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Andrea Branzi 'Revers' Post-Modern Chairs for Cassina, 1993, Set of Six, Signed

About the Item

A beautiful set of six 'Revers' dining armchairs by Andrea Branzi for Cassina featuring ebonized beechwood arms sculpted in ribbon attaching to aluminum frames with matching ebonized seats. Signed with Cassina labels underneath the seats. Designed in 1993, these Post-Modern Italian classics offered a curve-ball to prior Mid-Century Modern bentwood designs such as those from Charles and Ray Eames for Herman Miller. With a Post-Modern spin, the sculptural bentwood arms sinuously flows to connect each of the front legs together while also forming the seat back. Supported by a lacquered aluminum frame in juxtaposition, the use of materials and signature ribbon-like shape - this set of six 'Revers' chairs are quintessential designs for the 1980s and 1990s Post-Modern art movement. While Post-Modern in style and origin, the design also has a space-age futuristic look. Which may be why in 1999 the set designers for Star-Trek's 'Deep Space Nine' show used Revers chairs for the set of Yanas Tigan's home on Sappora VII, image shown in photo gallery. Andrea Branzi, an architect and designer, was one of the founders of Archizoom Associati design group in 1966, established Studio Alchimia in 1976, and in the 1980s worked with the Memphis Group. Branzi also served as the cultural director of Domus Academy and many of his design works are in permanent collections including the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Museum of Fine Arts Houston; Museum of Modern Art, New York; and Victoria & Albert Museum, London. This set of six Post-Modern arm chairs by Andrea Branzi for Cassina would be perfect in a Post-Modern or Contemporary room but could also look fantastic in a Mid-Century Modern, Scandanavian Modern or Danish Modern home or penthouse apartment. Also consider mixing it up in a Traditional, Transitional, Classical or Art Deco room with a splash of juxtaposition. Would also be an apt choice in a commercial project such as a hotel lobby lounge or members club, creative design studio or high-rise executive office. Consider using as side chairs, dining, cafe or breakfast table chairs, bedside chairs, fireside chairs, dressing or changing room chairs, hallway chairs, entryway or mudroom chairs, nursing or reading chairs, conference room chairs, office or desk guest chairs, lobby lounge chairs or occasional chairs ideal in virtually any setting. MEASUREMENTS: H 29.75" x W 26" x D 20" Seat Height: 18" CONDITION: Good vintage condition with light wear and patina. Scattered shallow dents and light scratches to wood. Very presentable and attractive, ready for immediate use.

Creator:

Andrea Branzi (Designer),Cassina (Manufacturer)

Dimensions:

Height: 29.75 in (75.57 cm)Width: 26 in (66.04 cm)Depth: 20 in (50.8 cm)Seat Height: 18 in (45.72 cm)

Sold As:

Set of 6

Style:

Post-Modern (Of the Period)

Materials and Techniques:

Metal,Wood

Place of Origin:

Italy

Period:

1990-1999

Date of Manufacture:

c 1990s

Condition:

Good vintage condition with light wear and patina. See description for more details. Ready for immediate use.

Seller Location:

Los Angeles, CA

Reference Number:

1stDibs: LU1330229513382

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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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