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Pedrali lists Lago by Julian Serrano in Las Vegas among the rooms where Ester works, and Interior Design ran the chair in November 2022. Both are worth more than a rendering: a restaurant floor in Nevada turns its seats over several times a night, and a magazine that specifies for American offices does not publish a chair it expects to see reupholstered in a year. What holds up in that traffic is ordinary engineering — a steel inner frame carrying elastic belts, flexible polyurethane molded over it at 3.7 lb/ft³, class 1 IM for reaction to fire, then fabric.
For the boardroom the family gives you two conference chairs on die-cast aluminum legs: the 690 armchair, 26.2 in wide, seat height 18.3 in, and the 691 side chair at 18.9 in and 15.4 lb. The same shell then takes a gas-lift swivel base with casters for the private office, a tapered steel stool in two seat heights, and the lounge chair with the pouf for reception. Fabrics come from a catalogue Pedrali publishes separately for the United States, so the reference numbers a European drawing carries do not always exist here. La Mercanti checks the category against the US card before we confirm anything. The shell stays put across the whole family — what moves is the base under it, and with it the room: legs at the table, a gas column at the desk, steel tube at the counter, a low frame in the lounge.
Collection: Ester, design Patrick Jouin
Manufacturer: Pedrali, Italy
Seat and back: steel inner structure with elastic belts; molded flexible polyurethane, 3.7 lb/ft³ (60 kg/m³), fire-retardant class 1 IM; fabric cover
690 armchair: 26.2 × 23.0 × 23.2 in, height 32.3 in, seat height 18.3 in, 20.9 lb — die-cast aluminum legs
691 side chair: 18.9 × 21.3 in, height 33.5 in, seat height 18.9 in, 15.4 lb
Swivel versions: 695 (23.2 × 23.2 in, height 32.3-35.4 in, seat 16.9-20.1 in, 34.2 lb) · 695F (height 32.1-33.9 in, seat 18.1-19.9 in, 33.1 lb) · 696 high back (23.2 × 24.4 in, height 34.7-37.8 in, 35.3 lb) · 696F (height 34.8-36.6 in, 34.2 lb); 2.4 in gas-lift column, four-star die-cast aluminum base 28.3 in across, 2.4 in swivel casters, chromed inner column on request; ships knock-down
Counter and bar stools: 698 (16.9 × 18.5 in, height 39.4 in, seat 29.5 in, 18.7 lb) and 698_H650 (16.7 × 18.1 in, height 35.4 in, seat 25.6 in, 17.6 lb) — tapered steel tube legs, 0.8 in steel footrest
Ester Lounge 699: 30.1 × 29.1 in, height 28.9 in, seat 17.7 in, 32.6 lb
693 pouf: 16.5 × 14.6 × 14.6 in, 7.3 lb
Leg finishes (690, 691, 698): titanium, brushed nickel, brushed bronze, antique brass
Swivel frame finishes: black powder coated or polished aluminum
Glides: silver polypropylene as standard; felt /FLT on request for wood, ceramic and marble floors, /POM for carpet
Upholstery: Pedrali publishes a dedicated Upholstery Collections card for the US market alongside the international one; categories G, H, N and P apply with the exclusions printed in the price list, and seat and back can be ordered in two different fabrics
Strength tests: EN 1728:2012+AC2013 and EN 16139:2013 level 2, declared by Pedrali on 690, 691, 698 and 699
Reaction to fire: class 1 IM on every Ester model; the declaration of conformity is issued on written request with the order, for that supply
Emissions: UL 2818 GREENGUARD, product certified for low chemical emissions, declared in the price list
Packing: one piece per carton — 13.4 ft³ for 690 and 691, 14.3 for the swivels, 10.8 for the stools, 16.9 for the lounge, 2.5 for the pouf
Environment: steel with at least 33.2% recycled content at origin, aluminum 94%; end-of-life recyclability declared at 50.5% on the 690
Warranty: 24 months on manufacturing flaws and defects, declared by Pedrali
Company certifications: ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, ISO 14064-1
Made in: Italy
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The maintenance Pedrali states for aluminum, in five steps, so an Ester frame keeps its finish through years of use.
