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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‘Willow’ Armchair Designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh by Cassina
By Cassina, Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Located in Athens, Attiki
The ‘Willow’ armchair designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh for the ‘Willow Tea Room’, Glasgow 1904. This masterful modern armchair is an expert re-edition by Cassina. In its origi...
Wood
Pair of Gio Ponti Mid-Century Modern Italian Velvet "Alata" Lounge Chairs, 1950s
By Gio Ponti, Cassina
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Pair of bergère armchairs, Alata Mod. 820 armchairs, designed by Gio Ponti for the Royal Hotel in Naples and produced by Cassina, Italy, 1950. Completely restored and recently uphols...
Velvet, Beech
$3,227 / item
H 55.52 in W 16.15 in D 13.78 in
Charles Rennie Mackintosh 292 Hill House Chair for Cassina, Italy, new
By Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Cassina
Located in Berlin, DE
Chair designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh in 1902. Relaunched in 1973. Manufactured by Cassina in Italy. Prices vary dependent on color and material of the piece. Originally a fur...
Wood, Velvet
$5,282 / item
H 55.52 in W 16.15 in D 13.78 in
Charles Rennie Mackintosh 292 Hill House Chair by Cassina
By Cassina, Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Chair designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh in 1902. Relaunched in 1973. Manufactured by Cassina in Italy. This iconic chair reflects Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s style and his fearless approach to the most challenging manufacturing processes. Originally a furnishing accessory for one of Mackintosh’s major design projects, Hill House in Helensburgh, near Glasgow, Scotland, from which its name derives. The linear, geometric form is evocative of the minimal, abstract lines of Japanese graphics, which confer symbolic and figurative symbolic value to the piece’s striking visual impact. This piece is seen by many critics as not only a chair but also a veritable treatise on the way space can be articulated. The tall back is defined by a succession of vertical lines that are topped with a grid of verticals and horizontals. Thanks to the mastery of the furnitire makers of Meda, in the Brianza area north of Milan, Cassina has re-issued the Hill House chair...
Velvet, Wood
$9,442 / set
H 47.05 in W 37.01 in D 16.15 in
Charles Rennie Mackintosh Black Ashwood Willow Italian Pair of Armchairs
By Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of armchairs model "Willow" designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh for the "Willow Tea Room" in 1903 in Glasgow. Made of black lacquered ashwood structure and upholstered in leather. In its original configuration, the high, semicircular backrest of this solid wood throne served as a divider between the entrance and the tea room behind it. Complex series of lines and shapes reflect the style of Mackintosh. Charles Rennie Mackintosh (7 June 1868 – 10 December 1928) was a Scottish architect, designer, water colourist and artist. His artistic approach had much in common with European Symbolism. His work, alongside that of his wife Margaret Macdonald...
Leather, Ash, Lacquer
$3,200 / set
H 33.08 in W 21.46 in D 22.05 in
Gio Ponti - Spirit - Pair of Armchairs - Loop Arms - Italy - 1950 - Mid-Century
By Carlo Enrico Rava, Gio Ponti
Located in Split, Splitsko-dalmatinska županija
Pair of Armchairs with Loop Arms in Walnut and Ochre Velvet, Italy, 1950 Like silhouettes drawn in a single fluid gesture, this pair of Italian armchairs captures the poetics of pos...
Velvet, Walnut
$1,529 / set
H 41.74 in W 18.51 in D 16.54 in
Pair of high back chairs 'Ingram' by Charles Rennie Mackintosh for Cassina1980s
By Cassina, Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Located in Linkebeek, BE
Pair of high back chairs 'Ingram' by Charles Rennie Mackintosh for Cassina1980s Modern style - Vintage - Side Chair Measures : 47x42cm H:106cm SH:41,5cm - weight : 6kg/1 Materials : ...
