Cassina Cab Dining Chair

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Skeleton Chair

Russian Leather

Mario Bellini For Cassina

Green Cassina Chaired

Red Italian Dining Chairs

Materials

Steel

$6,831 / set

H 31.5 in W 18.51 in D 17.33 in

Set of Four CAB 412 Chairs by Mario Bellini for Cassina in Black Leather, 1970s

By Cassina, Mario Bellini

Located in Brescia, Brescia

412 dining room chairs by Mario Bellini for Cassina are sleek and elegant, featuring a minimalist

Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Mario Bellini Cab Dining Side Chair for Cassina

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H 32.35 in W 18.5 in D 19 in

Mario Bellini Cab Dining Side Chair for Cassina

By Cassina, Mario Bellini

Located in Los Angeles, CA

bottom of the chairs are marked - Cassina. One chair available. Dimensions 18.5" width x 19" depth x

Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Steel

Four Mario Bellini Cassina Leather Cab Chairs

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H 32 in W 23 in D 29 in

Four Mario Bellini Cassina Leather Cab Chairs

By Cassina

Located in Phoenix, AZ

Four Mario Bellini for Cassina leather cab chairs, circa mid-1970s. These all original examples

Materials

Materials

Alabaster, Brass

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Cassina Cab Dining Chair For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic cassina cab dining chair available at 1stDibs. Each cassina cab dining chair for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using animal skin, leather and metal. There are 107 variations of the antique or vintage cassina cab dining chair you’re looking for, while we also have 1 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect cassina cab dining chair — we have versions that date back to the 20th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. A cassina cab dining chair made by Mid-Century Modern designers — as well as those associated with Modern — is very popular. Many designers have produced at least one well-made cassina cab dining chair over the years, but those crafted by Mario Bellini and Cassina are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Cassina Cab Dining Chair?

The average selling price for a cassina cab dining chair at 1stDibs is $6,800, while they’re typically $800 on the low end and $25,000 for the highest priced.

Mario Bellini for sale on 1stDibs

Milan-born architect and designer Mario Bellini just may be the closest thing to a modern-day Renaissance man: His creative output spans genres, from electronics to furniture to architecture to cars, comprising iconic designs in each. Vintage Mario Bellini sofas, dining chairs and other seating pieces are widely coveted, and the designer has been the recipient of multiple prestigious Compasso d’Oro awards. More than 20 of his works are in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art.

Born in 1935, Bellini studied architecture at the Polytechnic University of Milan before founding his own firm in his native city in the early 1960s. He soon branched out beyond architecture, however, first for the tech manufacturer Olivetti, where he served as chief industrial design consultant from 1963 to 1991. During that time, Bellini oversaw the design of some of Olivetti’s most popular typewriters.

His penchant for electronic design didn’t stop there: Bellini also designed cameras for Fuji, televisions for Brionvega and a slew of audio devices for Yamaha, then served as design consultant for Renault and devised the interior of the 1980 Lancia Trevi for Fiat. Meanwhile, his architecture work spans continents, including such modern gems as the Museum of Islamic Arts at the Louvre, the National Gallery of Victoria extension in Melbourne, the Dubai Creek Complex and the Milan Convention Centre in his hometown.

And then there’s the furniture: Over the last 70 years, Bellini has designed office furniture for Vitra; lamps for Artemide, Erco and FLOS; porcelain for Rosenthal and long-admired sofas and other seating for Kartell, Natuzzi, B&B Italia, Cassina and more.

His oft-imitated 1977 Cab chair for Cassina, comprising 16 individual pieces of saddle leather that create a “skin” over a minimal metal frame, remains one of the manufacturer’s best sellers today. His pudgy-legged, round tables for Cassina foreshadow Faye Toogood’s widely loved Roly Poly line. His postmodern Summa armchairs for Kartell, as well as his elegant Chiara floor lamp, still lure collectors on vintage furniture websites.

Bellini’s most famous contribution to furniture design, though, may be his 1970 Camaleonda sofa for B&B Italia (then C&B Italia). An entrant to the 1972 MoMA show “Italy: The New Domestic Landscape,” the seat takes its name from the Italian words for chameleon and wave. Its bulbous, modular form makes it infinitely flexible. The sofa was a runaway hit at the show and, once discontinued, remained so popular among vintage dealers that B&B Italia reissued it in 2020 with all recycled materials and interchangeable seat covers. “Of all the objects I have designed, Camaleonda is perhaps the best in terms of its sense of freedom,” Bellini said.

Browse an expansive collection of vintage Mario Bellini furniture — including dining tables, armchairs, mid-century sofas and more — today on 1stDibs.

Finding the Right Dining-room-chairs for You

No matter what your dream dining experience looks like, there is a wide-ranging variety of vintage, new and antique dining room chairs on 1stDibs. Find upholstered dining room chairs, wood dining room chairs and more to outfit any space designated for a good meal, be it in your home or in the great outdoors.

In the early 18th century, most dining room tables and other furniture was designed to look masculine. In America, dining rooms weren’t even much of a concept until the late 1700s, when a space set aside specifically for dining became a part of the construction of homes for the wealthy. Dining room chairs of the era were likely made of walnut or oak. In Europe, neoclassical dining chairs emerged during the 1750s owing to nostalgia for classical antiquity, while the curving chair crests of Queen Anne furniture in the United States preceded the artistically bold seat backs that characterized the Chippendale chairs that followed. If there weren't enough dining chairs at suppertime in the American colonies, men were prioritized and women stood.

In the dining rooms of today, however, there is enough space for everyone to have a seat at the table. Modern styles introduce innovative design choices that play with shape and style. Icons of mid-century modern dining room chairs are plentiful: With its distinctive bentwood back, there is the DCW dining chair by Charles and Ray Eames, while Hans Wegner's timeless classic, the Wishbone chair, remains relevant and elegant decades after its debut. Stefano Giovannoni's White Rabbit dining chairs, in their lovable polyethylene biomorphism, reinvent what dining can look like.

Today's wide range of dining room chairs also means that they can now be styled in different ways, bringing functionality and fun to any sumptuous dining space. No longer do tables have to be accompanied by a matching set of seats. Skillfully mixing and matching colors and designs allows you to showcase your personality without sacrificing the cohesion of a given space.

By furnishing your dining room with cozy chairs — vintage, antique or otherwise — family time can extend far beyond mealtime. The plush upholstery of Victorian-style dining room chairs is perfect for game nights that stretch from dinner to midnight snack. Outdoor tables and dining chairs can also present an excellent opportunity for bonding and eating — what goes better with a delicious meal than fresh air, anyway?

Whether you prefer your chairs streamlined and stackable or ornate and one of a kind, the offerings on 1stDibs will elevate your mealtime and beyond.