NAVY® ARMCHAIR
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FIRST LET’S MAKE THINGS THAT LAST. The Emeco 1006 Navy Chair was first commissioned in the 1940s by the U.S. Navy for use on warships – the contract even specified that it had to be able to withstand torpedo blasts. Today our chairs are still made in the U.S.A., of 80% recycled aluminum, and are made by hand, by Emeco craftsmen using the original 77 step process. The world’s best architects and designers collaborate with us to design chairs that are built and guaranteed to last a lifetime. As we apply what we’ve practiced in the past, we are looking toward the future. We are on a mission to...

FIRST PRINCIPLES. LASTING VALUES. At Emeco, we are committed to the principles on which our company and culture were built – quality, excellence, trust, honesty and lasting value. Our first product, the Navy Chair, was made to last a hundred and fifty years. It was light, smart, functional and strong – because that was the best we could do. Much of what is manufactured today is destined for the trash heap. Not so with Emeco -- our products are handcrafted to last, and the principles that built our first chair still guide us today.

Left to right: Navy 1006 Counter Stool, Navy 1006 Armchair, Navy 1006 Chair with seat pad, Navy 1006 Barstool with arms. 6

1006 NAVY CHAIR by EMECO Wilton Dinges, who founded Emeco in 1944, compared the 1006 Navy Chair to a Rodin sculpture – a handcrafted piece of art. The chairs were first built for the US Navy in World War II. It takes 77 individual steps to make the 1006 Navy Chair. It is guaranteed for life. 7

1006 Navy Chairs IV Restaurant, Tiber River, Rome, Italy Design by Elena Piulats Photography by Marco Ravasini

NEW MATERIAL FROM EMECO. We get the most out of the material we use. For years, that material was aluminum. We developed a way to work with it to make products of extraordinary strength, durability and beauty. It took us a long time to find a new material that could inspire us the way that aluminum does, and even more time to develop the new material we now use for the 111 Navy Chair. It’s strong, durable, and it has a deep beauty that people love when they touch it. And it’s made from recycled plastic bottles. In fact, we called it the 111 Navy Chair because every chair we make keeps 111...

111 Navy Chair in Persimmon Basecamp Hotel South Lake Tahoe, USA Design by Elaine Cotter Photography by Eva Kolenko

111 NAVY CHAIR by COCA COLA Coca-Cola and Emeco collaborated to solve an environmental problem by upcycling consumer waste into a sustainable, timeless, classic chair. Made of 111 recycled PET plastic bottles, the 111 Navy Chair is a story of innovation. 13

111 Navy Chairs in Charcoal and 1006 Navy Chairs. Google Headquarters, Covent Garden, London Design by Penson Photographed by David Barbour

Heritage Rocking Armchair. 16

HERITAGE AGAINST RECYCLING. HERITAGE by STARCK Philippe Starck coined the saying “Heritage Against Recycling” and said this was “When you make something so well that it never has to be recycled.” Starck designed the Heritage collection to last forever and be handed down for generations. 17

Left to right: Heritage Stacking Chair, Heritage Armchair, Heritage Counter Stool, Heritage Barstool. Chairs and stools stack 4 high. 18

1006 Navy Barstools and 111 Navy Chairs in Charcoal Tramshed Restaurant, East London Design by Waugh Thistleton Photographed by Katherine Rose

Left to right: 1104 Library Chair, 1104 Library Armchair, 1104 Library Barstool, 1104 Library Counter Stool. 22

1104 LIBRARY CHAIR by EMECO In 1949 the US Government needed a high quality library chair. Emeco’s 1104 Library Chair with a wood seat bottom was created for this application. The wooden seat is made by Amish woodworkers in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. 23

1011 Naval Officer Semi-Upholstered Armchair, 1001 Naval Officer Upholstered Swivel Armchair. Opposite page: 1001 Naval Officer Upholstered Swivel Armchair, 1022 Naval Officer Semi-Upholstered Chair, 1001 Naval Officer Upholstered Armchair 24

NAVAL OFFICER CHAIR In 1946 Navy officers began requesting Emeco chairs for their offices. The Navy developed specifications and in 1948 the Emeco Naval Officer Collection was launched. 25

Urban Outfitters Corporate Headquarters, Philadelphia, USA Design: Meyer, Scherer & Rockcastle, Ltd. Photo: Lara Schwimmer

NAVY THE NAVY CHAIR IS PROTECTED BY TRADE DRESS UNDER U.S. TRADEMARK REGISTRATION 2,511,360 EUROPEAN TRADEMARK REGISTRATION 008937013 1006 NAVY IS PART OF THE PERMANENT COLLECTION OF THE CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF ART, PITTSBURG. HAND-BRUSHED HAND-POLISHED HAND-BRUSHED HAND-POLISHED NAVY COUNTER STOOL W: 15.5” D: 19.5” W: 43cm D: 50cm WT: 7.5lb 3.40kg HAND-BRUSHED HAND-POLISHED NAVY COUNTER STOOL WITH ARMS W: 20.75” D: 19.5” H: 37” W: 53cm D: 50cm H: 94cm WT: 8.5lb 3.86kg HAND-BRUSHED HAND-POLISHED HAND-BRUSHED HAND-POLISHED NAVY BARSTOOL WITH ARMS W: 20.75” D: 21.25” H: 43” W: 53cm D: 54cm H:...

NAVY CHAIR WITH NATURAL WOOD SEAT W: 16.5” D: 20” H: 34” SH: 18” W: 42cm D: 51cm H: 86cm SH: 46cm WT: 10.5lb 4.75kg HAND-BRUSHED HAND-POLISHED NAVY ARMCHAIR WITH NATURAL WOOD SEAT W: 20.75” D: 20” H: 34” SH: 18” W: 53cm D: 51cm H: 86cm SH: 46cm WT: 12lb 5.44kg HAND-BRUSHED HAND-POLISHED NAVY COUNTER STOOL WITH NATURAL WOOD SEAT W: 18” D: 19.5” H: 37” SH: 24” W: 46cm D: 50cm H: 94cm SH: 61cm WT: 11lb 4.97kg HAND-BRUSHED HAND-POLISHED NAVY COUNTER STOOL WITH ARMS AND NATURAL WOOD SEAT W: 20.75” D: 21.25” H: 43” SH: 30” 1104-24A W: 53cm D: 54cm H: 109cm SH: 76cm 1104-24-AP WT: 13lb 5.89kg...

NAVY OFFICERS SEMI-UPHOLSTERED CHAIR W: 17.5” D: 21.5” H: 33” SH: 18” W: 44cm D: 55cm H: 84cm SH: 46cm WT: 12lb 5.44kg HAND-BRUSHED HAND-POLISHED NAVY OFFICERS SEMI-UPHOLSTERED SWIVEL CHAIR W: 24” D: 24” H: 31-33.5” SH: 17.5-20” 1022-SW W: 61cm D: 61cm H: 79-85cm SH: 44.5-51cm 1022-SWP WT: 24.25lb 11.00kg HAND-BRUSHED HAND-POLISHED NAVY OFFICERS SEMI-UPHOLSTERED ARMCHAIR W: 22” D: 22.25” H: 33” SH: 18” W: 56cm D: 57cm H: 84cm SH: 46cm WT: 15lb 6.80kg HAND-BRUSHED HAND-POLISHED HAND-BRUSHED HAND-POLISHED NAVY OFFICERS SEMI-UPHOLSTERED SWIVEL ARMCHAIR W: 24” D: 24” H: 31-33.5” SH: 17.5-20”...