With the Riga armchair, Eric Jourdan seizes on an archetypal piece, the Voltaire armchair. However comfortable it may be, this traditional armchair has a rather stiff, static air. Eric Jourdan's challenge was to soften its lines and breathe life and dynamism into them. By treating the exterior shell as a shroud, a living skin which envelops the seat and back cushions, Eric Jourdan delivers a rejuvenated, pared-down version with free, sensual lines.