Skip to main content

Cassina Feltri

Cassina “Feltri” Armchair in Purple Original Upholstery – Good Vintage Condition
By Cassina
Located in Astoria, NY
FREE LOCAL DELIVERY WITHIN NEW YORK CITY Iconic “Feltri” armchair by Gaetano Pesce for Cassina
Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Materials

Wool

Feltri Low Armchair by Gaetano Pesce for Cassina
By Gaetano Pesce
Located in Vlimmeren, BE
In 1987 Gaetano Pesce designed the amazing armchair Feltri for Cassina. Feltri was created within
Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Felt

Feltri Low Armchair by Gaetano Pesce for Cassina
Feltri Low Armchair by Gaetano Pesce for Cassina
$3,578
H 38.59 in W 28.75 in D 25.99 in
Gaetano Pesce Feltri Felt Chair For Cassina
By Gaetano Pesce
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Gaetano Pesce Feltri Felt Chair For Cassina Crafted using a patented Cassina production technique
Category

2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Materials

Polyester

Gaetano Pesce Feltri Felt Chair For Cassina
Gaetano Pesce Feltri Felt Chair For Cassina
$9,571 Sale Price / item
20% Off
H 51.19 in W 28.75 in D 25.99 in
Gaetano Pesce Feltri Felt Chair For Cassina
By Gaetano Pesce
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Gaetano Pesce Feltri Felt Chair For Cassina Crafted using a patented Cassina production technique
Category

2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Materials

Polyester

Gaetano Pesce Feltri Felt Chair For Cassina
Gaetano Pesce Feltri Felt Chair For Cassina
$9,571 Sale Price / item
20% Off
H 51.19 in W 28.75 in D 25.99 in
Gaetano Pesce Feltri Felt Chair For Cassina
By Gaetano Pesce
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Gaetano Pesce Feltri Felt Chair For Cassina Crafted using a patented Cassina production technique
Category

2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Materials

Polyester

Gaetano Pesce Feltri Felt Chair For Cassina
Gaetano Pesce Feltri Felt Chair For Cassina
$9,571 Sale Price / item
20% Off
H 51.19 in W 28.75 in D 25.99 in
Two "I Feltri" B/Pink Lounge Chairs by Gaetano Pesce for Cassina, Italy, 1980s
By Gaetano Pesce, Cassina
Located in Milan, IT
Pair of iconic "I Feltri" chairs by Gaetano Pesce for Cassina. Wool felt body with movable cotton
Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Lounge Chairs

Materials

Felt

Gaetano Pesce Set of Three Feltri Felt Chair For Cassina
By Gaetano Pesce
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Gaetano Pesce Set of Three Feltri Felt Chair For Cassina Crafted using a patented Cassina
Category

2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Materials

Polyester

Gaetano Pesce Set of Three Feltri Felt Chair For Cassina
Gaetano Pesce Set of Three Feltri Felt Chair For Cassina
$28,715 Sale Price / item
20% Off
H 51.19 in W 28.75 in D 25.99 in

Recent Sales

Feltri armchair by Gaetano Pesce for Cassina
By Cassina, Gaetano Pesce
Located in Rivoli, IT
Poltrona modello Feltri disegnata da Gaetano Pesce nel 1987. Prodotta da Cassina in Italia
Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Armchairs

Materials

Fabric

Feltri armchair by Gaetano Pesce for Cassina
Feltri armchair by Gaetano Pesce for Cassina
H 39.38 in W 27.56 in D 25.6 in
Feltri armchair by Gaetano Pesce for Cassina
By Cassina, Gaetano Pesce
Located in Rivoli, IT
Poltrona modello Feltri disegnata da Gaetano Pesce nel 1987. Prodotta da Cassina in Italia
Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Armchairs

Materials

Fabric

Feltri armchair by Gaetano Pesce for Cassina
Feltri armchair by Gaetano Pesce for Cassina
H 39.38 in W 27.56 in D 25.6 in
Gaetano Pesce Feltri Armchair by Cassina
By Gaetano Pesce, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Armchair model Feltri designed by Gaetano Pesce in 1987. Manufactured by Cassina in Italy. Crafted
Category

