Heron Armchair
Heron Armchair is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.
Care information
Care information
The furniture we love and appreciate, those that are part of our everyday luxury, also deserve luxury care. Our pieces are crafted of high quality materials to last over time. Although age can catch up with us, it is possible to preserve their original appeal and beauty by caring for them regularly.
Delivery and Shipping
Delivery and Shipping
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Heron Armchair
Description
Description
The Heron Armchair is one of two easy chairs in the Ernest Race collection which experimented with new materials in the post-war modernist era. The Heron Armchair, a leisure chair designed and manufactured in Britain, stands up to furniture design classics such as Charles and Ray Eames or Eero Saarinen.
One could describe the chair design as complex; from its inception, just upholstering Heron proved challenging. The techniques required to cover the chair were so technical that when the factory relocated to Sheppey in 1962, Heron was discontinued due to the lack of skilled upholsterers in the area. Even by today’s standards, it’s still considered a challenge to upholster.
Manufacturing Heron required a few innovations to be able to fit the human form and deliver seating comfort. The most significant of them all was the use of latex foam on a steel frame. Latex foam was invented in 1929, and only after the war was it widely available to the domestic furniture market. The introduction of latex foam meant Race could abandon the traditional upholstery techniques of springing and stuffing. The combination of Heron's latex foam cushioning and generous seat proportions allows the user to sit in a few different ways.
