Designer- Gerrit Thomas Rietveld

Gerrit T. Rietveld came up with the design for the Utrecht armchair in 1935 while working for the Metz & Co. department store in Amsterdam, where his brief was to make a chair for serial production. Taking market needs into account, while privileging a comfortable and relaxing experience, led to the elements of the chair being treated as separate units. Therefore, the chair became an icon of both the Neoplastic movement, and of Rietveld’s experimental vision. The chair is also available in fabric or leather, with blanket or zig-zag top- stitching, in both cases in five colors.

Padding

Polyurethane foam and polyester batting.

Structure

Loadbearing seat and backrest frame in tubular steel with elastic webbing.

Stitching

Blanket stitch or zig zag