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MENU

THE TEAROOM CLUB CHAIR, MENU’S NEWEST

ADDITION TO THE LOUNGE AND COMFORT

CATEGORY, IS A STUDY IN MINIMALIST LUXURY. THE

STRIKING, ELEGANT FORM CAPTURES DESIGNER

NICK ROSS’ FASCINATION WITH THE HISTORY OF

OBJECTS – AND HIS KNACK FOR LENDING CLASSIC

CONCEPTS DISTINCTIVE, MODERN APPEAL. SIMPLE

GEOMETRIC SHAPES AND IRRESISTIBLE TEXTURE

WORK TOGETHER TO CATER TO THE HUMAN BODY

WHILE ADDING RICHNESS AND DARING ELEGANCE

TO OUR INTERIORS.

In creating his new, fully upholstered lounge chair, Nick Ross

envisioned a form ideal for exclusive hotel, club or lounge

environments – as well as private living spaces that indulge

the senses and our need for comfortable retreats.

Ross’ inspiration for the design came from Charles Rennie

Mackintosh’s Willow Chair, created for the Willow Tearooms

in Glasgow in 1904. Like many of Mackintosh’s furniture

designs, the Willow Chair – while undoubtedly beautiful

– is more about visual impact than comfort, its unusual

dimensions making it more of a sculptural installation than

a piece of usable furniture. Seeing untapped potential, Ross

opted to evolve the essence of the Willow Chair to create a

more fully resolved product.

His resulting Tearoom Club Chair is imbued with elegant

yet strict femininity, and balances the fascinating, curving

silhouette with a construction and materials selected for

comfort. It’s easy to spend a long time sitting in the Tearoom

Club Chair which, while supremely inviting, stops short of

being overly casual.

The lounge chair makes for ideal lobby seating, the

curved back allowing it to fit comfortably into compact spots.

Timeless in its expression, the design is well-suited to both

period and contemporary environments. It is crafted using

wood and foam and fully upholstered in fabric that gives it

the necessary tactility and softness.

Tearoom Club Chair, Ritz Trend 3701 Brick, by Nick Ross

Tearoom Club Chair

BY NICK ROSS

ORGATEC NOVELTIES 2018

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