Image source: Poliform — Seattle Chair
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Seattle Chair
Seattle, Jean-Marie Massaud's 2015 leather-upholstered chair with brogue punching for Poliform
560 × 790 × 550 mm
2015
Italy
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Description
Overview
Seattle is a Poliform chair covered in leather, with brogue-style stitching and punching taken from traditional British footwear. It is drawn with and without arms.
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Construction
Legs in solid wood or covered in hide; seat and backrest as a hide cover with a metal element over an integral polyurethane under-seat; non-removable hide cover.
Specifications
- With arms (drawing values, axes not labelled): 560 mm wide, 550 mm deep, 790 mm high, seat height 450 mm
- Without arms: 530 mm wide, 550 mm deep, 790 mm high
- Hide colours: seven; woods: spessart oak, black elm
Story
Designed in 2015
Poliform's technical details give the design to Jean-Marie Massaud, 2015. The page presents Seattle as contemporary design inspired by tradition, built around the leather craft shown in its stitching and punching.
A shell of leather
Seat and backrest act as a shell for a superior level of comfort; the legs are upholstered in leather too, or alternatively made of solid wood.
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