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Designed by Charles Pollock
In 1982, the designer Charles Pollock created a real design classic: Penelope. The American designer developed for Castelli a revolutionary chair from a technical and formal point of view: a steel-wire sled base supports a seat permeable to air which consists in a steel-wire fence coated with synthetic resin. The elastic effect of the base is stressed by an integral polyurethane tube that acts as a shock-absorber. The armrest coverings are made of the same material providing additional comfort. With Penelope, Pollock translated into reality a new form of seat. That’s why this timeless classic still enjoys fame in today’s design world.
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$2,910.00
The design of the armchair combines, in a hybridisation process, two parts that are only apparently separate from the point of view of formal memory: the rotating tripod made of light die-cast aluminium, furnished with a visible shock-absorbing mechanism, and the enveloping shell made of Vienna cane stretched over a frame of hot-bent and machined […]
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This classic chair No. 14 has been transformed into a barstool. Manually bent beech wood is used for the frame. The seat can be made of plywood, with a decorative relief, cane mesh or it can be upholstered in all types of materials.
Versatile and ergonomic in the shape and characterized by a refined simplicity, the Pura chair is available with different coverings, to play different roles in the home and contract space.
$2,400.00