Jasper Morrison Basel Chair Replica - Olive

The Basel Chair was originally designed by the London designer Jasper Morrison. While seemingly a traditional style classic wooden chair, upon closer inspection it becomes apparaent that this model is not the standard chair you may have thought. The seat and back are made from plastic and are much thinner than would have been possible with a completely wooden constructed chair. Using a number of intelligent solutions, Morrison made this ingeniously proportioned chair such an exceptional design.

Notable were the detail solutions that Jasper Morrison utilized to join the plastic and wooden elements together. The thin plastic seat was fixed to a load bearing wooden ring by an ingenious mechanism that functioned without the use of any screws, the back features two web-like vertical projections that were inserted into precision-milled grooves of the elongated back chair legs, This beautiful dining chair is the perfect update to your modern kitchen or dining room. The simple form of the Basel Chair make it work well with several different types of stylish tables within the Replica Furniture range.

With the use of a more flexible material, the Basel Chair thus offers a greater degree of seating comfort than standard wooden dining chairs. The seat and back of our replica Basel chairs are made of plastic and are ergonomically molded with the human form in mind rendering this chair a great deal more comfortable. The plastic surface of our premium reproduction Basel chairs are ultra slim and textured with comfort, stability and aesthetics in mind. The finger joins on the main seat are a classic touch to this mix of modern and classic designed wooden chair.