Armchairs & Chaise Longues
One of the versions of
the iconic model dated 1918.The structure is in
black-stained beechwood with white contrasting parts.Seat and back in green
lacquered multiplywood.The armchair can have a
single seat and backrest cushion in fabric or leathe..
A sculptural seat with a pure
and rationalist form, this chair became an authentic Manifesto for
Neoplasticism, embraced by the Dutch De Stijl movement in 1917. An outlook
shared by Piet Mondrian, whose objective was to seek out the essential natu..
Gerrit
T. Rietveld came up with the design for the Utrecht armchair in 1935 while
working for the Metz & Co. department store in Amsterdam, where his brief
was to make a chair for serial production. Taking market needs into account,
while pri..
The artist Bertjan Pot has
designed a fabric in Jacquard variants specifi cally for the Utrecht armchair
to offer a contemporary reworking of this icon from 1935 designed by Gerrit T.
Rietveld. The architecture of the armchair is reflected in the ..
The AEO chair was the last
product from the Archizoom group, and was designed by Paolo Deganello in 1973
as an unconventional interpretation of a contemporary armchair. Using
experimental materials, the piece was originally available for self-asse..
Maralunga is an emblematic sofa of the iContemporanei collection
by Cassina, the work of architect and industrial designer Vico Magistretti.Winner of the Compasso d’Oro in 1979, Maralunga is the embodiment
of the very idea of comfort, with an adjus..
An armchair, a dining chair and a sofa, of a
simple style, familiar and authentic, created thanks to the extraordinary
crafts skills proprietary to Cassina. The initial design, Le Tentazioni, dates
from 1973, the objective being to find an alterna..
An icon of 1950s’ Italian
Design, the armchair-sofa Lady stands out for its extraordinarily contemporary
construction, a symbol of innovation supreme, in terms of style, materials, and
technology. In addition to being the first armchair to incorpo..
Antropus was created at the end
of the 1940s when Marco Zanuso was commissioned to design the sets for the
Italian-language version of Thornton Wilder’s play The Skin of Our Teeth, which
was dubbed “La Famiglia Antropus” in Italian, and was perfor..
An armchair with a striking, rigorous design, the outcome of
research by Marco Zanuso on how to anchor a seat on a wood frame. Zanuso
started work on this chair with his entry in an international design
competition organised by the Museum of Moder..
In 1952, working with Franca
Helg, his long-time assistant, Franco Albini designed Tre Pezzi, a contemporary
restatement of the classic bergère chair. The chair is composed of a deep
curved seat, a ring-shaped back rest and a half-moon head-rest, ..
Designed by Ico Parisi in 1960 for Cassina, at
that time “Figli di Amedeo Cassina”, the 875 is a welcoming and elegant
armchair. The author’s typical experimentation has led to a project that is
both classic and modern at the same time. Its propor..