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Anyone who has chased a rolling conference chair across a conference room knows the problem. Cut by Lapalma answers it with hardware: the four castor versions — fixed height, height-adjustable, low or high base — ride on self-braking castors. The chair glides while you steer it and holds its ground the moment weight comes off; it will not drift into the credenza mid-meeting or wander off camera on a video call.
Above the castors sits Francesco Rota's 2013 shell: rigid white or black Baydur with a knife-clean edge, padded inside only or upholstered all over, dressed from a card that runs four fabric categories plus Soft-leather and Valencia eco-leather. The rolling versions share a 23.5-inch base diameter; the adjustable ones travel from a 16.5 to a 20.5-inch seat height, so one chair fits the whole roster. For stiller rooms — visitor and dining — the family also offers sled, wood-leg, four-star and column bases with the same 21.75 by 20-inch footprint.
La Mercanti has shipped Italian seating programs to the United States for decades — door-to-door freight, one contact, samples approved before production.
Collection: Cut — small armchairs
Manufacturer: Lapalma, Italy
Design: Francesco Rota, 2013
Versions: S139-140 steel sled base · S180-181 four solid wood legs · S147-148 swivel base in solid wood · S151-152 swivel 4-star aluminium base · S190-191 swivel column base · S184-185 swivel on castors, low 5-star base · S186-187 height-adjustable on castors · S188-189 height-adjustable, high base on castors · S192-193 4-star base on castors
Dimensions (fixed bases): W 21.75 in — D 20 in — H 28.75 in, seat 18 in
Dimensions (castor bases): base Ø23.5 in, H 28.75 in; adjustable versions H 27.5-31.5 in, seat 16.5-20.5 in
Shell: rigid Baydur® polyurethane, white or black, flame-retardant
Padding: flame-retardant expanded polyurethane; inner padding only or total upholstery
Coverings: fabrics in categories A-D (Hallingdal 65, Steelcut Trio 3, Remix 3, Divina MD, Blazer, Main Line Flax among others), Soft-leather hide, Valencia eco-leather
Bases: satin chrome or powder-coated steel; lacquered solid wood; micro shot-peened or powder-coated aluminium
Glides: polypropylene with felt or plastic insert (sled); nylon with integrated felt (wood bases); polyethylene (star bases)
Castors: self-braking on S184-185, S186-187, S188-189 and S192-193
Declared tests: 1 IM with Steelcut and Remix fabrics on all versions; EN 1728:2012 6.17 and EN 16139:2013 level L2 on S147-148 and S188-189
Care: damp cloth or diluted neutral detergent; no alcohol, bleach, solvents or abrasives; keep below 104 °F; lift by the frame, never by the seat alone
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The height-adjustable S186-187 covers most rosters: the seat travels from 16.5 to 20.5 inches with a gas column, and the shell wipes clean between users with a damp cloth.
That is the family's design brief — Lapalma catalogues Cut for dining rooms and restaurants as well as office and meeting use; you change the base, not the character.
Soft-leather hide in seventeen colours and Valencia eco-leather in seventy-two, both over the same padded shell; fabrics span four categories from Hallingdal to Blazer.
Lapalma declares EN 1728:2012 6.17 and EN 16139:2013 level L2 on two versions — the wood swivel S147-148 and the high adjustable S188-189 — plus the 1 IM fire test with Steelcut and Remix fabrics across the range.
La Mercanti sends physical samples first — their cost fully credited at order confirmation — then confirms production and delivery dates in writing and manages freight and customs door to door.
Nine versions reward a precise order file. Five steps for the purchasing team, from version codes to written confirmation.
List each Cut by catalogue code — S139 to S193 — matching base type to room: dining, meeting, task.
State inner padding or total upholstery per line item, and white or black for every shell that stays visible.
Record fabric collection, colour code and category — or leather and eco-leather references — exactly as on the Lapalma card.
Mark quantities per room so Cut deliveries can be staged floor by floor on site.
Request La Mercanti's order confirmation with versions, coverings and dates stated in writing — that document rules the project.
