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from your description, that could only be the Marcel Breuer Restless Leg Syndrome Chair

with optional ankle restraints

Actually, my mom worked for Smithkline before it became Glaxo-Smithkline. The company's based entirely in Britain now after they sold their large US pharmaceutical holdings.

If I'd have to guess without seeing the commercial and the chair, I'd say it comes from that side of the pond.

Call or e-mail customer service or the CEO's office at Glaxowhatever and ask them!

I remember the commercial and (vaguely) the chair, but can't remember if it's a chaise or a recliner...

From what I do recollect, it seems vaguely Vladimir Kagan-esque...

http://www.vladimirkagan.com/vkagan_clubchair.html

Um, I'm a little skeptical that the CEO would know where the chair came from...

You'd have more luck by tracking down the ad agency that did the commercial.

Someone is going to have to officiate this. Who else has seen this commercial?

My husband works for GlaxoSmithKline. It's headquarters are in England but it's a joint US/British company. The main sites here are just outside Philadelphia (where the CEO resides) and North Carolina. I'll set my husband on the case and see if he can find anything out!

Reef

I'd write to Stuart Elliott at the NY Times. He does an weekly advertising e-mail, and often answers questions from readers... "who is this actor/what was this song" kinda things. Unusually, he's able to come up with answers to even the most mudane questions. He'd be your best resource without a doubt.

I love this....

Thanks everyone. I have subscribed to Stuart Elliott's newsletter hoping to get his email address from that. I could not find it on the NY Times site.

The commercial is for a product called Requip, for restless legs syndrome. Here in the US, and agency called McCann-Erickson on Madison Ave does their ad campaign. One of their creative people assigned to that account should know.

Just wondering if anyone found out the answer to this question yet.

I have been looking for that chair too! It appears to have a bentwood frame, which I have not found, but I have found two similar chairs at spacify.com: Billie (metal and leather frame) and Bjork (leather covered frame.

How can I email Stuart Elliott of the NY Times?
Thanks

Ok- Just got asked thiss question by my GF. We are dying to know who makes this chair. In fact, I googled the question and thats how I ended up here!

Thanks!

Ok Folks I just found the answer here!!! Check out this link and thats $5 Beans for me!!:)

http://www.belleville.com/mld/belleville/living/
12737330.htm

found this while roaming around on the web on Google
Here is the Topic/ headline:
Answer Man: Chair was custom-made for commercial
follow the link above for the whole article!

Sorry the link got separarated above, make sure you add on the doc number and .htm under the link!

Please let me know if anyone finds the manufacturer of THE CHAIR ! I'm looking for it, too!

thanks,
patricia

Lay z boy in Mad Mac's 10/10 "Answer Man" post is way too klunky. Recliner we're all looking for is far far sleeker. Even tho custom made maybe someone will yet stumble across a brand that resembles.

howdy,
I just Googled again and lo and behold I see this site has found my Minimania post. Glad to see that others are interested in finding this chair, or one like it. I see GSK has a newer version of the commercial, the chair is still featured in it. Somebody out there knows who makes it. Who knows how to contact GSK's ad agency?

We Thank you for contacting GlaxoSmithKline with your inquiry.

The chair in that commercial is a "concept" chair - it was created/built for the commercial. We appreciate the interest in the ad and the recliner, however, we do not know of anywhere that someone could currently buy that chair or one like it.

We appreciate the opportunity to serve you. If you have further questions concerning GlaxoSmithKline or our products, please contact our Customer Response Center at 1-888-825-5249 during our normal business hours, Monday through Friday 8:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M. (Eastern Time).



Sincerely,





Reecie

Customer Response Representative

Customer Response Center
re is Glaxo's email responce to me:

Yes Please find out who makes this chair? Either it really is not a chair but a facsimile or there something up. If it really is a chair then the person who made would get some business for sure. That is an awsome chair (if it is one).

Does anyone have a picture of the chair from the commercial?

yes, I too was hoping to find that chair. I did find a similar chair, although not nearly as sleek, from Lane home furnishings. It is the "Julia" Hi-Leg recliner and it does have bent wood arms but that is where the similarities end unfortunately. Certainly seems that there is enough interest in this chair for the company that came up with the "concept" to actually manufacture it.... and my husband laughed at me when I said I was going to try to find this chair. Seems I'm not the only one!

I want that chair too!!! Why don't they market the drug
WITH the chair?

I thought I was nuts to see if anyone knew who the manufacturer of the chair in the Requip commercial was. Glad to see I am part of a new wave of internet junkies.

Everyone please watch the ad closely. I think there may be some special effects happening here. I think the reason that the chair is so slender and elegant, which is why we all like it so much, is because it actually doesn't have the mechanical pieces that allow it to be a recliner. The reclining action in the ad is so quick that I have not been able to get a good look. I think the film editing makes the chair appear to be capable of reclining when in fact it is a prop chair.

Yes, I too Googled the "chair in the Requip Commercial" and found this site with an entire discussion of the chair. Amazing that there are so many of us and that we've found each other. I am sad though that the chair isn't available commercially.

I'm so dissapointed to find out the chair was just a concept.

There is a nice recliner out there called "the perfect chair" that they sell at healthy back stores. It is pretty sleek but not as elegant as the one in the commercial. Its a little expensive though.

The Ekornes Stressless line is always pretty sleek, but they are recliners with ottomans.

That Billie chair is pretty close...I might look into that one.

I'm also looking for that recliner. Amazing to find this discussion. And to find so many folks seeking the same chair. I'd buy it in an instant.

