Furniture manufacturer Cassina is a prolific design house for more reasons than one: It not only owns the licenses to an exquisite collection of iconic chairs, sofas, tables and other pieces from the 20th and 21st centuries but also produces original works that are characterized by innovation and the finest Italian craftsmanship.
Cassina’s illustrious legacy includes being one of the first companies to bring industrial design to Italy in the 1950s. Founded in 1927 in Meda, Italy, by brothers Cesare and Umberto Cassina, the Italian manufacturing giant originally specialized in bespoke woodworking. In nearly a century since its founding, the company has shown incredible foresight about design trends and the evolution of technology.
In 1964, Cassina signed an exclusive licensing agreement to manufacture furniture by Le Corbusier and his collaborators — such as the LC4 chaise longue made with trailblazing French modernist Charlotte Perriand and Pierre Jeanneret — a move that would shape the future of the company. Cassina’s I Maestri collection is an ongoing initiative to restyle landmark designs from the 20th century, such as pieces by Gerrit Rietveld (the Red and Blue armchair from 1918), Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Erik Gunnar Asplund, Franco Albini and Frank Lloyd Wright. The company preserves the intentions and original styles of their designs but adds updated techniques, materials and processes — rendering them the best possible combination of past, present and future. The brand has also worked with contemporary icons like Zaha Hadid, Gio Ponti and Philippe Starck.
Cassina’s original designs are cutting-edge as well. They include pieces for everyday use, the development of which is guided by comfort and the marriage of Italian craftsmanship with industrial technology.
Some of Cassina’s pieces, both from its contemporary and I Maestri collections, can be found in the collections of museums like the Museum of Modern Art and the Vitra Design Museum. In 2014, the company became part of Haworth in its acquisition of Italian furniture group Poltrona Frau, and in 2015, Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola joined Cassina as its art director, leading the brand into its next century of inventive style.
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2x Cassina Maralunga Sessel + Ottoman Vico Magistretti Leder braun
By Vico Magistretti, Cassina
Located in Berlin, DE
Wir bieten einen von zwei Cassina Maralunga Sessel Sets inkl. Ottoman vom italienischen Traditionshersteller Cassina zum Verkauf an. Der Entwurf stammt von Vico Magistretti und gilt ...
Leather
Original Cassina Wink Chair Sessel Toshiyuki Kita schwarz Stoff
By Cassina, Toshiyuki Kita
Located in Berlin, DE
Wir bieten einen wunderschönen Cassina Wink Chair in schwarzem Stoff zum Verkauf an. Der Sessel gilt als wahrer Designklassiker und besticht durch seine außergewöhnlich vielseitige A...
Fabric
Original Cassina Wink Chair Sessel Toshiyuki Kita schwarz weiß
By Cassina, Toshiyuki Kita
Located in Berlin, DE
Wir bieten einen wunderschönen Cassina Wink Chair in schwarzem Stoff mit weiß/schwarzen Ohrenbezügen zum Verkauf an. Der Sessel gilt als wahrer Designklassiker und besticht durch sei...
Fabric
Original Cassina Wink Chair Sessel Toshiyuki Kita Leder weiß Design
By Cassina, Toshiyuki Kita
Located in Berlin, DE
Wir bieten einen wunderschönen Cassina Wink Chair in weißem Leder zum Verkauf an. Der Sessel gilt als wahrer Designklassiker und besticht durch sein...
Leather
Original Cassina Wink Chair Sessel Toshiyuki Kita Leder rot Design
By Toshiyuki Kita, Cassina
Located in Berlin, DE
Wir bieten einen wunderschönen Cassina Wink Chair in rot zum Verkauf an. Der Sessel gilt als wahrer Designklassiker und besticht durch seine außerge...
Leather
Original Cassina Maralunga Sessel Vico Magistretti Stoff türkis
By Vico Magistretti, Cassina
Located in Berlin, DE
Wir bieten einen wunderschönen türkis farbenen Maralunga Sessel von Cassina zum Verkauf an. Das Design stammt von Vico Magistretti und gilt bis heute als wahrer Designklassiker. Vico...
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Sesann armchairs designed by Gianfranco Frattini for Cassina 1970
By Gianfranco Frattini
Located in Arezzo, Italy
Sesann armchairs designed by Gianfranco Frattini for Cassina 1970s, Polyuretane, leather, tubolar chromed steel structure, wooden base. Excellent condition. Reupholster in new vi...
Metal
2 chaise longues lounge chairs Wink by Toshiyuki Kita per Cassina 80s
By Cassina, Toshiharu Kitagawa
Located in Padova, IT
Toshiyuki Kita (born in Osaka, 1942) is a world-renowned industrial designer famous for creating an aesthetic and functional bridge between traditional Japanese craftsmanship and Eur...
Fabric
2000s Pair of Toshiyuki Kita for Cassina AKI Lounge Chairs
By Toshiyuki Kita, Cassina
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is a Pair of AKI Lounge Chairs, designed by Toshiyuki Kita for Cassina in 2004. This pair dates to the early 2000s. The design features red suede upholstery and it has aluminum-...
Aluminum, Steel
Mid-Century Pair of Sesann Armchairs by Gianfranco Frattini for Cassina, Italy
By Gianfranco Frattini
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Pair of Sesann Armchairs by Gianfranco Frattini for Cassina, Italy, 1970s - New Upholstery
Metal
Gianfranco Frattini Alpaca Sesann Lounge Chair for Cassina, 1972, Set of 2
By Cassina, Gianfranco Frattini
Located in Vicenza, IT
The Sesann lounge chair was designed by Gianfranco Frattini in 1970 and produced by the Italian manufacturer Cassina. This set is composed of two lounge chairs upholstered in tobacco and chocolate brown alpaca velvet. Sesann is characterized by an organic and informal shape and is defined by the tubular metal detail that wraps around the soft, upholstered seat. In the 1970s, the Cassina catalogue...
Chrome
Soriana armchairs designed by Afra and Tobia Scarpa for Cassina 1969
By Afra & Tobia Scarpa
Located in Arezzo, Italy
Soriana armchairs designed by Afra and Tobia Scarpa for Cassina 1969, Reupholster in new leather. Polyuretane, leather, steel. Excellent condition. A true icon of style, Soriana,...
Metal
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