Serie 815 Armchair

Overview

The Serie 815 is an armchair that Studio Severini Associati + Partners designed to give users a home cinema-style experience in any location. Poltrona Frau's page says it was originally produced for the Giometti cinema chain and describes it as modern, ergonomic and generously sized.

Construction

The structure is steel, MDF and solid beech, upholstered in fabric, with fire-resistant polyurethane foam padding and a spring system of woven elastic belts. An automatic retraction system with counterweights returns the seat to its original position quietly. The chair is carried by a floor-fixed steel base in black epoxy powder paint.

Options

The seat can be upholstered in fabrics or sustainably sourced leathers, or in customers' own materials subject to sample approval. Optional extras include a cup holder in methacrylate, sheet metal or rigid polyurethane, and an LED numbering system that projects the seat number on the floor instead of the standard number plates. A luxury version has a double armrest, side headrest and a metal cup holder with a gold-plated finish.

From the Giometti cinemas

The page says the Serie 815 was originally produced for the Giometti cinema chain, and that the studio designed it so that users could enjoy a home cinema-style experience in any location. The studio's own profile on the page mentions a new multiplex cinema concept designed for the Giometti Real Estate group, a film distribution leader, with multiplexes in Prato, Riccione and Tolentino named as examples.

Studio Severini Associati + Partners

The studio was founded in the late 1990s in Tolentino, Italy, and combines experience in urban planning, architecture, project management, design and structural design. The page states that its work on collective spaces led to a collaboration with the Frau group on a new collection of seats for cinemas and auditoriums, which became part of the company's contract catalogue.