Well, since we're now looking at alternatives, you might also want to check out this chair from Design Within Reach:

The Twenty Lounge Chair (2004)
http://www.dwr.com/productdetail.cfm?id=7609

The chair itself reclines, but the leg rest is an ottoman, not attached to the chair. And it's metal rather than wood frame. But it is sleek.

Please keep up the search everyone. We're bound to come up with something that is close enough, eventually. I have the commercial on tape. I have wanted that chair since the first time I saw it. I'm hopeful that something will come along. Maybe I'm being too particular, but suggestions I've seen just don't come close enough. But thanks, everyone, for your efforts.

Really too bad someone doesn't manufacture that chair. If the person who created this concept chair doesn't step up soon, I may just make a couple for myself. It's that good.

You can add me as another one who is more interested in the chair than whatever the add is about. I really loved finding this string about the chair.
The reality is that those of us who love that chair is not a great enough number to demand a production run and custom made would be very expensive.
Brad

It's great to see so many others searching for the same lovely illusive chair. I have a picture of it in a Prevention ad. No visible means of adjustment can be seen ,so "Concept " is probably all it will ever be.

What a Hoot! Where do I send the $5 bucks? I've never stumbled on such a website for such a cool albeit non existent pc. of furniture. I too would buy it in a instant. Glaxo must be sick over everybody wanting the chair and not the restless leg drug. Lets get lazyboy to build one!

check out lazyboy's "carlyle" style # 464, a friend of mine has it in black and is pretty good-looking although is more upright in sitting position. he saw the chair in the commercial, too and now wants it.

My girlfriend has been looking for this chair for months with no success. I finally tried my trusty Google with the phrase "Chair in Requip Commercial" and it led me to this discussion. Amazing how many women out there have been so diligent in seeking this chair. I would agree with the comment that the agency which made this concept chair for the commercial would be wise to see the market potential in it and make real ones for those of us obsessed with obtaining one. I find it hard to believe that in the market driven world which we live in, these chairs aren't already being mass produced for us. Don't lose hope folks. It may just happen after all!

Unfortunelatey the www.la-z-boy.com/blonde19 link from the Belleview News Democrat posted by MadMacs above leads to nowhere. Nothing on the Lazyboy site which looks like the chair.

Was glad to find info on the great looking chair with the first search. Thanks everyone. I found the article in the Belleville paper archives but didn't want to spend $3 for old and disappointing news. I would, however, purchase the chair if anyone decides to manufacture it.

I was thrilled to find the comments and information regarding the chair in the Requip commercial. For your info - I first saw the ad and was interested in the meds for my mother who was diagnosed with restless leg syndrome. The drug has been great in allowing her to sleep better at nite than she has during her lifetime - and she is 93 years old. Anyhow, about the chair --- I have been searching for the chair and came across this contact point, extremely disappointed not to find a manufacturer of the chair. I too saw the similarity and found the Bjork chair and Sunny chair, also Billie but that has metal. The bentwood arms are definitely what makes this chair unique. Some manufacturer has to get info on all of us interested and see the marketability.....

Like the rest of us who are waiting for that UFO to come around the bend, aka Close Encounters, I too have the GSK Chair burned into my daily thoughts. And while I am not recreating it out of mash potatoes, I would drive cross country to acquire one. This forum has only served to flame my obsession for that CHAIR. I have book-marked this page so to return and witness the truths and progress of our collective dream. If they build it, we will come.

I am laughing out loud, reading this. I have been driving my family and furniture sales people nuts. I saw the commercial and have been to every furniture store in Texas. I carry a hand drawn picture around. Asking people "have you seen anything like this?". Honestly Wal-Mart has a patio chair that has the same action... As the back reclines the foot rest comes up. It's so simple. Why do recliners all look like spongy beanbags that would take there toll on your back in a matter of 20 minutes. No, I want something tight, but loungey. It's so funny, I haven't seen the commercial in months, but I have this deep impression. Heck, I didn't even know what the name of the drug was.

I too will add this to my favorites. Hey, maybe I should make a couple of these chairs, then auction them on this site. "Do I here $400...? $450...? ... SOLD for $500..."

Finally! The chair! I have the empty space waiting.

I am also another soul WANTING THAT CHAIR! I did come across these chairs, some are pretty cool. http://ergoboy.com/catalog/index.php?manufacturers_id=24

Lets all cross our fingers for the future of that cool chair.

Boy, I guess I'm slow. I just last week emailed GKS about the chair and got the email about the "concept chair". Sign me up if anyone ever makes a production chair. Maybe someone will hear that we don't want an "archie bunker" recliner.

Can't believe so many people have fallen in love with this chair. Searched every furniture store in San Diego with no luck, not even close. Won't be happy until I can purchase two for my living room. Alicia

Why is the link to Lazy Boy recliners broken? Is that a joke? Or has someone figured out the correct link? I'd love to see a picture of the chair in the ad. Surely someone has captured the video and could grab the frame. Maybe not. Anyway, this is all worth the good laugh. Who knew that there existed a market for sleek unobtainable recliners!

Keep me posted! I also want that chair.

Thanks, all. I can now stop looking for the chair in furniture ads.

Jules

just spent the day in search of the elusive chair. i want it. i need it. someone please make it. thanks in advance.

joyce corbett

Online search "scandinavian" "ikea" "euro-chic" "chairs". The chaise is bound to be found!

Yes! Regarding the recliner chair - Wood & Cloth -on the the REQUIP Commercial on TV & on their web site.
I too looked all over for it!
FINALLY, I called Glasco, the company that makes REQUIP, I was informed that this was a one-of-a-kind-item, a CONCEPT chair made specifically for the commercial.
No one currently makes this chair; it might be something someone would want to bring to the attention of a furniture manufacture, as I am sure it would really sell, as a lot of my friends think it is reall KOOL TOO!

