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Mario Bellini for Cassina 'CAB 414' Chairs in black stitched Leather

$2,488 / item

Mario Bellini for Cassina 'CAB 414' Chairs in black stitched Leather

By Cassina, Mario Bellini

Located in London, GB

Mario Bellini for Cassina 'Cab' chairs. Model no 414. Stitched black leather.

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Set of Six Mario Bellini for Cassina "Cab 412" Side Chairs

$8,200 / set

Set of Six Mario Bellini for Cassina "Cab 412" Side Chairs

By Cassina, Mario Bellini

Located in Astoria, NY

Set of Six Mario Bellini for Cassina "Cab 412" Side Chairs, the black leather on steel frame, marked "Cassina" to underside. 32" H x 18.5" W x 16" D.

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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs

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Mario Bellini “CAB 413” Chair for Cassina, Russian Red Leather, 1977

By Mario Bellini, Cassina

Located in Lonigo, Veneto

Mario Bellini “CAB 413” dining chair for Cassina, russian red leather, Italy, designed 1977 The "CAB" is the world's first free-standing cowhide design chair, informed by the relati...

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H 18 in W 18 in

Cassina Cab Side Chairs in Red Leather

By Cassina

Located in Beverly Hills, CA

Classic leather cab chairs by Mario Bellini for Cassina. Great patina to leather.

Materials

Leather

$6,745 / set

H 31.5 in W 27.17 in D 24.41 in

Italian Design Classic Cab 414 Armchairs by Mario Bellini for Cassina, Set of 2

By Cassina, Mario Bellini

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Set of two Cab 414 armchairs in black leather by Mario Bellini for Cassina. These very comfortable lounge chairs are built up with a tubular steel frame over which foam and thick ...

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Cassina Cab For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal cassina cab for your home. Each cassina cab for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using animal skin, leather and metal. Find 274 options for an antique or vintage cassina cab now, or shop our selection of 4 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished piece. There are many kinds of the cassina cab you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 20th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. A cassina cab made by Mid-Century Modern designers — as well as those associated with Modern — is very popular. A well-made cassina cab has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Mario Bellini, Cassina and Adele Cassina are consistently popular.

How Much is a Cassina Cab?

A cassina cab can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $5,800, while the lowest priced sells for $485 and the highest can go for as much as $25,000.

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 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.