Xsit

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Folding chairs date back to Ancient Egyptian times. Simple, practical and comfortable, the XSIT is ideal for museums, galleries, public spaces or as an extra chair in the home. Many leading designers have tested their talents on the folding chair, but Erik Magnussen’s folding chair exudes functionality – it simply couldn’t be simpler! The frame is available in chrome steel, while the seat is made of vegetable-tanned natural leather that grows more beautiful as it ages. A simple bracket holds the chair closed when folded, saving storage space.

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Meet the designer
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Specifications

DESIGN
Erik Magnussen designed the Xsit, which was launched in 2003.

Description:
Folding chair for galleries, museums, and as an extra seat suitable for the home (the chair has the same seat height as a normal dining chair).

Dimensions:

Seat height: 50 cm
Height: 60 cm
Width (unfolded): 53 cm
Width (folded): 6.6 cm
Depth: 33 cm

Execution:
A shiny chrome frame that consists of two parts with two assembly points and topped with two black plastic buttons, which provide for easy closing. This method of closure also functions as a handle, so you can easily hold and transport the chair. When folded and not in use, it is incredibly easy to put away.

Frame:
14 mm tubular polished chrome steel

COLORS AND SURFACES
Xsit is available in 100% vegetal tanned leather in four colors: natural, brown, black, and white.

CLEANING
The leather should be cleaned and maintained according to the specifications of the leather producers.

ENVIRONMENT
Units of the chair can be disassembled (recycling)

WARRANTY
We offer a 3 year warranty against manufacturing defects in standard goods (materials and structures). Wear and damage of the covers, surface treatments and the like are not covered by this guarantee.

PACKAGING

Export Packaging
Every single chair is shipped in a cardboard box with handle

Dimensions of the carton

Height: 8.5 cm
Width: 78 cm
Depth: 35 cm

Total weight: 5 kg (packaging with 1 chair)

Materials

Natural tanned leather

Black leather
Brown leather
Nature leather
White leather

Meet the designer

Erik Magnussen

Erik Magnussen was born in Copenhagen in 1940. As a newly graduated ceramicist in the sixties, he started working for the then highly esteemed Copenhagen porcelain industry. Before long, he broke from tradition and created modern services with few multi-functional parts to avoid repeating the mistakes of the earlier multi-functional services.

He later applied this idea to the tabletop and furniture industries and went on to design the thermos for Stelton and the stackable chair, CHAIRIK®, for Engelbrechts. Both products are typical examples of how Erik Magnussen wipes the slate clean each time he begins on a new project and starts from scratch with the sole goal of improvement.