To contact Stuart Elliot at the NY Times try this URL:

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/e/stuart_elliott/

Good Luck

Me, too. One in cherry wood and "cinderella pumkin" color (very warm brick) microsuade.

Have some furniture maker friends in Vermont.Will suggest to them.

This makes me laugh! I have been obsessively searching for this chair, too. I TiVo'd it to watch the reclining process and made a still on my camera and have been taking it to every furniture place I can find, to no avail. Sign me up for the custom design. I want two!

I'm crushed to learn that this chair is a concept item! As sooon as I saw it, I knew it was exactly what I've been searching for for two years! It seems to me that SOMEONE created that chair, and certainly could make a fortune by putting it into production. If that ever happens, I want to know!

I'm on the list, too. Short legged women in small houses need this chair and I'm among them. I live in SCAD's home - maybe we should put the furniture design department on notice. The Administration is always looking for new commercial outlets.

Today, my husband and I looked all over Greensboro, NC for the chair in the commercial. No wonder we didn't find it! High Point, NC is the furniture capital of the world. We will write several companies, sending a copy of all these requests. Stay tuned.

http://www.kleindesign.com/recliners.htm has two great custom-made recliners, one with two positions and another with multiple positions. Customers may order on the Web or via a free catalog, which can be requested on the web site. Brigger Furniture is ergonomically designed by a family business in Gloucester, MA.

I tried to paste a picture of the Requip chair here but it wouldn't take.
Go to:
http://www.requip.com/ to see it.
I still like it better than all the others you guys have told me about. So far the Billie chair is closest but still is not "IT".

Why isn't this chair the new "IT" thing???!!!!

I've been interested in this chair since I saw the commercial. Hope it becomes available soon.

Like most of you, I decided the chair was the perfect fit for my home built in 1924. So if anyone builds it let me know also!
Barbara

I contacted GlaxoSmithKline to ask them about this chair. It was made just for this commercial and cannot be bought anywhere

Ok, I'm so glad I found this site. I've been looking for THE CHAIR since I saw the commercial. LazyBoy one is too big and cumbersome for us (we're short folk). Thanks for all the info. If anyone finds some kind manufacturer who decides they have a good thing, please let me know. I want 2 of them.

Dido on the short-legged, live in a small house and really would like one of these chairs! Crossing my fingers someone would manufacture them soon! Glad to show my husband that I'm not the only one looking for the impossible...for now.

Finding this site is just too wild. My partner has had a mental lock on that chair since he first saw that commercial. I have brought home pics of the LayZBoy Carlyl, and other bentwood chairs, we've visited showrooms all over Virginia, sat in them, too mushy, no head support,wrong style, etc. Some smart custom furniture maker is bound to wake up and smell the dollar signs.

What a hoot!! I'm not alone.

The minute I saw that commercial I wanted that chair and am now devastated that it doesn't really exist. How dare they put figments in commercials to drive us nuts!! I planned to build a fireplace to put the recliner in front of, too!!

Add me to the list of people searching for THE CHAIR!
Many years ago when we lived in Marin County, California, we had an almost identical chair. It had a brown upholstery cover, Bentwood arms, a wooden lever on the side to change it from an upright chair to a recliner (the lever made the footrest pop up). When we moved we gave the chair to our daughter and son-in-law, and subsequentlly they disposed of it.
The minute I saw the Requip ad, fond memories came back, as it was one of the most confortable chairs we have ever had.
I emailed Requip to get info,; they never answered. I then phoned and was unable to get more than the answering "service".
So glad to hear that I am not the only one obsessed with finding this chair (recliner).

Hello Kindered Souls of "The Chair", even though I am late to the line up, I also have wanted that exact chair from the moment I first saw the add. This is from another short person with small living quarters who wants it in front of the fireplace.

I will keep in touch to see if some savvy designer/builder will make it available to us.

All drama aside, I guess that there is nothing that I can say about "the chair" that has not already been said. The sitting area of our bedroom remains unfilled as we were hoping to find something that really strikes our fancy: We too fell in love with the chair. Until we find something like it or something else entirely, we catnap on bean bags on the floor...

Quite a few years ago, I purchased a BackSaver zero-gravity chair that is similar to the chair in the commercial. It's the most comfortable and relaxing chair I've ever used and has been my "every day" chair for as many years as I've owned it, i.e., the only time I sit anywhere else is when I'm eating or at the PC.

Unfortunately, my chair is wearing out and more unfortunately, I can't replace it. The company has not only moved from Massachusetts to California, but must have changed hands because they no longer make the same models they once did. However, they still make zero-gravity chairs that are similar; you can see them here: http://www.backsaver.com/relax.asp

Because I didn't like the first model I bought, the original Backsaver company allowed me to exchange it for a model I did like. This is important if you're buying a chair long-distance without trying it out first. Unless I got an unknowledgeable employee on the phone, the new BackSaver company doesn't allow returns.

I cannot believe I found this website. Everytime that commercial comes on my father yells. "there's my chair" I have been looking for one for him for the past year. Glad to know the mystery has been solved. I did find one close to it in a store called "Indigo" in Anchorage AK. It was red, and had arm rests. There was a sign on it called Bavarian rocker-didn't make any sense but chair was very similar. The store was closed and I was on vacation and had no way of getting it home.

If you do find a furniture manufacturer who is plans to start production of that chair, please contact me immediately.

Please... Contact me if you ever find anything like it! I did searches forever - and ran across this site as you all did. That TV drug ad is old now!

Dido! I gave up looking for the chair almost a year ago but everytime I see the commercial I can't help longing to have it. At least finding this site and reading the comments has given me a good chuckle. Thanks.

