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Siesta lounge chair, oak - white Orsetto 012
Description
The elegant Siesta armchair was designed by Carl-Gustaf Hiort af Ornäs in 1952. The chair catches the eye with its sculptural silhouette featuring a high backrest and slanted wooden legs. The frame is made of a single sheet of pressed plywood, and the upholstery of the back is finished off with decorative buttons. The Siesta armchair was introduced at the Milan Triennial in 1957 and originally manufactured by Hiort af Ornäs’ own factory Puunveisto Oy in Helsinki, Finland. Today, the chair is available as a reissue.
- Width: 74 cm
- Depth: 83 cm
- Height: 100 cm
- Colour Oak, white
- Frame material Varnished oak
- Seat cushion Foam
- Backrest cushion Foam
- Upholstery fabric Lauritzon's Orsetto 011: 34 % viscose, 33 % polyacryle, 17 5 wool, 8 % polyester, 4 % linen, 4 % cotton
- Abrasion resistance 50 000 Martindale
- Pilling 4
- Lightfastness 4-5
- Weight 15 kg
- Removable cover No
- Care instructions Wipe wooden parts with a damp cloth. For upholstered parts vacuum them regularly using a clean upholstery attachment.
- Product ID: FT107015-20-ORSETTO-011
Carl-Gustaf Vilhelm ”Nalle” Hiort af Ornäs (1911–1996) was a Finnish interior architect and designer, whose most famous design is the Siesta armchair from 1952. In 1945, Hiort af Ornäs founded the furniture company Puunveisto Oy, for which he developed versatile techniques for shaping plywood. Hiort af Ornäs spent his retirement in Spain, and designed several buildings for Fuengirola’s Los Pacos neighbourhood, which has a large Finnish population.
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