Omelette Editions PORTA Wooden armchair with armrests

Porta is an upholstered wooden armchair with armrests.‎ Materials Frame made of solid European oak.‎ Seat shell in European oak plywood.‎ Seat and backrest covered in non-deformable expanded polyurethane foam, CFC free.‎ For the manufacture of this lounge, Omelette uses wood from certified sustainable logging.‎ The Porta armchair arose from observation of the entrance portico of the Chandigarh Assembly Hall, designed by Le Corbusier in 1951.‎ The armchair is an abstraction of the brutalism and duality of this portico, combining the soft, adaptable character of a curved main element with the rigorous, rectilinear character of the parallel planes that support it.‎ Porta is a high-backed armchair of great comfort.‎ Its rigorous construction exhibits subtle, polished details.‎ Further info from manufacturer on PORTA Omelette Editions