progetti collection, which it calls an iconic series of armchairs and sofas. The page says the series has a unique pau ferro handle, and that the handle is inspired by an antique walking stick.

A series, not one chair

The data sheet describes a series of armchairs, wing chairs, two-seat sofa and stool in solid beech wood, with polished or lacquered legs and polished pau ferro arms. Giorgetti's page calls Progetti an armchair with a strongly recognizable image that has become an icon for the company.