If anyone is interested, I am in the process of having the chair made

Our family has spent 11 years helping people with restless leg syndrome and back/ neck pain at our Relax The Back stores. My best recommendation is to visit one of our stores where we have a wide selection of neutral posture and zero-gravity chairs. They provide angles at your hips and knees to relax the major leg muscles (just like those shown on the advertisement), provide excellent circulation, and dramatically reduce pressure in your back.
Please visit our website (over 100 stores nationwide):
http://www.relaxtheback.com or call 215-657-5177.

Sincerely,
Mary Rachel Austin

This has been a very interesting read. I too want the chair. I got the same email response from GSK about the chair being a custom design. I am looking for the production company that did the commercial. I am hoping it is a company in Hollywood since I am in So Cal. I will post here if I get more info.

Ray

I love that chair!! Please email me when you find out who makes it!! Hopefully I can afford it or one just like it!!

Thanks!!

Yo! Calling all people who are NOT insane and love "the chair". We totally know how you feel and keep us posted dudes.

(BTW It took us 5 minutes to find y'all after seeing the commercial tonight).

Eliana age 10 -kid with style and proud of it!

The closest I have been able to find is a Lafer chair. The model is Bjork. I found this one at advancefurniture.com
It is not exactly like THE chair and apparently only available in leather.

As a designer, I thought it would be an easy thing to find the chair. Even asked one of my clients who is a Glaxo Rep, to check into it for me. It is THE only recliner I could live with. I'm beginning to suspect that the base of the chair might be quite ugly...notice they never show it sitting on the floor? J. Huffman, please keep me posted about your chair that is being made to look like it. You could be rich one day!

I FOUND IT !!!!! OR THE VERY CLOSEST CHAIR TO THE RESTLESS LEG SYNDROME TV AD. I haven't seen one that is closer than this. ONLY drawback is:
I don't think it reclines. It's located in the JC Penney catalog for fall and winter '06. Catalog can be found at the store in the back at catalog department. It's on page 377, top right.
It's called Carson Accent Chair. numbers are:
R 792-2020 was $249.00 NOW $199.00
WOW!!!!!!

I am amazed! it has been some years now that that chair has been stamped in the very back of my retina....I never pay attention to what the spot is about....but last time I forced myself, because I thought that would bring me to the light!
....all I remebered was RESTLESS LEGS and combined with RECLINER....here I AM!


well the last news is very disappointing, so you think they unscrewed the back of the chair to mimick the drug relief?

I don't have a JC PENNEY catalogue and I wait to hear that it was a false, disappointing alarm!

I am italian and, called me biased, but I think THAT is from Italy! I absolutely don't believe the "concept" story (they just didn't get enough money to advertise the real source).

I'LL LOOK FOR IT WHEN I GO THERE!

I've also been looking and here I am.
Have looked real close at this and am sure its true about concept as cannot see any way to place the mechanism within the chair and still have room for the foam coushining. Now I could be and hope I'm wrong.

The closest I've found is the Sunny from Ergoboy, they also have some others.

The Bjork advancefurniture.com from looks almost exactly the same???

Looks like I'll have to wait for J. Huffman

This is hilarious! I guess I'm not the only one looking for THE CHAIR! I finally searched "recliner seen on Requip commercial" and got directed to this site. I initially searched the Requip website thinking they'd have a link for THE CHAIR. But I'm glad I got to read the postings on this site instead!

Thanks for putting an end to my fruitless searching!

P.S.
for what it's worth, the closest I've found are similar to the one pictured on the following website:

http://www.reclinersplus.com/fabric-recliners/red/products.cfm?action=view&key=KLS346

(You might have to cut and paste the above link into your web browser since the address is long).

I've found recliners similar to the above for about the same price ($650 on sale) at some Sofa Express stores (item: S103923795 by Comfort Craft) and I've also seen something similar at JCPenney (but the sales rep said they're only in their retail furniture stores and not available on their website, I think the item number was 7929196, but I'm not certain on that one).

Hope that offers some alternatives!

That chair just looks soooo comfortable and the style is perfect, what a drag it's fake. Made me wonder when I saved the image from the Requip.com site and zooomed on it. The fabric on the seat seems oddly rippled so makes sense it's a prop with the foot rest quickly attached. Oh well, glad I found it anyway. I've also had the image in my minds eye and just happened to catch the Ad tonight so I started searching. We get Country Living and the Requip site indicates they've advertised there so that may be where I saw it.

Best to all and Happy Holidays!

What a commercial! Look how many peoples' attention "THE CHAIR" has captured. We need to start a group! -Needing "THE CHAIR" in Hawaii too.

Count me in too. Saw that ad long ago and finally decided to google it. Fingers crossed somebody finally makes this chair.

Please keep me posted on the quest for the perfect relciner from the Requip ad. If anyone finds it, I'll buy 2.

I have also been looking for this chair. I am a nurse and a Dr. of Naturopathy. I am astounded that the chair that is not available may be just the answer but the drugs are available but no magic bullet. The Zero Gravity chair looks good as well. Pricey though. Sure would love someone to make this chair. Simple and to the point. Very classey.

RE: Chair at JC Penney = not even close

The Bjork and the Sunny and the Billie at this site are much closer - but not with the sleek wooden arms.

I would love The Chair - for my tiny apartment... J.Huffman - let us know how yours turn out please!

Oops! Forgot to put the url for the site I referenced: http://ergoboy.com/catalog/index.php?manufacturers_id=24

What a nice surprise finding all these people wanting the same chair. Doesn't appear that it will be available though. Copy and paste the link I have below. Very pricey, but very nice chaise in a very close style. Wish I could afford it.
Neil Gunter

http://www.thomasmoser.com/product.detail.php?category_id=32&family_id=&product_id=63

Yes! Others like myself exist... I too am on the quest for the CHAIR!