Leather, Wood
$5,019
H 29.14 in W 32.68 in D 32.68 in
Pair of Velvet Armchairs in the style of Gio Ponti, Italy, 1950s
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Pair of Velvet Armchairs in the style of Gio Ponti for Casa and Giardino, 1950s
Velvet, Wood
Gio Ponti, Lounge Chairs, Velvet, Wood, Italy, 1950s
By Gio Ponti
Located in High Point, NC
A pair of red, brown, blue velvet and wood lounge chairs designed by Gio Ponti and produced by Dassi, Italy, 1950s. Vintage fabric in fair to distressed condition, reupholstery reco...
Velvet, Wood
Pair of Gio Ponti attributed Armchairs Italy, 1950s
By Paolo Buffa, Gio Ponti
Located in Lewes, East Sussex
A nicely shaped pair of armchairs attributed to Gio Ponti, Italy, 1950s. The chairs were presumably recovered in the current cotton or linen fabric some years ago. Some signs of u...
Fabric, Beech
$4,724
H 47.05 in W 37.01 in D 16.15 in
Charles Rennie Mackintosh Black Ashwood Willow Italian Armchair
By Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Located in Madrid, ES
Armchair model "Willow" designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh for the "Willow Tea Room" in 1903 in Glasgow. Made of black lacquered ashwood structure and upholstered in leather. In its original configuration, the high, semicircular backrest of this solid wood throne served as a divider between the entrance and the tea room behind it. Complex series of lines and shapes reflect the style of Mackintosh. Charles Rennie Mackintosh (7 June 1868 – 10 December 1928) was a Scottish architect, designer, water colourist and artist. His artistic approach had much in common with European Symbolism. His work, alongside that of his wife Margaret Macdonald...
Leather, Ash
Argyle Highback Chair by Charles Rennie Mackintosh
By Cassina, Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Located in Toronto, CA
The 'Argyle' chair by Charles Rennie Mackintosh - designed in 1897 and exhibited at the Eighth Secession Exhibition in Vienna, Austria in 1900 - is one of the most iconic chairs of t...
Ash, Ebony
Hill House Chair by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, 1970s
By Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Located in Stockholm, SE
Hill House chair by Charles Rennie Mackintoch, designed in 1902 and reissued in the 1970s.
Wood
$8,175Sale Price|30% Off
H 42.92 in W 30.71 in D 34.26 in
Pair of Blu Velvet Gio Ponti Bergere Wingback Armchairs by ISA, 1950
By Gio Ponti, Arredamenti ISA
Located in Rome, IT
Pair of blu velvet GIO PONTI bergere armchair, manufactured by ISA Arredamenti Bergamo, circa 1950. This model designed by Gio Ponti in the late 40s was manufactured by Cassina with...
Brass
Pair of Italian Armchairs by Cassina in Blue Velvet, 1950s
By Cassina
Located in Milano, IT
Elegant pair of armchairs from the Cassina manufacture of the 1950s. The armchairs have been restored and re-lined in blue velvet. The peculiarity of the armchairs is its wraparound ...
Velvet, Wood
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H 40.16 in W 32.29 in D 37.41 in
Gio Ponti Mid-Century Modern Italian Chenille Velvet Alata Lounge Chair, 1950s
By Gio Ponti, Cassina
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Bergère armchair, winged armchair Mod. 820, designed by Gio Ponti for the Royal Hotel in Naples and produced by Cassina, Italy, 1950. Completely restored and recently upholstered in Pierre Frey's precious chenille velvet, produced by Fadini Borghi.
Velvet, Beech, Fir
Cassina 'Soriana' Pair of Lounge Chairs by Afra and Tobia Scarpa
By Cassina, Afra & Tobia Scarpa
Located in Antwerp, BE
Mid-Century Modern set by Afra and Tobia Scarpa reupholstered in ivory Lelièvre Parisian bouclé wool. Manufactured by Cassina in the 1970s, the Soriana collection was meant to expre...
Chrome
Cassina 'Soriana' Pair of Lounge Chairs by Afra and Tobia Scarpa
By Cassina, Afra & Tobia Scarpa
Located in Antwerp, BE
Mid-Century Modern set by Afra and Tobia Scarpa reupholstered in ivory Lelièvre Parisian bouclé wool. Manufactured by Cassina in the 1970s, the Soriana collection was meant to expre...
Chrome