DE-SI-525 Elda Chair, Joe Colombo, Black and White, Italy, circa 1970

Description

Design classic ‚Elda Chair’ with an off-white shell and black leather, from Italy circa 1970.

The Elda Lounge Chair by Joe Colombo is a futuristic masterpiece of the 1960s and a visionary, now timeless design icon.

• Design: Joe Colombo, 1963
• Manufacturer: Comfort, Italy, 1965–circa 1975
• The fiberglass-reinforced plastic shell.
• Polyurethane foam tubes covered in soft black leather provide excellent seating comfort.
• 360-degree swivel base.
• Partially restored: reupholstered, original shell
• This piece is an early original from the first generation, manufactured by Comfort in Meda, Italy.

In the 1960s, the Italian manufacturer Comfort, based in Meda near Milan, produced several designs by Joe Colombo, including the Elda and Supercomfort plastic lounge chairs. Later, starting in 2007, the company Fratelli Longhi continued Comfort’s tradition and produced Colombo’s Elda and Astrea lounge chairs (both designed in 1963).

Dimensions: 

• H 92 cm
• W 92 cm
• D 85 cm
• Seat H 42 cm

This furniture is offered by COLONEUM Design – David Homeier (Subject to differential margin taxation, according to §25a)