The Votteler Chair by Walter Knoll is a masterpiece of mid-century design - and a tribute to the designer Arno Votteler. Designed in 1956, this armchair brings the design language of post-war modernism into the present: clear, functional, unmistakable. The Votteler Chair is characterised by its strikingly sloping silhouette: the slim seat shell with integrated armrests appears to float on a delicate metal frame. The shape looks light and elegant - and offers amazing comfort at the same time. Every angle, every seam has been thought through and realised with precise craftsmanship.

Walter Knoll - furniture with a history

The company's history has its origins in a "leather shop" in Stuttgart, which was opened in 1865 by the forefather of the Knoll dynasty, Wilhelm Knoll. In the same year, the seating furniture manufacturer demonstrated his craftsmanship as purveyor to the court of the King of Württemberg. 42 years pass before son Walter takes over the company together with his brother Willy. In the meantime, branches were opened in the metropolises of St. Petersburg and Vienna. In 1925, Walter Knoll founded his own upholstered furniture factory, which has borne his name ever since, in order to set himself apart from the design of his father's company. In addition to leather, coloured fabrics were now also used as upholstery materials. In the 1920s, the invention of the anti-mott spring and the Prodomo system revolutionised the traditional upholstered furniture trade. The furniture of the Prodomo system in particular, with its curved tubular steel frames, pointed the way to modernity. Walter Knoll has been expanding steadily since 2001, and the company has opened showrooms in Berlin, Hamburg, London, Paris, Stockholm, Beijing, Mumbai and Adelaide (Australia) in the last 10 years.

Material and format

The Votteler armchair is made of steel and can be purchased with different covers.

Cover material:

Hearth fabric: 32% wool, 31% acrylic, 30% cotton, 7% polyester

Fabric Grace: 71% viscose, 18% cotton, 10% linen, 1% polyamide

Fabric Harald: 100% cotton

Fabric Namib: 33% linen, 20% cotton, 20% wool, 18% viscose, 9% polyester

Fabric Puro: 70% linen, 20% viscose, 10% polyamide

Fabric Kimali: 65% cotton, 26% viscose, 9% polyamide

Fabric Lucia: 30% cotton, 28% viscose, 13% wool, 13% polyacrylic, 9% linen, 4% silk, 3% nylon

Divina Melange fabric: 100% virgin wool

Fabric Tonga: 48% polyacrylic, 24% wool, 12% polyester. 10% nylon, 6% cotton

Carrara fabric: 46% cotton, 45% viscose, 9% linen

Fabric Garbo: 45% viscose, 30% polyacrylic, 15% linen, 6% cotton, 4% polyester

Safire fabric: 43% viscose, 17% polyacrylic, 15% virgin wool, 9% cotton, 8% linen, 8% polyester

Bogar fabric: 31% viscose, 26% cotton, 24% polyacrylic, 10% linen, 8% wool, 1% polyamide

Sorel fabric: 85% cotton, 12% polyamide, 3% polyacrylic

Fabric Doux: 35% wool, 35% viscose, 21% cotton, 9% polyamide

Savannah fabric: 44% linen, 21% cotton, 13% viscose, 11% virgin wool, 7% polyester, 4% polyacrylic

Fabric Lino: 91% linen, 9% polyamide

Fabric Tao: 50% cotton, 21% polyacrylic, 13% polyester, 9% linen, 7% polyamide

Glint fabric: 53% linen, 19% cotton, 16% viscose, 8% nylon, 4% polyamide

Divina fabric: 100% virgin wool

Togba fabric: 41% viscose, 26% polyacrylic, 18% cotton, 7% linen, 7% polyester, 1% silk

Fabric Gaia: 52% polyacrylic, 40% linen, 8% nylon

Loft fabric: 54% cotton, 46% polyester

Leather Select: pigmented leather

Torro leather: semi-aniline leather

Congress leather: semi-aniline leather

Elen leather: refined aniline leather / waxed leather

Vintage leather: leather with vintage effect

Rodeo-Soft leather: semi-aniline leather

Cashmere leather: refined leather

Velvet leather: Aniline leather

Safari leather: refined aniline leather

Dimension:

medium-high back: W 84 x D 84 x H 87 x seat height 42.5 x seat depth 50 x armrest height 56 cm

high backrest: W 84 x D 90 x H 110 x seat height 42.5 x seat depth 50 x armrest height 56 cm

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