2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Materials

Wool

Gaetano Pesce Feltri Armchair by Cassina
Gaetano Pesce Feltri Armchair by Cassina
H 51.19 in W 28.75 in D 25.99 in
Gaetano Pesce Feltri Armchair by Cassina
By Gaetano Pesce, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Armchair model Feltri designed by Gaetano Pesce in 1987. Manufactured by Cassina in Italy. Crafted
Category

2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Materials

Wool

Gaetano Pesce Feltri Armchair by Cassina
Gaetano Pesce Feltri Armchair by Cassina
H 51.19 in W 28.75 in D 25.99 in
Gaetano Pesce Feltri High Armchair for Cassina
By Gaetano Pesce, Cassina
Located in Amarillo, TX
Gaetano Pesce Feltri high armchair Cassina Italy, 1987 upholstery, felt, rope 60 w x 28 d
Category

Late 20th Century Italian Armchairs

Materials

Felt, Rope, Upholstery

Feltri Armchairs by Gaetano Pesce for Cassina
By Gaetano Pesce, Cassina
Located in Vlimmeren, BE
In 1987 Gaetano Pesce designed the amazing armchair Feltri for Cassina. We offer you a set of a
Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Felt

Feltri Armchairs by Gaetano Pesce for Cassina
Feltri Armchairs by Gaetano Pesce for Cassina
H 51.19 in W 25.99 in D 28.75 in
Italian Feltri Armchair by Gaetano Pesce for Cassina, 1987
By Cassina, Gaetano Pesce
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian Feltri armchair by Gaetano Pesce for Cassina, 1987 Feltri was born in 1987, in the Cassina
Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Armchairs

Materials

Felt, Resin

Feltri Chair by Gaetano Pesce for Cassina, 1986
By Gaetano Pesce
Located in Las Vegas, NV
idea for the Feltri while walking in the rain and noticing a patch of felt soaking up the water in the
Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Felt, Resin

Feltri Armchair by Gaetano Pesce for Cassina
By Cassina, Gaetano Pesce
Located in KUTNO, PL
a more ambient feel, or spread out like a throne. Feltri was created at the Cassina Research Center
Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Materials

Textile, Felt

Feltri Armchair by Gaetano Pesce for Cassina
Feltri Armchair by Gaetano Pesce for Cassina
H 49.61 in W 33.86 in D 30.32 in
Gaetano Pesce 'Feltri' Chair for Cassina, Italy, 1987
By Gaetano Pesce, Cassina
Located in bergen op zoom, NL
A low back Feltri chair by Gaetano Pesce for Cassina. This example dates back to the early 1990s
Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Cotton, Felt, Resin

Gaetano Pesce 'Feltri' Chair for Cassina, Italy, 1987
Gaetano Pesce 'Feltri' Chair for Cassina, Italy, 1987
H 37.41 in W 55.12 in D 27.56 in L 37.41 in
"Feltri" Arm Chair by Gaetano Pesce for Cassina
By Cassina, Gaetano Pesce
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
This armchair was designed by Gaetano Pesce in 1987 for Cassina. Made entirely of thick wool felt
Category

Late 20th Century Italian Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Felt

Feltri Chair / Armchair by Gaetano Pesce for Cassina, Italy
By Gaetano Pesce, Cassina
Located in Halle, DE
Rare Feltri armchair, designed by Gaetano Pesce in 1987 for Cassina, Italy. Exceptional and rare
Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Felt

357 Feltri Lounge Chair by Gaetano Pesce for Cassina, Italy, 1987
By Cassina, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Vintage "357 Feltri" high back chair designed by Gaetano Pesce and manufactured by Cassina in the
Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Chairs

Italian Mid-Century Modern Blue Felt Feltri Armchair by Pesce for Cassina, 1990s
By Gaetano Pesce, Cassina
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid-century modern blue felt Feltri armchair by Pesce for Cassina, 1990s Feltri model
Category

1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Materials

Fabric, Felt, Resin

Gaetano Pesce /Calvin Klein Feltri Chair Limited Edition, 2018
By Cassina, Gaetano Pesce
Located in Hudson, NY
/100 raf simons upholsters 100 cassina feltri armchairs in vintage quilts for calvin klein's miami
Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Felt

Gaetano Pesce Feltri Armchair for Cassina, 1987
By Gaetano Pesce
Located in Brooklyn, NY
357 Feltri low armchair designed by Gaetano Pesce for Cassina in 1987. Made entirely of thick, wool
Category

Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Felt, Wool

"Feltri" Armchair by Gaetano Pesce for Cassina
By Gaetano Pesce
Located in Los Angeles, CA
High back Feltri chair by Geatano Pesce for Cassina. This unusual and wonderful form is made from
Category

Late 20th Century Italian Lounge Chairs

Materials

Foam

People Also Browsed

Hollywood Regency Bar and Stools in the Style of Willy Rizzo Brass Suede
By Willy Rizzo
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Cocktail bar with bar stools, brass, suede, glass, smoked mirrored glass, chrome-plated steel, wood, plastic, Italy, 1970s Hollywood Regency cocktail bar in the style of Willy Rizz...
Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Dry Bars

Materials

Brass, Steel, Chrome

Carlo Scarpa for Simon Gavina 'Toledo' double bed in Wood and leather, Italy
By Gavina, Carlo Scarpa
Located in Argelato, BO
Carlo Scarpa (1906 - 1978), “Toledo” Bed, Simon Gavina, Italy, 1975. Bed with load-bearing structure in turned solid padouk wood with light wood inserts, leather headboard, brass b...
Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Post-Modern Beds and Bed Frames

Materials

Leather, Wood

Swedish Designer, Sofa, Bamboo, Rattan, Fabric, Sweden, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A moulded bamboo, rattan and floral-printed fabric sofa or settee designed and produced in Sweden, c. 1950s. Vintage Josef Frank fabric in fair condition, staining and wear present....
Category

Vintage 1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Sofas

Materials

Fabric, Bamboo, Rattan

Leather Meander Flexible Wall Sconce
Located in Pound Ridge, NY
Leather wrapped flexible arm wall light you can pose and adjust as you wish. This is our updated Meander Reader light with larger cone shade and new upward angled arm. Lamping: Sing...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Metal, Brass, Nickel

Leather Meander Flexible Wall Sconce
Leather Meander Flexible Wall Sconce
$875 / item
H 16 in W 5 in D 12 in
Round the Clock, Large, in Dark Ruby, Lilac & Matt Light Blue by Gaetano Pesce
By Corsi Design Factory, Gaetano Pesce
Located in barasso, IT
Round the clock - dark ruby, clear Lilac and Matt light blue Clock in hard resin designed by Gaetano Pesce for Fish Design collection. Additional information: Material: Hard ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Wall Clocks

Materials

Resin

Bertu Counter Stools, White Oak Counter Stool, Chile Stool
By Bertu Furniture
Located in Oak Harbor, OH
Bertu Counter Stools, White Oak Counter Stool, Chile Stool This White Oak Chile Counter Stool is beautifully constructed from solid wood in Ohio, USA. The stool is chunky and modern...
Category

2010s American Modern Stools

Materials

Wood, Oak

Vase Mod. Amazonia Designed By Gaetano Pesce, Italy
By Gaetano Pesce
Located in Madrid, ES
Contemporary vase designed by Gaetano Pesce in 1995 and edited by Fish design. Made of colored soft resin. Unique piece. Italy Measurements: Diameter 22cm x H 36cm Bibliography ...
Category

2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Resin

Fossilised Skull of Prehistoric Marine Reptile the Mosasaur, 70Million Years Ago
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Upper Cretaceous, about 70-65 million years ago (Maastrichtian) Morocco The skull is reconstructed in good proportions with fossil pieces found in a phosphate mine in Morocco. I att...
Category

Antique 15th Century and Earlier African Natural Specimens

Materials

Bone

Fossilised Skull of Prehistoric Marine Reptile the Mosasaur, 70Million Years Ago
Fossilised Skull of Prehistoric Marine Reptile the Mosasaur, 70Million Years Ago
$27,505 Sale Price
20% Off
H 6.3 in W 15.75 in D 5.91 in
Fabric Pende Woka Chandelier
By Woka Lamps
Located in Vienna, AT
Handsewn fabric shade, dessin by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn, hanging on a fabric-covered wire, brass-parts in the requested finish. Total drop custom made 2 x Edison screw sockets ...
Category

2010s Austrian Art Deco Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Brass

