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George Nelson Style: Coconut Chair

Inspired By: George Nelson Coconut Chair

Base Price: $1,120.00
Price as Configured: $1,120.00

Boucle Fabric Choices:

Standard Leather Choices:

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Item No.: MC-5808

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Key Features:

Dimensions: 40.5w x 31d x 32.5h
Molded fiber-reinforced polymer internal shell in white
Stainless steel legs with adjustable glides
High Resilient Multi-Density Foam
Choice of leather or fabric colors

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The Coconut chair offers a striking, simple shape that invites you to surround yourself in comfort. Originally introduced in 1955, the Nelson coconut chair is a 20th century furniture icon. A chair designed to look like a section of coconut shell wasn"t a stretch for someone who said, Total design is nothing more or less than a process of relating everything to everything.

Our George Nelson inspired Coconut Chair is superb, with features exceeding any other on the market.

Dimensions:

Overall: 40.5w x 31d x 32.5h
Seat Interior: 38w x 16.5d
Seat Height: 15h
Arm Height: 20.75h
Weight: 32lbs

Requirements for Your Own Material:

Leather: 30sq ft
Fabric: 2 yds

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FABRIC CHOICES

We offer our own exclusive collection "boucle" textured fabric in an extensive collection of colors that are particularly suited for the mid-century modern furniture we make. This fabric and colors were custom made just for us, from a well-known North American mill. Made of 100% polyester, our boucle's are soft, durable (250K double rubs), stain and UV resistant.

Fabric Name:	Modern Boucle Fabric
Content:	100% Post-Consumer recycled Polyester
Weight:	22 oz/linear yard
Finish:	Greenshield™ (High Performance, Eco-friendly stain guard that beads liquids and easy to clean)
Abrasion Resistance:	250,000 Double Rubs(ASTM D4157-13)
Crocking:	Wet: Class 5.0, Dry: Class 4.5 (AATCC 8)
Light Fastness:	Class 4.0 - 5.0 @ 40 hours (AATCC 16 3511)
Pilling Resistance:	Class 5.0 (ASTM D 3511)
Seam Slippage:	Warp: 85.8 lbs Fill: 125.20 lbs (ASTM D 4034)
Tensile Strength:	Warp: 177.0 lbs Fill: 234.0 lbs (ASTM D 5034)
Flammability:	Class 1 (CAL 117-2013)

We have arranged these fabric in the color groups below. We are happy to mail you a physical piece of fabric so you can hold it in your hands. Click on any of these swatches to see an enlarged view.

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Citrus Yellow F216

Melon Orange F234

Tangerine Orange F235

Poppy Orange F236

Cayenne Red F223

Chartreuse Green F245

Lime Green F246

Powder Blue F253

Aegean Blue F254

Royal Blue F255

Plum Purple F257

Silver Gray F262

Smoke Gray F263

Winter Gray F264

Mica Gray F265

Midnight Black F266

Putty Tan F273

LEATHER CHOICES

For this product, Modern Classics Furniture offers a single level of premium Top-Grain Italian Leathers. These leathers feature:

Top-grain Italian leather from Grade A hides
Semi aniline-dyed (standard) and 100% aniline-dyed (premium)
Made at Italian tanneries and sent to our factory
Have a UV and Moisture Guard built into the non-toxic vegetable dyes
Are not split hides or bonded leather

We are happy to mail you a physical piece of leather so you can hold it in your hands.

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Leathers offer for this model are top-grain, aniline-dyed, have a soft feel to them and most of the hides natural grain patterns are retained. All our leathers are considered equally durable and are ideal for home or commercial use. To read more about leather, read our A Guide to Understanding Upholstery Leather: A Primer.