Image source: Walter Knoll — Votteler Armchair
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Votteler Armchair
Mid-century reading armchair by Arno Votteler with angular upholstery and solid wood armrests.
1956
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Overview
The Votteler Armchair is a reading and resting chair designed in 1956 by the architect Arno Votteler for Walter Knoll. It is available with a high or a low backrest, and with an accompanying stool.
Construction
The angular volume of the upholstery rests on a tubular steel framework. The seat has zigzag springs and the back has strapping, both padded in cold cure foam finished with a wadding layer. The armrests are solid wood, nutwood with sapwood or burned, oiled oak, and the steel base is chrome-plated, black matt or bronze matt.
Specifications
- Year designed: 1956
- Backrest: high or low
- Glides: synthetic or felt, by floor type
Story
A chair for reading and resting
Arno Votteler designed this chair in 1956 for Walter Knoll. It is a quiet classic of mid-century modernism, with Scandinavian practicality and austere design in the best sense of the word.
Angular upholstery on a delicate frame
The deliberately angular volume of the upholstery rests on a delicate tubular steel framework. The armrests are elegantly shaped solid wood, and the chair comes with a high or a low backrest.