Fabric Pende Woka Chandelier
Fabric Pende Woka Chandelier
$5,483 / item
H 15.75 in Dm 15.75 in
Side End Table Jewel Square Crystal Glass Collectible Design Handmade Italy
By Barberini & Gunnell
Located in Ancona, Marche
The side table 'Cascata' is made up of 219 crystal glass elements assembled by hand one by one. This table shines like a jewel. 'Instant of a perpetual flow, motionless water in a c...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables

Materials

Crystal

Mushroom Ottoman in Wool Fly Agaric
Located in Fairfield, CA
A handmade mushroom shaped ottoman, upholstered in a dotted wool blend fabric to resemble a fly agaric mushroom. Perfect for using as a footstool or extra occasional seating. A comfo...
Category

2010s American Mid-Century Modern Ottomans and Poufs

Materials

Wool

Mushroom Ottoman in Wool Fly Agaric
Mushroom Ottoman in Wool Fly Agaric
$395 / item
H 18 in Dm 18 in
Ethnic Straw Armchair by +55design Brazilian Design with Indigenous Craft
By Neca Abrantes
Located in Jardim America, SP
This rotating armchair by Neca Abrantes is a striking fusion of contemporary Brazilian design and indigenous handcrafted traditions. Known for her deep passion for native craftsmansh...
Category

2010s Brazilian Swivel Chairs

Materials

Straw

Set of 6 Lucite Pink and Chrome Plia Chairs, Piretti for Castelli, Italy 1970s
By Anonima Castelli, Giancarlo Piretti
Located in Roma, IT
Original and signed set of 6 "Plia" pink lucite folding chairs. This fantastic set was designed by Giancarlo Piretti for Castelli in 1967. These folding chairs are made of very rar...
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs

Materials

Aluminum, Chrome

Large 'Floatation' Japanese Paper Suspension Lamp for Ingo Maurer
By Ingo Maurer
Located in Glendale, CA
Large 'Floatation' Japanese paper suspension lamp for Ingo Maurer. Designed and produced by Ingo Maurer, one of the most celebrated German lighting icons since 1966. With imaginatio...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary German Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and ...

Materials

Metal, Iron

Mario Bellini "Camaleonda" Sofa for B&B Italia, Black Leather 1970, Set of 2
By B&B Italia, Mario Bellini
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Mario Bellini "Camaleonda" modular sofa for B&B Italia, black leather, Italy, 1970, two elements. "Camaleonda" is an icon, rediscovered. First designed in 1970 by Mario Bellini, it...
Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sectional Sofas

Materials

Leather, Plastic

1970, Rare Important Space Age Sideboard
By Verner Panton
Located in Perpignan, FR
Element decoration - sideboard for music TV Show. removable. Big size 400 x 120x 120 cm Fiberglass and metal.  
Category

Vintage 1970s French Space Age Sideboards

Materials

Metal

1970, Rare Important Space Age Sideboard
1970, Rare Important Space Age Sideboard
$9,484
H 47.25 in W 157.49 in D 47.25 in
Get Updated with New Arrivals
Save "Cassina Feltri", and we’ll notify you when there are new listings in this category.

Cassina Feltri For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the cassina feltri you’re looking for. Frequently made of fabric, felt and organic material, every cassina feltri was constructed with great care. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect cassina feltri — we have versions that date back to the 20th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. When you’re browsing for the right cassina feltri, those designed in Modern styles are of considerable interest. You’ll likely find more than one cassina feltri that is appealing in its simplicity, but Gaetano Pesce, Cassina and Ettore Sottsass produced versions that are worth a look.

How Much is a Cassina Feltri?

Prices for a cassina feltri start at $2,700 and top out at $9,900 with the average selling for $4,613.

Gaetano Pesce for sale on 1stDibs

Gaetano Pesce was of a generation of Italian architects who in the early 1960s rebelled against the industrial perfection of modernism by conceiving new furniture and objects that were at once expressive and eccentric in form; or you might say they were more like art than functionalist design.

Born in the picturesque coastal Italian city of La Spezia in 1939, Pesce was a precocious talent who could have forged a career as an artist but opted instead to go to Venice to study architecture because, as he has said, it was “the most complex of all the arts.” Rather than having new worlds opened to him at design school, however, Pesce found the rationalist curriculum oppressive in its insistence on standardization and prescribed materials and technologies.

Pesce wanted to explore the latest of both materials and technologies to create objects and buildings never before imagined, with what he called “personalities” that spoke to the issues of the day. He was keen to examine ways to diversify mass production so that each manufactured work could be distinct.

