Walter Knoll Votteler armchair • high back
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Walter Knoll Votteler armchair
A quiet classic of mid-century modernism: the strikingly angled upholstered volumes rest on a delicate tubular steel frame, while the gracefully curved solid wood armrests set a special accent. The connoisseur's chair is available with a high or low backrest and with a matching stool. Its timeless elegance makes it a stylish choice for private and public relaxation areas. Connoisseurs recognise its special charm at first glance: the reading and relaxing armchair was designed in 1956 by the architect Arno Votteler for Walter Knoll. Its clear design language reflects the influences of its time – shaped by Scandinavian objectivity and a deliberately reduced design.
The designer and architect Arno Votteler (1929–2020) is one of the most important German designers and interior architects of the 20th century.
- Wood construction
- Base frame: steel
- Seat upholstery: sinuous springing and cold foam with wadding cover
- Back upholstery: webbed, cold foam with wadding cover
- Armrests: solid wood with a natural hard-wax finish
- High back
- Seat height: 42.5 cm
- Seat depth: 50 cm
- Armrest height: 56 cm
Dimensions (W × D × H): 84 x 90 x 110 cm
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Cold foam: cold foam is a high-quality, dimensionally stable upholstery foam distinguished by its particular elasticity and resilience. It adapts pleasantly to the body without losing its shape. In high-quality upholstered furniture, cold foam provides precise, comfortable and lastingly dimensionally stable seating. After being put under load, the material quickly returns to its original shape – so fewer permanent seat indentations form and the cushion keeps its characteristic shape.
Note: the leather hides are selected by specialists according to strict specifications and high inspection standards. By nature, leather has soft and firm areas, which may also be processed next to one another. It stretches with body heat and moisture during use. This produces a certain degree of waves and creases (known as seat indentations). Favourite seats show this particularly clearly. This adaptation process is largely complete after a few weeks. Further stretching is minimal and inconspicuous. Depending on the tanning method, dyeing and surface treatment, leather initially has a smell typical of the material. It decreases noticeably over the course of a few weeks. Airing can speed this up. Walter Knoll uses several leather hides (between five and seven) for one upholstery suite. No hide is like another. Insect bites, small injuries from fences or traces of fighting leave small scars on the cowhide, which you may rediscover in the leather. Fattening folds are a sign of the animal's health and good nutrition. These material-typical characteristics do not impair the quality of the leather furniture. Differences in sheen, colour and structure within one hide and between the cut parts of a cover are also characteristic and typical of leather furniture.
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