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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20th Century, Gio Ponti for Cassina pair of Wooden Gueridòn
By Cassina, Gio Ponti
Located in Torino, Piemonte
An eclectic personality, from his early days he was active in the fields of architecture, painting, graphics and set design. He graduated in architecture from the Milan Polytechnic i...
Metal
$3,850 / set
H 30 in Dm 19.5 in
Mid-20th C. Pair of Louis XV Style Ormolu-Mounted Gueridons/Sidetables
Located in Morristown, NJ
A charming and highly decorative pair of Louis XV style occasional or side tables, crafted in the 20th century with elegant parquetry tops framed by pierced brass galleries. Raised o...
Metal, Brass, Ormolu
$3,250 / set
H 26.5 in Dm 17 in
French Directoire Gueridon Tables, Black Marble & Bronze, 20th Century
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A fine pair of Stone and Bronze Gueridon tables in classic French Directoire style, well crafted and elegantly detailed with circular black marble tops with striations supported by...
Marble, Bronze
$27,000 / set
H 27 in Dm 15 in
Pair of 20th Century Jean Michel-Frank Design Iron Guéridons Tables by Comte
By Jean-Michel Frank, Comte S.A.
Located in North Miami, FL
Pair of mid-20th century wrought iron guéridon tables designed by Jean Michel-Frank for the company Comte S.A. By: Jean-Michel Frank, Comte S.A. Material: metal, iron, wrought iron,...
Metal, Iron, Wrought Iron, Sheet Metal
$12,500 / set
H 21 in W 20 in D 20 in
Fine Pair of French Bronze and Malachite Directoire Gueridons Mid 20th Century
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine pair of early to mid 20th century French gilt bronze and malachite topped gueridon cigarette tables.
Malachite, Bronze
French Early 20th Century Slate Gueridon Brutalist Side Table
Located in London, GB
A well proportioned, early 20th century gueridon in patinated riven slate. The circular top resting on interlocking rectangular uprights, a construction method used for slate tables ...
Slate
$3,360Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 29.14 in Dm 19.69 in
Pair of French Walnut Gueridon Tables, 19th Century
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A charming pair of 19th century French occasional, or side, tables in walnut. These beautifully polished and supremely practical 'guéridon' tables each feature a one-piece circular t...
Walnut
$3,665
H 42.52 in Dm 11.82 in
Early 20th Century Venetian Hand-Carved Walnut Gueridon Sculpture Pedestal
By Vincenzo Cadorin
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Early 1900, Art Nouveau period, Venetian Gueridon column display pedestal attributed to the Vincenzo Cadorin school , in hand-carved walnut. Measures cm: Height 108, diameter 30. Cadorin Vincenzo (1854-1925) Venetian sculptor born in 1854, he was trained in the studio of Benvenuti, he then studied at the Venetian Academy. In 1883 he exposed his first works in Rome and in the next year he won the Gold Medal in the exposure in Turin. (Luisa GIORDANO, Cadorin, Vincenzo, in Biographic Dictionary of the Italians, XVI, Rome 1973, p. 97). His most known work is the gilt carved wooden desk given to the Pope Pio X for his sacerdotal jubilee in 1908; the desk is now in the Basilica della Salute in Venice. He died in 1925. Fortuny palace: The Cadorin Bottega: A dynasty of Venetian artists The last published photo is the Palazzo Fortuny of Venice where IDA Cadorin, known professionally as IDA Barbarigo...
Walnut
French Marble Gueridon Table, Antique Circa 1920, Early 20th Century
Located in Stockbridge, GA
Magnificent French marble Gueridon.
Marble
20th Century Guéridon by Maison Jansen
By Maison Jansen
Located in Paris, FR
A guéridon by Maison Jansen, made for the Hotel George V in Paris. Tripod base with double colonnettes in solid stainless steel and gilded brass; top ...
Travertine, Brass, Stainless Steel
French Iron Gueridon Table, Mid-20th Century, Large Leaf Feet, 1920s
Located in Stockbridge, GA
Nice color with the patine, nice hight, beautiful large leaves at the feet. Nice object to decorate in a room.
Iron
Early 20th Century Bronze and Stone Guéridon
Located in Richmond, VA
Early 20th century bronze and stone guéridon with urn.
Stone, Bronze
Lebanese Copper Gueridon, Early 20th Century
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Finely-wrought copper gueridon from Tripoli, with an elegant stem base, and a decorated top. Stamped on the rim of the base.
Copper