Unbelievable. I am right there with the rest of you. I was hoping at the end of the posts, the product would appear!! I'll check back.

Yes, me, too. Been looking for similar recliners locally with no luck, saw the luxurious Lafer and others, but if spending that much I really wanted the "real" thing, I guess that won't happen, too sad! Pics of final Huffman product would be much appreciated!

What a gas.

I have always wanted a "recliner" but was afraid to admit it to my artsy-crafty friends for fear they would give me the raspberries. I agree with them that most the recliners look like something on the set of "All In The Family" or something from a dentist's waiting room.

Then I saw THE CHAIR in the background of a TV commercial and immediately wrote "REQUIP CHAIR!" on the kitchen bulletin board. I had no idea how to proceed so in desparation I Googled "requip chair" and here I am, along witheverybody else.

I think its phenomenal that good design attracts so many people and I'm delighted with all of your comments, but am sorrowed to be told that it isn't a real chair.

I looked up the "Billie" chair at ergoboy.com and saw that it was only a distant runner up. And when I saw that it was selling for $1,165.95 I blanched. Then I went to Thos. Moran to see the chair they call "The Chaise". Closer, and not bad, but $3,500.00! Surely they are joking.

I'll keep checking this site in hopes someone finds the real thing, but now I suspect it will be at least five grand if they do.

As Neil Gunter wrote: "I wish I could afford it."

Corvus

What a gas.

I have always wanted a "recliner" but was afraid to admit it to my artsy-crafty friends for fear they would give me the raspberries. I agree with them that most the recliners look like something on the set of "All In The Family" or something from a dentist's waiting room.

Then I saw THE CHAIR in the background of a TV commercial and immediately wrote "REQUIP CHAIR!" on the kitchen bulletin board. I had no idea how to proceed so in desparation I Googled "requip chair" and here I am, along witheverybody else.

I think its phenomenal that good design attracts so many people and I'm delighted with all of your comments, but am sorrowed to be told that it isn't a real chair.

I looked up the "Billie" chair at ergoboy.com and saw that it was only a distant runner up. And when I saw that it was selling for $1,165.95 I blanched. Then I went to Thos. Moran to see the chair they call "The Chaise". Closer, and not bad, but $3,500.00! Surely they are joking.

I'll keep checking this site in hopes someone finds the real thing, but now I suspect it will be at least five grand if they do.

As Neil Gunter wrote: "I wish I could afford it."

Corvus
(ps: If this gets posted multiple times Its because our host has bounced it several times...something about guarding against "abusive users."

Oh My.....I googled Requip chair and got all this!! I am so excited I am not the only one that really wants this chair. Cant believe someone has not made it, they could sell millions.

I want this chair also! With so many people wanting it someone has come out with one eventually. I use an inexpensive zero gravity knock off of the outdoor Lafuma. I got it from overstock.I padded,and sewed a slip cover to match my bedroom. It helps me SOO MUCH with aches and pains, but it doesn't look nice enough to put out in my living room!Antizero has a nice looking chair with a similar feel but also over $1000, and Homemedics has black leather type with massage built in but it has reviews that say it breaks down quicky.Ikea has a arm chair called Poang with a foot stool to match at a good price! If we bombard them with requests for them to adapt it to a zero gravity type recliner maybee, just maybee we can all get an affordable and good looking substitute!

Me too! and my Mom, and my friend.... Thanks to everyone for all the good links to substitutes. I hope one of you is a journalist and will make a story out of this site: it truly illustrates the democratic character of web technology. I simply googled "requip" and "recliner" and here I am, part of a universe of consumers creating demand for an imaginary chair. Like Plato's notion of "bedness," Requip has captured the essence of "chairness"--but has it sold any Requip?

And here I thought I was the only one obsessed with this chair. It is just so beautiful. As the other posts have said, hopefully some enterprising designer/furniture maker will see that there is a market for this chair. I too cannot spend $3K+ on one piece of furniture, no matter how spectacular. BTW: my friend has restless leg syndrome, was prescribed Requip by her doctor, and she (and her husband) are now getting a good night's sleep.

LOVE THE CHAIR!!!!

I have a futon with similar bent/swooping arms in a cherrywood stain. It has a matching chair, but it's not nearly as elegant as the "concept" chair, plus it costs as much as the futon. I am going to check out all the sites mentioned.

Just spent most of the day hunting online for the chair & now find I'm not the only one....who would have thought?!! Wouldn't you think this would inspire a manufacturer?

Wow...I wish I could build furniture because a see a lucrative market for sleek reclining chairs. I won't tell you the lengths I have gone to find that Requip recliner. I even sent an email to GSK to aks them their going price for the concept chair. It was a "No Sale", don't lower yourself to begging like I did.

If anyone is a budding furniture maker or is related to someone that wants to take on the challenge, let me know.

I was shocked to find so many people looking for the exact same chair I am looking for. I even have the add taped to my cupboard and promised my elderly Mom I would find it for her!!!! Help!!

We just saw the add last night for the first time (we don't watch a lot of TV, it was Stephen Colbert on Bill O'Reilly--hilarious) and now we are looking for THE CHAIR. I couldn't believe it when I googled the Requip chair and got this web page. I'll be checking in frequently to see if anyone found it.

What a hoot! I started searching and found all this. With so many of us wanting this chair, THE CHAIR, somebody really needs to make the thing... and at a reasonable price!

For those who'd like another view of THE CHAIR, here is a URL for an ad that shows the chair. If you play the ad with your miedia program you can pause it near the middle of the ad and have a perfect side-on view.

http://www.requip.com/tv_commercial.html

Have fun!

