Softshell Chair Four-Legged Base

The softshell chair provides a level of comfort you can only appreciate when you actually sit on it.

The Softshell Chair by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec will surprise users with its exceptional comfort: flexible ribs are concealed in the back shell and adapt to the user, providing freedom of movement.

The four-legged version of the elegant, lounge-style chair can be combined with a wide selection of dining tables. The seat construction of the Softshell Chair ensures a level of comfort that is first revealed upon use: vertical ribs concealed in the back shell adapt to the user, providing freedom of movement as well as superb comfort, even for prolonged periods of sitting.

The smooth contours and appealingly soft upholstery over the entire surface give the Softshell Chair its calm, cosy and inviting character. For years, the designer couple explored the fundamental idea of a one-piece seat shell moulded to fit the contours of the human body.

After experiments with plywood and sheet aluminium in the 1940s produced unsatisfactory results, their search for alternative materials led them to glass-fibre reinforced polyester resin.

The organically shaped shell made of post-consumer recycled plastic is available in various colours and upholstery options, allowing this classic by Charles and Ray Eames to be adapted to a wide range of individual needs and preferences.