Seela conference chairs by Lapalma around a boardroom table

Seela by Lapalma: a boardroom chair drawn with a wire

Lapalma

Antti Kotilainen

Meeting room chair
Seela Meeting room chair
£ 1,755

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Look under most boardroom chairs and you find machinery. Look under Seela and you find a line: a sled base bent from steel wire, chrome satin or powder-coated, carrying the whole chair like a signature carries a name. Antti Kotilainen’s training in the Finnish school shows here — the base is not hidden engineering, it is the drawing itself, light enough to keep a meeting room visually quiet even with twelve chairs around the table.

The wire carries a clever passenger. The polypropylene shell runs into the seat without interruption and holds an insert fixed by 4 screws, removable and interchangeable: bleached oak or black open-pore wood, polypropylene in nine colours, or fabric from twenty-three collections. The same shell also comes fully upholstered, in a SOFT version with padded inner shell, or dressed in leather — while sister bases add castors, stools in two heights (65 and 75 cm, 25.6 and 29.5 in) and a swivelling writing tablet.

La Mercanti supplies the boardroom version alongside its siblings for lounge and café corners, so one family furnishes the whole floor. The stacking sled versions carry EN 1728 and EN 16139 level 2 extreme test declarations — the wire, it turns out, is as serious as it is thin.

Technical information based on data declared by the manufacturer.
  • Series: Seela seating family — design Antti Kotilainen for Lapalma, 2018; extended by Seela AC (2022) and the 2025 additions
  • Configurations: stacking sled base in steel wire, stacking four-leg steel base, solid wood legs, 4-spoke swivel, height-adjustable 5-spoke base on self-braking castors, 4-spoke base on castors, low 5-spoke adjustable base; sled-base lounge chair; stools on sled, four legs or wooden legs in heights of 65 and 75 cm (25.6 and 29.5 in) plus a swivel stool with adjustable footrest; versions with or without polypropylene armrests and with writing tablet
  • Shell: polypropylene, running into the seat without interruption, 9 colours; also available fully upholstered
  • Seat insert: integrated, removable by 4 screws and interchangeable: wood (bleached oak or black open-pore), polypropylene or fabric; the polypropylene insert allows outdoor use of the seat
  • Seela AC versions: padded upholstered inner shell hooked onto the body (SOFT) or shell fully covered in leather, 7 colours, with seat cushion
  • Upholstery: 23 fabric collections (cat. A–D) plus Valencia eco-leather
  • Frame: steel powder-coated in 8 colours or chrome satin; spoke bases in micro-shot-peened or powder-coated aluminium; solid wood legs, varnished
  • Tablet: swivelling, in 10 mm (3/8 in) HPL or Fenix HPL, black or white
  • Floor contact: nylon glides with integrated felt or polypropylene glides with felt or plastic insert; self-braking castors on the high bases
  • Tests and environment: EN 1728:2012 AC:2013 6.17 and EN 16139:2013 level 2 extreme on the stacking versions; polypropylene fire resistance class 1; 1 IM rating with Jet, Remix, Tonica and Valencia; EPD certification; selected versions in the Quick Ship programme
  • Care: damp cloth or diluted neutral detergent; no alcohol, bleach, solvents or abrasives; lift by the frame; indoor use, away from heat sources above 40 °C (104 °F)
  • Settings: conference and meeting rooms, workspaces, restaurants and the home; a contract and residential family spanning office, waiting, stool and lounge seating
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Documents and Catalogues

Seela Catalogue Lapalma Catalogue Lapalma Outdoor Catalogue Lapalma Finishes & Materials

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FAQ

Can the seat finish be changed after purchase?
Yes. The insert is fixed by four screws and is interchangeable between wood, polypropylene and fabric, so a boardroom can refresh its chairs years later without replacing them.
Which versions stack for storage?
The sled-base and four-leg steel chairs are stacking versions, and both carry the EN 1728:2012 AC:2013 6.17 and EN 16139:2013 level 2 extreme test declarations.
Is there a version for training layouts?
The family includes a chair with a swivelling tablet in HPL or Fenix, and castor-mounted swivel bases for rooms that change arrangement often.
What does the EPD certification cover?
Lapalma publishes an Environmental Product Declaration for the series, the document many sustainability briefs request; La Mercanti provides it with the quotation on request.
How is the chair specified through La Mercanti?
Each configuration is written up by code with shell, insert, frame and upholstery references, so the order reads unambiguously from quotation to delivery.

How to build the order file for Seela chairs

Five documents that make a Seela order verifiable from quotation to installed meeting room.

Start from the room plan
Place the table and the Seela chairs on a measured plan of the meeting room, noting how many seats each side takes.
List the chosen configurations
Note base type, armrests and any accessories for each position, with the catalogue code beside every choice.
Record the finish references
Write down shell colour, insert material and upholstery collection with their exact names from the sample folder.
Add the compliance papers
Attach the test declarations and the EPD to the file where the project brief requires them.
Have La Mercanti confirm in writing
Send the complete file for a written confirmation, so production starts from the documents rather than from memory.

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