I gotta get that chair. I mean I have got to have that chair. Somebody! please! Make that chair. I will pay a lot for it, and I don't have "restless legs."

I have been looking for this chair since I first saw the commercial. I have restless leg syndrome and have tried requip. I was unable to take due to side effects. But the chair-- I KNOW would cure me. I need it! I am sad to hear it is a figment of someone's imagination. Please some furniture maker get to work.

Joining the chair seekers of the world.

Can out Requip chair be hiding in the background of the new RePHresh ad??????? I am getting so desperate, that I see our chair everywhere, only to be disappointed again. Where is Geraldo when we need him?

And I thought I was the only one looking for;

THAT CHAIR!

Maybe the pharmaceutical company's ad company should take a peek at these emails.

Thanks everyone for the amusement! We have great taste! Keep us informed also. We hope the chair materializes soon! My husband and I want 2 of these "Requip" chairs for our bedroom sitting area.

I too have been looking for the chair. Is it possible that the chair generated more interest than the drug? Thanks for all of the tips in this chain.

Paladin

I forgot to mention that I think
"The Perfect Chair" is as close to the Requip chair as I've found. The problem with the Perfect Chair is that the whole chair rotates - not the traditional reclining action. Hence, I feel that it isn't so comfortable when sitting upright. Just my opinion.

Everytime my husband sees the commercial he says "There's the chair". Hopefully someone will see all these emails and manufacture the chair.

Everytime my husband sees the commercial he says "There's the chair". Hopefully someone will see all these emails and manufacture the chair.

The 'Requip Chair' is actually a modified version of the 'Bjork Modern Recliner Chair'.
You can see it for yourself at
www.jensen-lewis.com

I didn't know my chair had a cult following!
I can't imagine why no one's capitalizing off of my chair! I've got money and the perfect spot for it.

Dear Manufacturers(?), carpenters(?), furniture makers(?):

Come on people! This has been blogging since August 2005! Come and get this money!

I'm shocked at all these posts !
ditto to most everyone.

For a year I've been holding onto a (mag ad)
picture of this chair with a note to"find this"

It was on my "to do" list for so long, I thought
I'd finally get it handled as part of a
"new year resolution".

Yes, I also sent an email to Requip, then did
a Google search.

We'll instead of a chair, I've found "ya'll"
in the same way you have all found this site.

I laughed so hard to see how many people
have dedicated their time in finding something that is a just a "CONCEPT". There is something rather profound about that.. if you know what I mean.

Wonder if we are all "connected" somehow.

Dang,
I need that chair! The drug companies are keeping it a secret because you just have to sit in it to cure your ills. The closest I could find, and it wasn't even close, is a non-recliner at Room & Board: http://roomandboard.com/rnb/collection.do?method=get&id=377558&cat=25

Tom

Put me on the list for THAT CHAIR. I've wanted it for months. I'm bookmarking this site and checking every lead for any chair that comes close. Happy in the knowledge that others appreciate good design and will purchase it. Is anyone out there "listening" or rather reading our remarks?

Want The chair too! I had the funny thought that the chair relieved the actress's legs better than the drug. The concept chair must be locked up in a secret vault with the cures for many other ills. :)

LOVE THIS CHAIR!!! I don't think it would help with sore legs and back, but it's a great looking chair!! Anybody know how to build furniture? Clearly we need to build it ourselves!

I was truly boggled when I found this site! Amazing where Google can take you! Like the rest of you, I thought I was alone in my quest for THE CHAIR. Then when I saw that this chain dated back to August '05, I was even more surprised as I didn't think the ad had been running that long.

Anyway, I have a "three-degree" separation from someone in the furniture manufacturing business so I'm gonna see if all the interest exhibited here can inspire some interest on his part.

I'll keep you posted if anything comes of it.. meantime I'll check out some of the sites suggested here - I REALLY want that chair; more and more each time I see the ad.

AT LEAST NOW I KNOW I NOT CRAZY

But I do know what I am going to do

MANUFACTURE THE CHAIR THE WHOLE WORLD WANTS ONE

Oh we are a pathetic group; but we do have good taste (and perhaps a bit too much time on our hands.

Damn these obsessions! I want that chair too!

This is as close as I've seen. Over $1500 but I bet it's worth it.

http://www.interhealth.com/n/pages-b2c/perfectchair/tertiary-pc-060-090.html

I think we should all join in and start a class
action suit against the person who came up with
the concept and got us all hooked on the chair.

Haven't been a part of cult since I left the commune! This is hilarious. I saw the ad for the first time today while at the gym. With no volume to listen to, I watched the ad and assumed Requip was a furniture company. To my surprise, I found it's not, but I found all of us are looking for THE chair. Somebody out there either find it or make it. You got customers!

Great chair- I too, have been searching for it.

I, too, want that chair. I thought it would look
great as a complement to a new couch in my condo in Florida. I picture myself sitting in it watching a program on my 60" big screen TV. Right
now, this is how I picture my Florida apartment
which I recently bought, but do not live in
yet. By the time I move in, and buy all the
decorative features I've thought about, my TV might wind up being 90" wide, waiting for this
chair!

Three weeks ago when NBC evening news did a segment on Requip, I was hoping to hear a story about THE CHAIR. Nothing. Just info on restless leg syndrome. I feel like so many others--the more I see the chair, the more I like it--perfection in design. There is nothing close to it available for sale--I have checked all websites. Is there a chair designer/manufacturer out there who (for a price under $2K) can make one for each of us??

