Furniture Spotlight: Stressless Recliners (chairs & Ottomans)

One of the most interesting lines of furniture availablepoles built into the underside of the recliner adjusting
today has it's roots established back in the 1930'sto you as you move in the chair. Ekornes continued
before mass production and assembly lines andto improve upon Stressless recliners by introducing a
before furniture was being made in such a scale as itnew feature called the Plus System. It was
is today. Stressless as it is referred to was born outengineered into two places the head and lumbar
of several popular lines of furniture introduced byregions of the chair. As you reclined back the head
Jens Ekornes a successful manufacturer of theof the chair would move forward to keep you in eye
Svane mattress and Ekornes leather furniture lineslevel with whatever you were doing be it watching
made in Norway. Stressless itself created it's ownTV or reading a book. In the lower portion of the
history in 1971 and is sold throughout the worldchair in the backrest a special lumbar support was
today. In this article we're going to examine thedesigned into the chair that would extend out to
history and relationship with it's parent companysupport your lower back when in an upright position
Ekornes and the things that make Stresslessand would relax back into the chair as you reclined
different and unique from other types of furniture.back. These two features of the Plus System
Ekornes was founded back in 1934 by Jens Ekornesworked together and formed the correct support for
a Norwegian man who started the company withboth your head and lumbar area in all positions.
nothing more than a few German pieces ofToday's Stressless recliners feature these same
machinery and about 3 employees in Sunnmøre,options as well as 360 degree swivel bases on the
Norway. What started out as a business that madechairs and ottoman now have adjustable comfort by
steel spring components for furniture manufacturersallowing the individual to set it stationary or allow it to
evolved through modern technology and a desire tomove with you with its built in glide function.
make a better product into creating their ownStressless® products carry a 10 year warranty on
mattresses and furniture. Several product lines haveall working mechanisms.
been introduced over the years. The first product lineFrom 2001 and beyond Ekornes began developing
consisted of mattresses referred to as Svane. Svanematching leather furniture in the way of Stressless
mattresses were created out of the desire to build asofas, loveseats and chairs to coordinate with their
better mattress and Jens Ekornes and his companypopular Stressless recliners and ottomans. The look
invested much time and travel into finding the rightof these pieces took the same design elements used
machinery and techniques to building high qualityin Stressless recliners and introduced them into the
spring mattresses after having built steel springmatching furniture keeping the look and design
components for furniture manufacturers they hadconsistent and as comfortable as the Stressless
the necessary skills and knowledge to take that tochairs & ottomans they were based on. Today
the next step and did in the success that soonevery recliner in the line has matching pieces that can
followed in the design of the Svane mattress.be used with them as well as low back and high back
Another product line that followed after the successmatching furniture which provides different looks and
of Svane was referred to as Ekornes. This line wasdesigns depending on you're the needs of your room
born from the infrastructure already in place that wasor living space. Ekornes continues to move forward
producing wood furniture components and plasticswith new innovations in the Stressless line of
foams for other furniture manufacturers. Thefurniture and it will be interesting to see what new
Ekornes line of stationary club furniture as it wasproducts and features will be available in 2008 and
introduced back in the 60's filled a need for smaller,years ahead.
scaled down furniture that fit well into mostIn this article we've taken a brief look at the history
European homes. This leather furniture's initialof the Ekornes company founded by Jens Ekornes
introduction was a national flyer campaign used toback in 1934 and the different lines of furniture they
introduce this product line to every home in Norway.have introduced which include the Svane, Ekornes
The Svane & Ekornes lines did well and in 1971 a newand Stressless lines of furniture. We examined the
line was introduced called Stressless. Stresslessintroduction of their most successful line of furniture
recliners were patented by Ekorne who introducedStressless recliners and the unique designs and
many new features never before used in the designfeatures that made this chair successful on a global
of a recliner and it was this product that eventuallyscale. Finally we looked at Stressless today and the
put Ekornes & Stressless on the map globally for theadditions of matching furniture and what these have
accomplishments in this revolutionary new design forhelped provide in terms of coordinating pieces for the
a recliner now sold in over 30 countries worldwide.popular line of Stressless® furniture. If you haven't
In the early 70's Stressless recliners introduced ahad the opportunity to sit and relax in a Stressless
unique glide system that allowed the chair to moveproduct I would encourage you to find a local retailer
with you. The patented system featured two rollersor dealer and take the comfort test™ to feel the
on each side of the recliner that moved along steeltrue comfort of a Stressless product.