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Comback

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Overview: The document describes the Comback chair, a modern reinterpretation of the classic Windsor chair by Patricia Urquiola for Kartell. It highlights the chair's design, materials, and compliance with various standards.

Design and Variants: The Comback chair features a backrest with seven "teeth" that spread towards the lumbar region, meeting a reinforced hexagonal rim. It is available in several versions, including a swivel model with four spokes and a sled model with tubular sides. The chair is made from batch-dyed technopolymer thermoplastic, with options for steel legs painted with epoxy polyester.

Dimensions and Weight: The chair comes in different sizes and weights, with the sled model (5950) weighing 9.5 kg and the swivel model (5952) weighing 12.6 kg. Packing details include quantities, weight, and volume for shipping.

Materials: The shell is made of technopolymer thermoplastic, while the legs are made of steel. The document also mentions a "wood" version with oak-stained or painted ash wood legs and rockers.

Compliance and Standards: The Comback chair complies with several standards, including EN 1022:2005 and EN 15373:2007, with various levels achieved in tests such as EN 1728:2000. The maximum level achieved is 3.

Color Options: The chair is available in multiple colors, including white, black, orangy red, yellow, grey blue, and hazelnut.

Additional Features: The document highlights the chair's ergonomic design and the combination of materials that evoke a sense of nostalgia and tradition, reminiscent of colonial and vintage styles.

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Patricia Urquiola Kartell has fun revisiting a great classic and gives a new look to the Windsor chair A return to the glorious past of England in the XVIIIth century for a "Comb Back" version of the chair with an opaque texture featuring a backrest consisting of seven "teeth" which spread out towards the lumbar region where they meet a reinforced hexagonal rim with slim shafts radiating down to join the seat. A goodly size, this single mould chair embodies functionality and ergonomics well-freighted with sentiment and memories. The use of plastic and the use of pastel colours on offer give a touch of lightness and the contemporary to the Comback chair The Comback comes in several modernised versions – the “swivel” model with four spokes and a central swivel shaft and the “sled” with two slim tubular sides. height seat

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Patricia Urquiola The revisitation of this great classic inspired by the Windsor style entails experimentation and the combination of different materials such as plastic and wood which are interpreted winningly in a country chic "wood" version with four oak-stained or painted ash wood legs and “rockers”. A recollection of tradition and ancient emotions, reminiscent of the chairs gracing the verandas of colonial homes or the more familiar and nostalgic chairs of our grandmothers. 5954 Four wooden legs seat/rocking chair height seat

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