freifrau | grace armchair high | magnum cognac leather

Strong and straight Grace stands, with a real classy touch and a name to match: Grace Jones, Grace Kelly two eponymous women who stood their ground yet never hid their tender side.

In designing Grace, Birgit Hoffmann and Christoph Kahleyss got their inspiration from the soft elegance of leather draped loosely over a chair. Early on, it became clear that the particular charm of the new piece would require especially thick leather as a contrast to a delicate frame, and this represented a not inconsiderable challenge for the design duo. Leather is, after all, a natural material, and designers need to harness its characteristics in order to turn their ideas into reality. With its finely-positioned open stitches, the leather used is at once robust and elegant, full of archaic heft yet with an undeniable grace. Hence the name of the chair, which presents leather in its purest form and offers unparalleled comfort: Grace.

This chair is the result of more than 400 hours of work, distilled into a finished piece which really earns its name.

Height | 82cm
Width | 60cm
Length | 63cm
Seat height | 48cm
Armrest height | 63cm

Upholstery: Leather Magnum Cognac 96004
Wire frame: 1.1 deep black
Gliders: Plastic

MAGNUM LEATHER | In architecture, in design, turning something good into something even better is about stripping away all unnecessary elements. Which is why Magnum makes as few changes to the natural structure, look, and feel of leather as possible. Silkier, smoother and fuller to the touch than anything else, with a warming embrace; thickly structured and yet beautifully soft – Magnum is nothing short of nature’s best. Magnum is made from the most striking part of the bullhide: the neck. Handpicked from cattle in central Europe, only this top grain leather – lightly tumbled and with visible wrinkles – has the kind of authentic character. Magnum is exclusive for our chair Grace. Weight 3.2 - 3.4 mm.

The covering is available in four different shades of leather: Ebony, Coffee, Cognac and Anthracite.