Modernista Armchair
The Moroso Modernista Armchair by Doshi & Levien translates tailored clothing details into a compact rectangular seat.
Button accents refine the upholstered back, while slender powder-coated steel supports lift the padded body. Wood-based structures carry polyurethane foam and polyester fiber, with a polyester-filled cushion containing a foam insert and fixed upholstery.
Every detail, considered.
- Brand
- Moroso
- Collection
- Modernista
- Designer
- Doshi Levien
- Design year
- 2017
- Descriptor
- Fabric armchair with buttoned back and slim steel base
- Country
- Italy
- Structure
- Seat and backrest with wooden structure covered with polyurethane foam with differentiated densities and polyester fiber. Cushions filled with polyester fiber with polyurethane foam insert.
- Materials
- 01Polyester-and-foam cushion
A polyurethane insert supports the fiber-filled cushion above the padded wooden structure.
- 02Buttoned fixed upholstery
Tailoring details mark the rectangular back above a slender powder-coated steel base.
Modernista Armchair by Moroso pairs a rectangular padded seat with a button-detailed back.
Polyurethane foam and polyester fiber cover the wooden structures, while a polyester-filled cushion contains a foam insert. A slender powder-coated steel base raises the chair above PVC glides. Fixed fabric upholstery carries the tailoring details across this separate single-seat configuration.
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Italian designer sofas and seating where upholstery expertise meets expressive color, sculptural form and international creative voices.
Doshi Levien
Nipa Doshi and Jonathan Levien established their design studio in 2000 after studying at London's Royal College of Art. Their work combines Doshi's research into Indian visual culture and craft with Levien's industrial design experience. Projects explore the relationship between technology, storytelling, materials and manufacturing.
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- Footprint checked against your floor planPlus doorways, stairs and clearances
- Leather, fabric and colour chosen with youand more, in the showroom
- We manage the order for youFrom the factory to your door
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