Restauration Charles Eames Lounge Chair
Charles and Ray Eames Lounge Chair Service
As authorized Vitra manufacturer customer service for Vitra and
Herman Miller Lounge Chairs, we are able to offer the following
services for Oiginal Lounge Chairs:
Lounge Chair seat or backrest: Replacement of shock-mounts
This repair includes the following performance features:
- On-site dismantling and collection of chairs as part of our service route schedule
- Safety check of Lounge Chair carried out by our authorized trained staff
- Visual examination and assessment of damages
- Milling out of any damaged or cracked shock-mounts
- Glueing of new shock-mounts with special adhesive
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24 h hardening
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Final inspection
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Completion of chair
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Delivery and assembly of chair as part of our service route schedule
Additional service – reinforcement of Lounge Chair
(in conjunction with replacement of shock-mount).
This charge includes the following performance features:
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Assessment of damage
- Bonding of fracture site
- Reinforcement of broken seat with special metal sheet
- Completion of Lounge Chair
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Final inspection
Additional service – Overhaul of seat and backrest
(in conjunction with replacement of shock-mount)This charge includes the following performance features:
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Sanding down of seat and backrest, reworking and revarnishing of edges, incl. etching resp. color alignment of
shell set
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Completion of chair
- Final inspection of Lounge Chair
Additional services – wooden shells, leather care, leather repair, maintenance of upholstery and minor parts
(in conjunction with a replacement of shock-mounts.
This charge includes the following performance features:
- Visual inspection of Lounge Chair leather covers, checking for wear and tear
- Conduct necessary Lounge Chair restoration or care
- Completion of chair
- Final inspection - treatment of wooden shells with care products
- Leather care for seat and backrest cushions, incl. care products
- Leather conditioning of Lounge Chair, with leather cleaning, re-dyeing, and resealing, incl. conditioning and care products
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Leather repair: before |
Leather repair: after |
- Sewing in of new seat board and new zip, incl. seat board, zip, and labour time
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Sew in new seat board |
- Replace Lounge Chair padding, incl. padding (foamed plastic) and labour time
- Fill up Lounge Chair down cushion with down
- Ottoman padding, incl. labour time
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Sew in button – per button, incl. material, tools, and labour time
Additional service – support frame and fitting parts – special requests
(in conjunction with shock-mount replacement). This charge includes the following performance features:
- Revarnishing of Lounge Chair wooden shells (to preferred colour)
- Exchange or supplement fitting parts
- Replacement of base frame glides
After inspection of the chair, we will, of course, discuss the required service items with you.
Please get in touch with us, we wil be pleased to submit our offer.
Charles and Ray Eames Alu Chair Service
Our comprehensive advice, together with a good knowledge of the market acquired in many years, enable us to offer you a customized concept for the repair, restoration, and care of Original Alu Chairs by Vitra and Herman Miller chairs.
With the Alu Chair, you own a furniture classic which will delight you over a long period of time and which, over the years, will acquire a valuable patina. Our Alu Chair will ensure that even after many years you will still be able to enjoy the pleasures of your Original classic. We have developed this service in co-operation with our customers.
Leather care
Leather care for seat and backrest cushions including care products.
Conditioning of leather, with leather cleaning, re-dyeing and resealing, including conditioning and care products.
Aluminum parts
Aluminum and chrome care. Although neither aluminum nor chrome can rust, they become dull and tarnished over the years. Our service team will polish these metal parts with a special polish, thus restoring their original lustre. They can even remove small scratches.
Conditioning of base frame chrome and/or polished aluminum parts
These parts are repolished resp. refurbished using a special compound. Price on request.
Soft Pad Re-Padding
Re-padding of seat and backrest cushions of Aluminum Chair soft pad group if they show "hollows".
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ADDITIONAL SERVICES: Refitting – or Retrofitting
We can retrofit chairs with arm rests on request. For this purpose, we use special drilling templates for drilling the arm rest fixing which will preserve the chair's originality. If you wish, we can convert visitor's chairs to office swivel chairs for you, or swivel chairs to visitor's chairs.
- Replacement of arm rests: on request
- Conversion of base frame: on request
After inspecting the chair, we will discuss the necessary service items with you. Please contact us - we will be pleased to submit our offer.
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Please contact us!
- PDF Charles and Ray Eames Lounge Chair Classics for download
Charles Eames La Chaise Repair Services
A reconditioning consists of the following:
- filling and closing of any broken-off edges
- sanding down of restored edges
- complete sanding down and revarnish of La Chaise shell
Prices on request
- Please contact us!
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Closing of broken-off edges |
Restoration of chipped areas
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La Chaise - its original form restored and completely varnished |
