Designer chairs Navy 1006 by Emeco in brushed aluminum at a restaurant table

Unimproved since 1944: the Navy Chair by Emeco, still built to mil-spec in Hanover, Pennsylvania

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Navy 1006
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Emeco's own word for the Navy is unimproved. The chair the US Navy commissioned in 1944 for its ships and submarines, built to mil-spec and tested to last 150 years, has never had a redesign, a facelift or a second edition. The same 77-step process, the same factory at 805 West Elm Avenue in Hanover, Pennsylvania, the same soft aluminum tube heat-treated to T6 after the welds are ground flush. Plenty of design classics from that decade come back as reissues; this one never left.

That is a useful thing to know when you specify it. A Navy ordered this year matches one bought decades ago, so a dining room can grow a few chairs at a time without a visible seam, and a hotel can replace a single piece in a row of thirty. The chair is 15.5 in wide and 19.5 in deep, 34 in high with an 18 in seat, and weighs 7 lb; the series adds the armchair at 20.75 in, the counter stool with a 24 in seat, the barstool at 30 in, arms optional on both stools, plus the children's Mini, all in hand-brushed anodized or hand-polished aluminum. La Mercanti keeps it alongside its Italian collections for the projects that ask for it, and specifies it exactly as Emeco has since 1944, which is to say unchanged.

Technical information based on data declared by the manufacturer.

Collection: 1006 Navy, by Emeco, 1944
Manufacturer: Emeco, Hanover, Pennsylvania (USA)
Material: 80% recycled aluminum (half post-consumer, half post-industrial), 20% virgin
Construction: welded into a single piece, no hardware; welds ground flush; T0 tube bent, then heat-treated to T6
Finishes: hand-brushed and clear-anodized, indoor and outdoor · hand-polished, indoor · black powder coat, listed in the 2025 brochure
1006 chair: 15.5 in W × 19.5 in D × 34 in H, seat height 18 in, seat 15.5 × 15 in, 7 lb
Armchair: 20.75 in W × 19.5 in D × 34 in H, seat height 18 in, arm height 27.5 in, 8.5 lb
Counter stool: 15.5 in W × 19.5 in D × 37 in H, seat height 24 in, 7.5 lb; with arms 20.75 in wide, arm height 33.25 in, 8.5 lb
Barstool: 18 in W × 21.25 in D × 43 in H, seat height 30 in, 8 lb; with arms 20.75 in wide, arm height 39.25 in, 9.5 lb
Mini chair: 15.5 in W × 18.75 in D × 27 in H, seat height 14.75 in, 6.8 lb — hand-brushed only
Glides: soft TPU as standard, all floors including outdoors; optional polycarbonate with felt insert (indoor only), polycarbonate for carpet (outdoor approved), original Navy metal glide with polycarbonate cap (outdoor approved); all replaceable
Seat pads: Kvadrat Haku (polyurethane) · Kvadrat Reflect (recycled polyester) · Spinneybeck Volo leather · Sunbrella Heritage for outdoors · recycled-PET felt with non-slip backing; COM 0.25 yd / COL 3.5 sq ft per seat; foam and fabrics compliant with CAL 117
Strength tests: ANSI/BIFMA X5.1-2017, Intertek report 105081394GRR-001 of June 15, 2022: seven conforming tests (backrest static at 150 and 225 lbf, drop, stability, backrest cyclic, base, leg strength, structural durability)
Emissions: ANSI/BIFMA e3-2019 sections 7.6.1-7.6.3; Health Product Declaration disclosed to 1,000 ppm
Fire: aluminum is naturally fireproof, as declared by Emeco
Carbon footprint: 14.88 kg CO2e per chair (materials 2.20 · packaging 0.10 · energy 12.57 · transport 0.02), 12.51 kg CO2e per counter stool, verified with the 2030 Calculator
Credits: contributions declared by Emeco to LEED BD+C and ID+C (Materials and Resources, Indoor Environmental Quality) and to WELL v2 (X07 Material Transparency and Optimization, I06 Carbon Disclosure)
Use: indoor and outdoor for the brushed and powder-coated finishes, approved for marine settings; polished finish indoors
Assembly: none, delivered fully assembled
Packing: one piece per carton, 22 × 20 × 37 in, 14 lb; two pieces per carton 26 × 18 × 40 in, 21 lb; recycled cardboard, 100% recyclable, country of origin printed on the box
End of life: aluminum 100% recyclable, endlessly
Warranty: lifetime, declared by Emeco (expected life 150 years), glides excluded; outdoors on the hand-brushed finish
Design protection: Trade Dress registered, US 2511360 and EU 008937013
Made in: USA

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FAQ

How much wider is the Navy Armchair than the chair?
The armchair is 20.75 in wide against 15.5 in for the chair, with the same 19.5 in depth and 18 in seat height; the arms sit at 27.5 in and the piece weighs 8.5 lb, a pound and a half more. At a table it buys elbow room, not seat width: the seat pan is the same 15.5 in.
Does the Navy come in black?
Emeco's 2025 brochure lists a black powder-coat finish for the 1006 chairs and stools alongside the hand-brushed and hand-polished ones; like the brushed finish, it is approved for outdoor use. Name it when you request the quote so the line is written correctly.
Can it be cleaned with bleach in a healthcare setting?
Yes. Emeco states that its anodized hand-brushed finish is bleach cleanable and can be power washed, and describes aluminum as non-bacterial, which is why the Navy is specified in clinics and high-traffic dining rooms. Wipe, let the diluted bleach act briefly, rinse.
Does it need assembly?
No. Every Navy ships fully assembled, one chair per carton of 22 × 20 × 37 in weighing 14 lb, or two per carton at 26 × 18 × 40 in and 21 lb. There is no hardware in the chair at all, so there is nothing to tighten on arrival.
Will it hold up in salt air?
Emeco approves the hand-brushed Navy for marine applications, a corrosion standard above ordinary outdoor use: the anodized layer is grown from the metal itself, and the alloy was chosen in 1944 for ships. Care after a season on a waterfront terrace is a rinse and a wipe.

How to file the Navy Chair in a LEED or WELL submission

The five documents Emeco publishes for the Navy 1006 and where each one lands in a green-building checklist.

Start with the HPD
Download the Health Product Declaration for the Navy, disclosed to 1,000 ppm: it feeds the Material Ingredients credit under LEED Materials and Resources and Feature X07 in WELL v2.
Add the carbon figure
File the verified footprint of 14.88 kg CO2e per chair, broken down into materials, packaging, energy and transport, against WELL Feature I06 Carbon Disclosure.
Attach the BIFMA test report
The Intertek report on ANSI/BIFMA X5.1-2017 lists seven conforming tests; the VOC sections of ANSI/BIFMA e3-2019 cover Low-Emitting Materials under Indoor Environmental Quality.
Note the recycled content
Write 80% recycled aluminum, half post-consumer and half post-industrial, for Sourcing of Raw Materials, and 100% recyclable packaging for Construction and Demolition Waste.
Keep the origin on record
The country of origin is printed on every carton; La Mercanti hands over the cut sheet with the order so the file is complete before the chairs arrive.

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