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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Charlotte Perriand Tabouret Meribel Stool in Black Oak by Cassina
By Cassina
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Charlotte Perriand designed pieces that were meant to be comfortably used and enjoyed in a space; the Meribel stool does just that. These stools can be used alone as additional seati...
Oak
Charlotte Perriand Tabouret Berger Stool in Oak by Cassina
By Cassina
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Inspired by the traditional milking stools used by shepherds in the Alps, the Tabouret Berger stool was designed in 1961 by Charlotte Perriand. Perriand designed pieces that were mea...
Oak
Charlotte Perriand Tabouret Meribel Stool in Oak by Cassina
By Cassina
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
The Charlotte Perriand Tabouret Meribel Stool is an iconic design crafted from oak. It features a minimalist aesthetic, masterfully crafted for timelessness and modern style. The des...
Oak
Charlotte Perriand Tabouret Berger Stool in Walnut
By Cassina
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Inspired by the traditional milking stools used by shepherds in the Alps, the Tabouret Berger stool was designed in 1961 by Charlotte Perriand. P...
Walnut
Charlotte Perriand Tabouret Meribel Stool in Walnut
By Cassina
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Charlotte Perriand designed pieces that were meant to be comfortably used and enjoyed in a space; the Meribel stool does just that. These stools can be u...
Walnut
Christophe Delcourt Roi Stool in Solid Brushed Oak by Collection Particuliere
By Collection Particulière
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Design company Collection Particulière presents meaningful furniture and objects with bold, clean shapes. Imbued with a soft elegance, each piece breathes new life into the space it ...
Oak
Charlotte Perriand Meribel Black Stool For Cassina Available Now
By Charlotte Perriand
Located in Barcelona, ES
Charlotte Perriand Meribel Black Stool For Cassina Stool model Meribel designed by Charlotte Perriand in 1953-61. Black Relaunched by Cassina in 2011. Manufactured by Cassina in It...
Wood
Charlotte Perriand Berger Wood Stool by Cassina, Mid-Century Modern
By Charlotte Perriand, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Stool model Berger designed by Charlotte Perriand in 1953-61. Relaunched by Cassina in 2011. Manufactured by Cassina in Italy. Reclaiming simple materials and basic shapes, with an eye to architecture and mountain life, led to the creation of two historic design low table-stools inspired respectively by the milking stool used by mountain shepherds in the French town much loved by the author. Placed individually or in lively arrangements, the two low tables bring the pleasing lightness of solid wood to indoor settings emphasized by the continuity of the grain between the top and the edges and the countless natural variations in the wood. Each piece is made of unique solid wood, so every piece will be different from one another and not exactly as the one on the photos. Both pieces are inspired by the mountains. While the latter takes its name from the milking-stool used by alpine shepherds, the former is inspired by the French locality much loved by designer and architect Charlotte Perriand. These furnishing accessories stand out for the honesty of their simple shapes and for the concrete expression of their materials and function. The turned seat meets the stylised legs both in the Tabouret...
Wood
Charlotte Perriand Meribel Wood Stool by Cassina, Black Oak, Modern
By Cassina, Charlotte Perriand
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Stool model Meribel designed by Charlotte Perriand in 1953-61. Oak stained black. Relaunched by Cassina in 2011. Manufactured by Cassina in Italy. Reclaiming simple materials and basic shapes, with an eye to architecture and mountain life...
Aluminum
Charlotte Perriand Meribel Wood Stool by Cassina, Black Oak, Italy
By Cassina, Charlotte Perriand
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Stool model Meribel designed by Charlotte Perriand in 1953-61. Oak stained black. Relaunched by Cassina in 2011. Manufactured by Cassina in Italy. Reclaiming simple materials and b...
Aluminum
Charlotte Perriand, Black Berger High Milk or Shepherd Stool
By Charlotte Perriand
Located in Hasselt, VLI
Vintage Berger stool high - circa 1950s - Provenance private residence Paris, France. The Berger high stool by Robert Sentou is a modern reinterpreta...
Wood, Oak
Mid-Century 1953 Vintage Charlotte Perriand Tall Berger Stool
By Charlotte Perriand
Located in London, GB
In her work, Charlotte Perriand closely aligned her belief in the power of design for social changes. She developed functional living spaces in the spirit that better design helps in...
Wood
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