The Jumbo Chair from Fasetti

Photo credit: Christian Jakowleff

The Jumbo chair was originally designed by Olof Ottelin in 1958 and is now being re-issued by Fasetti in a series of Finnish furniture classics.

"Olof Ottelin's design combines many aspects that we value like an understanding of carpentry and refined detailing and functionality,” remarks Fasetti craftsman, Esa Niiranen. “The addition of Jumbo to the new production is a logical extension of our series of domestic design treasures ranging from the 1940s to the 1970s.”

The original Jumbo, named after the nickname of Ottelin's eldest son, was made in Kerava's renowned carpentry workshop, Keravan Puusepäntehdas. Jumbo's re-production started in 2023 at Fasetti's workshop in Hollola. The new Jumbo respects Ottelin's original materials and color choices, subtly adapted to contemporary standards. The seat height of the lounge chair has been raised, while maintaining the proportions of the original chair. The original redwood has also been replaced by native birch. Fasetti's craftsmen chose pine as the material for the wood-toned version of Jumbo, honoring Ottelin's extensive pine furniture production and his love of traditional leisure home furnishings.

The Jumbo Armchair frame colors are natural pine, opaque red, dove gray or charcoal black. The upholstery fabrics are Makalu, a soft Lauritzon’s teddy fabric in pine, Hallingdal, a Kvadrat classic wool fabric in red, and Coda, a soft three-dimensional, two-tone woven fabric by Kvadrat in dove gray and black. All versions have armrests in vegetable-tanned and undyed Sörensen leather.