This would be a Seinfeld episode if his series were still on...
For those who think it's all a fake, the Bjork and Billie recliners also tuck everything up under, the fine design we all want without the monolithic bulk.
So someone contact Lafer already and tell them to make the Billie with cabinet quality plywood arches instead of metal, and we would all be happily sending them thousands of dollars, right?

My friends and I talk about 'The Chair' the way we used to mention certain attractive men...

This is a riot. I love that chair and just on a whim googled it. Who would have thought there were so many of us.

These comments have been going since 2005 - you would think someone, somewhere, would make this chair. I've checked out about all of the links and I think I'm settling for one of the jensen-lewis chairs.

But would love to have the original requip chair.

What an amazing thing this internet of ours!

I loved that chair from the moment I spotted it in the commercial (which is still run to this day here in Los Angeles).

There are lots of small furniture designers/makers in Los Angeles, and I am sure one of them, with enough orders in hand (maybe 200?) would be very interested in our business. But how to find someone? Perhaps a posting on Craigslist or some similar list in which we seek a furniture maker/designer?

Does anyone else have an affirmative idea?

I have searched the internet high and low for a good chaise or recliner with the right style for my apartment. The rls lounger really is one of the best designs I have seen.

As I read through the postings that began in 2005, I kept hoping someone would say "I found it!". But no one has said that to date. I hope no one gives up!

Add me to the list please! I too love the chair.

Hello All,

Looks like we are out of luck. I contacted GlaxoSmithKline and received the following response:

Dear Dan:

Thank you for contacting GlaxoSmithKline .

The chair in that commercial is a "concept" chair - it was created/built for the commercial. We appreciate the interest in the ad and the recliner, however, we do not know of anywhere that someone could currently buy that chair or one like it.

We appreciate the opportunity to serve you. If you have further questions concerning GlaxoSmithKline or our products, please contact our GSK Response Center at 1-888-825-5249 during our normal business hours, Monday through Friday 8:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M. (Eastern Time).

Sincerely,


Allan
GSK Response Representative
GSK Response Center

I'm not thrilled that this chair doesn't really exist, but I love it that so many are looking for it! Maybe someone will actually create a working one for us? I love mid-century design and this chair is reminiscent of that clean contemporary style.

I also stumbled upon this site in my quest for "the chair". Truly incredible that so many people want it and no one has created it at a price we commoners can afford.

I've been looking for this chair since I first saw the commercial. Finally found this site. I have an empty spot in my den - when I close my eyes - I see THE CHAIR. Someone send this site to a furniture manufacturer.

The search continues....

I have the perfect living room and the perfect corner for this chair. I need this chair.

This chair wins at life.

OK, here is an idea. What if you take the Bjork chair (http://www.contemporaryfurniture.com/Catalog/Products/product_00002384_28.asp) remove the legs, and then get the cheap JCPenney non-recliner with the arched wood legs/armrests and then attach those to the Bjork chair? You could do all of that for under $1500 and have something very close to "The Chair". The Bjork looks as if the leg connections are pretty basic.

Just a thought. I am still looking too, but I'm not holding my breath anymore.

This is really a hoot! Please add me to the list of people who want "the chair" - Thanks!

To think I thought I would come to my computer today and find the "chair" and order it....my search lead me to this discussion. I thought it would be simple and then I would move on with my day, knowing the chair would soon arrive. Ha ha The jokes on me. Life is never that simple!

please let me know if anyone finds this chair. My husband and I have been looking also. didnt realize so many people were intrested.

OK - I want in on the chair cult club...
if anyone ever does find one that is similar or a furniture manf. who has the smarts to produce this for the retail market please let me know!

Until then - happy reclining everyone :D

I am a designer. I am taking a poll to find out how
many people would be willing to purchase this chair
for between $1400 and 1600. You can reach me at
jrzsr@aol.com.

Hello my name is Labrat...I am a Requip CHAIRaholic...I gotta have my precious, but $1400, that's like the damned Iraqis jacking us on the oil. Get real, if there are this many of us now there are 100's of 1000's more. You'll make more selling more. Don't be greedy! Not all of America is made of $$$ or loaded with plastic. I would go as high $500-600. That's not a bad range for one chair times 142,387 people looking for The Chair since 2005. Bless you Sir if you are going to make them...do you have layaway or maybe a payment plan!! I will start saving now. Blessed be to all. Labrat

Joseph,

Count me in for $1400

OH-MI-FRIKIN-GOSH! I can not believe this thread. My husband and I went looking for this chair from seattle to tacoma and every where in between for a year +. Finally googled and came here... ditto to most of these posts... LOL on the seinfield remark :). $500-$600 Would be a reasonable price for this chair. I hope to see it soon. Good luck fellow-seekers!

Count me in @ the $500-600 range. I love the chair but still have to pay for the living space in which to put it.

I've searched heaven and earth for this chair. I want to pay $500.-$600. but will spring for more if I could just find it. Please get busy, Joseph. You will have no trouble selling this chair. It is a gold mine waiting to happen.

I too found this post by googling for THE chair. I don't think I could go 1600. Maybe if I sat in it I would change my mind, I have been thinking about having a chair made for me, I am 5' tall and nothing "ready made" really fits.

I am a furniture designer
here in NYC ... I saw it again last night and I agree i has a great look but it would be very very hard to make work. The stresses and mechanics involved look like a serious challenge.

we can hope someone has the time to work on it. the problem now it is someone elses intellectual property yet probubly has no intention of making it work

I have been driving my husband crazy over this chair, now he really wants one, and he doesn't care about things like this. Please put me on the list if someone will make them... I guess it will take years to fill the orders. I am nuts but if the chair really is solid and works, I would pay $1,000.00 Mary

I'm in love!

