Rialto Armchair

The Rialto Armchair has a bent steel frame powder coated in black, with a charcoal upholstered seat cushion and armrests, measuring 58 x 60 x 83cm. The geometric pattern in the frame is the detail that carries the design. Scandi influence shows in the streamlined, boxy silhouette.

Steel frame chairs live or die on the fabric they are paired with. Charcoal against black powder coat keeps the whole chair reading as a single object, so what you notice is the geometry of the bent frame rather than a contrast between the two.

It is compact at 58cm wide, narrow enough that a couple can flank a small outdoor table without crowding the space. Padding on both the seat and the arms is what makes it a chair you settle into rather than perch on, and at 83cm the back gives your shoulders somewhere to rest.