Club Chair

El otro día un cliente me preguntó por la ¨club chair¨. Se veía tan seguro de lo que quería que tartamudeé al preguntarle cual modelo exactamente era el que buscaba.  Tenía el ¨look¨del ejecutivo culto y viajado y a mi me invadió un sentimiento de incultura. ¡Me corchó! Sin embargo, con la vergüenza en la memoria me puse por estos días a indagar. 

¨The word "club" in club chair harks back to the gentlemen's clubs in nineteenth century England where a gentleman could go to get away from his household (including womenfolk). Once there, he would sink into a well-upholstered leather chair and relax with a drink and perhaps a cigar.¨

Modelo vintage francés

Pierre Leather Club Armchair de Pottery Barn

"Traditionally styled club chairs are often given names that evoke libraries, dens, men's studies or clubs, heritage, heirloom etc."

Aunque mi cliente buscaba un modelo italiano, me da la impresión que este es el modelo mas tradicional del cual se han sacado la mayor cantidad de versiones. Pottery Barn, Crate and Barrel, Restoration Hardware y todas las cadenas gringas han propuesto modelos relativamente leales a este. Eso si, como dice el articulo del New York Times, hay bastante para elaborar a la hora de comprar una.

Uno de los modelos de George Smith

"The best leathers are vegetable-tanned in gentler oak-bark solutions then piece-rubbed with dye and oil. The result is a fine ''hand,'' as leather workers like Mr. Gleason call it -- a touch that will develop character naturally with use over time. You'll also feel the rub in the price. "

Colorado Club Chair de Ralph Lauren

Egg Chair de Arne Jacobsen

1920s¨Bauhaus member Marcel Breuer is said to have gotten the idea of usingbent steel tubing for this chair while admiring the handlebar of his bicycle. This chair was originally named the Club Chair Model B3. It became better known as the 'Wassily', named after his friend, theartist and painter, Wassily Kandinski, who asked Breuer to design a chair for him."

Version ultramoderna de Philippe Starck