Vico Magistretti Maralunga

Cassina Maralunga 3 Seater

Maralunga Ottoman

Maralunga 40

Mid Century Modern Window Seat

Foldable Sofa

Italian 1980s Lounge Chair

Materials

Fabric, Bouclé

$5,577 / set

Cognac Leathered Maralunga Armchair and Pouf by Vico Magistretti, Cassina, 1970s

By Cassina, Vico Magistretti

Located in Quarrata, IT

Set of Cognac Leathered Maralunga Armchair and Ottoman by Vico Magistretti for Cassina, 1970s

Category

Vintage 1970s Armchairs

Materials

Materials

Leather

Sold

H 27.56 in W 64.57 in D 31.5 in

Vico Magistretti "Maralunga" Set 2-seater sofa and lounge Chair For Cassina

By Cassina, Vico Magistretti

Located in The Hague, NL

If it's classic Italian style you're after, look no further! Maralunga Set inluding a 2-seater Sofa and a Lounge Chair designed 1973 by Vico Magistretti for Cassina.

Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sofas

Materials

Materials

Walnut

H 30 in W 92 in D 42 in

Modern Mid-Century style sofa with plush velvet upholstery

Located in Scottsdale, AZ

A mid-century style sofa with a sleek angular silhouette upholstered with plush camel-colored velvet. One-of-a-kind with Mid-Century architectural interest from every angle. It's ind...

Category

20th Century Unknown Sofas

Materials

Upholstery, Velvet

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Vico Magistretti Maralunga For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the vico magistretti maralunga you’re looking for. Frequently made of animal skin, leather and fabric, every vico magistretti maralunga was constructed with great care. There are 135 variations of the antique or vintage vico magistretti maralunga you’re looking for, while we also have 2 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect vico magistretti maralunga — we have versions that date back to the 20th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. When you’re browsing for the right vico magistretti maralunga, those designed in Mid-Century Modern and Modern styles are of considerable interest.

How Much is a Vico Magistretti Maralunga?

Prices for a vico magistretti maralunga start at $367 and top out at $28,249 with the average selling for $3,658.

Vico Magistretti for sale on 1stDibs

As one of the founding fathers of modern Italian design, prolific architect and industrial designer Ludovico Magistretti (known by his nickname Vico) was guided by his philosophy, “There is no excuse for bad design.” His architectural projects are widely revered, and an ingenious meld of form and function can be found in his stylish and deceptively simple table lamps, sofas, armchairs and other mid-century furnishings.

Born in Milan, Magistretti followed in the footsteps of his father and grandfather (both architects) to study architecture at the Polytechnic University of Milan. At the outbreak of World War II, he fled to Switzerland, and it was there he met his role model and mentor, renowned humanist architect Ernesto Nathan Rogers. Magistretti was inspired by Rogers’s vision to revive postwar Italy, and they collaborated on several reconstruction projects. Among Magistretti’s first architectural designs is a “poetic” round church, which he created for the QT8, an experimental Milanese neighborhood.

When Magistretti returned to Milan in 1945, he worked at his father’s architectural firm. It wasn’t until the early 1950s that he expanded his talents into design while working with furniture artisans.

In the 1960s, Magistretti began his 30-year working relationship with famed entrepreneur Cesare Cassina of the Cassina furniture manufacturing company. In their design approach, the two men shared a vision of the relationship between modernity and tradition and enjoyed a close bond (Magistretti designed Cassina’s luxurious villa in 1965). However, their friendship was not without contention.

Legend has it that upon seeing the prototype for Magistretti’s Maralunga sofa, Cassina hated it so much that he punched it, breaking the back of the sofa, which crumpled into itself.

“Right, great, it looks perfect to me like that,” an unfazed Magistretti allegedly responded, and the Maralunga’s slumped, adjustable-height backrest was born. Incidentally, the Maralunga sofa won Italy’s Compasso d’Oro award as did his Eclisse lamp for Artemide and his Atollo lamp for Oluce.

Magistretti died in 2006, but his designs live on in galleries, museums and private residences and offices around the world.

Find a range of vintage Vico Magistretti furniture and lighting 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.