I joined what I now recognize as the Cult of the Requip Chair when I saw one of the first Requip TV ads; it's the only thing in the ad that I really notice but had to watch a couple of times to figure out what the ad was for so I could track down the chair. I assumed I couldn't afford it, so didn't hurry to follow up. Finally, I googled "Requip Chair" and found all of you like-minded lost souls. It's a shame how much time I spent tracking all of the clues to potential substitutes--nothing makes the cut. The overwhelming power of our collective desire should make that chair not only appear from the ether but also be incredibly comfortable! Eye candy with body candy, too!

Chairs made by Hjellegjerde Mobler AS may be the next best thing but are missing the swooping arms. See the Fjord Series: http://www.fjords.no/Produkt.aspx?ProduktId=161287&m=4
I haven't tracked down the prices; I know I can't afford one now.

I have a very lightweight rocking recliner (nonswivel, bent wood arms and legs) w. adjustable ottoman of theirs that our family fights over to sit in and nap in. I bought it at Danish Inspirations in Hatfield MA. Their website doesn't include much of their collection, but does give contact info: http://www.danishinspma.com/index.html.

The Scandinavians seem to know how to do this kind of sleek, light furniture (probably made mostly w. woods imported to northern Europe from the US, manufactured into furniture, and sold back to us at significant prices)! The reclining mechanism on our chair is simple and elegant and works well, with occasional adjustment.

I will contact them about our Requip Chair. Does GSK have to get a royalty for every chair manufactered, if we use that name? Maybe we should just call it the Ad Chair--anyone who has yearned for it would recognize the reference!

Alas, we should not hold our collective breath waiting for our chair to materialize from the ether either from this or any other promise. Now that I've adjusted the ranking of my dream chair on my wish list to just before the Lamborghini, I guess I'll have to get back to real life.

This is a great chair...if anyone does end up making the chair and manufacturing it please contact me . mary

Just when I thought I was so unique and full of good taste. I think that is the main cache about this amazing chair. It isn't out there anywhere. I can now quit lusting after that which I cannot have. It is time to let go of the fantasy of those peaceful, restorative, meditative moments spent with eyes closed, reclined at the perfect angle in the most beautiful chair with my back saying aaahhhhh. Oh well. Unless...

Just as so many have done...I sprang to the computer after seeing the ad. What beautiful lines that chair has! Classical lines of clean and simple elements. So unlike any other recliner I have seen to date. I'd like one too!

The difference is I have a professional interest in the chair and can make it happen. I am a chair designer with some 30 years experince. I was so interested because I am designing a reclining mechinism at this time for one of my chair designs.

Research showed that just as Glasco stated it is a "concept" chair. As it is pictured it can not recline; a person would have to climb and crawl to get into the chair. Great for ads, but not so for living rooms.

With so much interest in the ad concept I have decided to develop a simulair chair using my reclining mechinism. The first step is to build a 3-D computer model of the new design. Accurate to thousandths of an inch, this proves the design will work and shows how it will really look. This is done and I am very happy with the results!

If I have interested you, I will be happy to tell you more and show you the models. I can be reached at CriquiFurniture@yahoo.com The first chair will be availble in 8 weeks. To make sure it fits in will be available in three sizes and custom!

Sorry to go on and on, but chairs are my life.

Anthony Criqui

well i'm glad to know i'm not alone in my quest, but am certainly disappointed that THE CHAIR doesn't really exist...it's FABULOUS!

please let me know when someone finally responds to the obvious market demand...!

OK-I'm just another Requip chairaholic posting my keen desire for great design at a reasonable price. I can't figure out why after two years of people begging for it, this design has yet to materialize. As far as the reclining mechanism, it appears to be similar to the zero gravity chairs...come on, furniture designers! Get with the program! Build us this chair and we will come in droves with $$!!

Please contact me when it becomes available!

Emily

Please add my name to the list. I want that chair!!!

I stopped by Lazy Boy and they didn't know what I was talking about.

lawomack@nc.rr.com
9-5--7

I have been looking for this chair for a wile now. I even carry a magazine picture on my purse at all times. This is bigger than the i-phone frenzy. We do not care about how the ad makes the chair look like it reclines, NO, we only care about finding someone that will make our dream come true.

I've tried to find Anthony Criqui to no avail. He said he could make this chair, mechanism and all , for us. Where are you Anthony?????

I have wanted this chair for years - I thought for sure I would be able to find out who makes it by going to google. I can't beleive with all of these inquiries that it's not being made by someone...ARGGHHH!!!!

Sara

While we do not carry the exact chair you are all looking for, many of our recliners look similar to the Requip chair. I have pasted a link to the chair that I think best replicates this chair. Relax The Back has over 115 stores nationwide so most of you could walk into a store a try the chair out.

http://www.relaxtheback.com/catalog/productdetail.cfm?group_id=6390558

I hope this is helpful.

Leanne Mattes
Relax The Back
www.relaxtheback.com

As of yet, no comment from Hjellegjerde Mobler AS--maybe never.

alewis

Thomas Mosher has one very much like it

http://www.thosmoser.com/product.detail.php?category_id=32&family_id=&product_id=63

Love the chair! Thanks for all of the comments and suggestions. And the search continues into 2008...

Well, I'm flabbergasted! And I now know I'm not alone. This chair looks very comfy and I'd love to try it out. Can't believe no one is marketing this chair! We should let Oprah in on this search. If anyone can bring this to reality she can. I vote we contact Oprah!

Any one else?

Your right I just googled it. And its true, looks very comfortable and neat. I wish i have one to change my old beanbags. Maybe this concept not be a concept when time comes.

I too am a member of the elusive chair cult and as I am an ironworker by trade,I am going to design it myself.Any imput will be greatly appreciated.