In 1964, Pesce met Cesare Cassina, of the forward-looking furniture company C&B Italia in Milan (now known as B&B Italia), for whom he would create many important designs, beginning with a collection of what he called “transformational furniture” — two chairs and a loveseat — made entirely out of high-density polyurethane foam. To make the pieces easy to ship and cost-efficient, he proposed that after being covered in a stretch jersey, they be put in a vacuum, then heat-sealed flat between vinyl sheets. Once the foam was removed from its packaging, the piece returned to its original shape — hence, the name Up for the series, which debuted in 1969.

In addition to these pieces, Pesce proposed for the collection something he referred to as an “anti-armchair,” which took the shape of a reclining fertility goddess, the iconic Donna.

Producing the piece's complex form turned out to be a technical challenge. Bayer, the foam’s manufacturer, deemed it impossible to accomplish. Pesce persisted and came up with a new procedure, demonstrating not only the designer’s key role in researching the nature and potential of new materials but also his vital importance in “doubting rules.” The Up chair and accompanying ottoman were born, and they were revolutionary in more ways than one.

In the early 1970s, Pesce began exploring one of his key concepts, the idea of the industrial originals. Employing a mold without air holes, and adding a blood-red dye to the polyurethane, he cast a bookcase that resembled a demolished wall, the rough edges of the shelves and posts resulting from fissures in the material made by trapped air.

Through his research into polyurethane, Pesce figured out a way to make a loveseat and armchair using only a simple wood frame and strong canvas covering as a mold. Since the fabric developed random folds during the injection process, the pieces were similar but not identical. Cassina named the suite of furnishings Sit Down and introduced it in 1975. By experimenting with felt soaked in polyurethane and resin, Pesce conceived I Feltri, another collection of armchairs introduced by Cassina in 1987.

Pesce went on to live a life that defied expectation and convention and along the way became one of the most seminal figures in art and design.

Find vintage Gaetano Pesce chairs, sofas, vases and more on 1stDibs.

Finding the Right Seating for You

With entire areas of our homes reserved for “sitting rooms,” the value of quality antique and vintage seating cannot be overstated.

Fortunately, the design of side chairs, armchairs and other lounge furniture — since what were, quite literally, the early perches of our ancestors — has evolved considerably.

Among the earliest standard seating furniture were stools. Egyptian stools, for example, designed for one person with no seat back, were x-shaped and typically folded to be tucked away. These rudimentary chairs informed the design of Greek and Roman stools, all of which were a long way from Sori Yanagi's Butterfly stool or Alvar Aalto's Stool 60. In the 18th century and earlier, seats with backs and armrests were largely reserved for high nobility.

The seating of today is more inclusive but the style and placement of chairs can still make a statement. Antique desk chairs and armchairs designed in the style of Louis XV, which eventually included painted furniture and were often made of rare woods, feature prominently curved legs as well as Chinese themes and varied ornaments. Much like the thrones of fairy tales and the regency, elegant lounges crafted in the Louis XV style convey wealth and prestige. In the kitchen, the dining chair placed at the head of the table is typically reserved for the head of the household or a revered guest.

Of course, with luxurious vintage or antique furnishings, every chair can seem like the best seat in the house. Whether your preference is stretching out on a plush sofa, such as the Serpentine, designed by Vladimir Kagan, or cozying up in a vintage wingback chair, there is likely to be a comfy classic or contemporary gem for you on 1stDibs.

With respect to the latest obsessions in design, cane seating has been cropping up everywhere, from sleek armchairs to lounge chairs, while bouclé fabric, a staple of modern furniture design, can be seen in mid-century modern, Scandinavian modern and Hollywood Regency furniture styles.

Admirers of the sophisticated craftsmanship and dark woods frequently associated with mid-century modern seating can find timeless furnishings in our expansive collection of lounge chairs, dining chairs and other items — whether they’re vintage editions or alluring official reproductions of iconic designs from the likes of Hans Wegner or from Charles and Ray Eames. Shop our inventory of Egg chairs, designed in 1958 by Arne Jacobsen, the Florence Knoll lounge chair and more.

No matter your style, the collection of unique chairs, sofas and other seating on 1stDibs is surely worthy of a standing ovation.