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Comeback is a classic stackable steel-tube chair, millions of which could be found in the DDR under the name “Modell 3101” – it was used for seating in large spaces, in restaurants, casinos, campus dining halls, canteens as well as for private furnishings. In those days, however, the seat and the backrest were made from pressboard covered with imitation leather. For a number of years L&C Stendal have been producing this time-tested model again but this time with technical improvements – all of which have contributed to the model’s “Comeback”. The inelaborate and functional appearance of the Comeback and the fact that it was made by the long-established steel tube manufacturing company L&C Stendal with its tradition of high quality and was being offered at a very attractive price led us to embrace the Comeback in our product line.

The furniture manufacturer L&C Stendal has a long tradition in Germany. In 1889, Louis Arnold, an iron dealer, and his son Carl founded the iron furniture factory L.&C. Arnold in Stendal which, beginning in 1926, specialized in the production of garden furniture and bed frames and developed into the leading steel tube manufacturer in Europe. The foldable garden chair No. 2 was an especially popular best seller, one that even today is considered a true classic among beer garden chairs. In 1927 L.&C. Arnold displayed at the Werkbund (Work Federation) Exhibition “The Domicile” in Stuttgart a “device” designed by Mart Stam and manufactured by Arnold: the first chair without hind legs (cantilever chair). A close relationship developed in those years between Stendal and the designers from the Bauhaus School with the result that many of those designs were produced by Stendal. After 1945, the factory in Stendal was called “VEB STIMA”; it manufactured chairs, tables and beds for the DDR market and for export. After Germany reunited, the company concentrated more and more on the production of Bauhaus furniture classics and expanded that program with the “Stendal Collection” in which re-editions from the 1950´s as well as new designs were manufactured with the same demands for quality and consistent design that had always been its hallmark.

The tubular steel chair, model 118, consists of two steel tube side parts which are bent to the chair center and welded with a single backrest at a junction.The one-piece backrest has a shapely pressed metal tab at the end for double screwing the backrest. The wooden seat is three-dimensionally formed and shaped with ergonomic sitting and leg depressions.
All wooden parts are made of 9-ply beech veneer and are stained in different shades and sealed with environmentally-friendly DD varnish. 

Distinct, minimalist design and a back-relieving 3D chair mechanism that allows active sitting in all directions: the W70 office and conference chair from Wagner convinced us with this rare combination of unobtrusive appearance and excellent ergonomics.

The working chair's worldwide patented three-dimensional seat joint loosens the rigid connection between the seat and the base by allowing it to follow your movements while sitting in any direction. This prevents a sitting posture that remains unchanged for hours and promotes dynamic and muscle-activating sitting. By tensing and relaxing in movement, your back is relieved and strengthened in the long term. This has been proven by long-term studies in 2006 and 2013 with thousands of volunteers.

It's surprising that the W70 cannot be adjusted at all, except in height. That's why we wanted to know whether the W70, which was actually designed as a conference chair, could also be used as an office chair at a desk, and we spent several months trying it out with increasing enthusiasm and decreasing back pain. The only limitation is that the unchangeable seat depth of 46 cm could be too large for people under 1.80 m in height.

Our conclusion:
Despite the fact that the seat cannot be adjusted, the W70 is suitable for taller or long-legged people
a full-fledged, inexpensive office chair that combines convincing ergonomics with an appealingly simple form. Come by and try it out!