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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Cassina Set of Two Podor Outdoor Accessories, Hand Woven Yarn, Italy
By Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Cassina Set of Two Podor Outdoor Accessories Outdoor accessories complete the Cassina lineup of furnishings for open-air living and dining areas. The baskets are inspired by the sh...
Yarn
Cassina Mboro Outdoor Basket, Hand Woven Polypropylene, Mid-Century
By Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Cassina Mboro Outdoor Accessories Outdoor accessories complete the Cassina lineup of furnishings for open-air living and dining areas. The baskets are inspired by the shapes and br...
Yarn
Cassina Set of Two Podor Outdoor Accessories, Hand Woven in Italy
By Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Cassina Set of Two Podor Outdoor Accessories Outdoor accessories complete the Cassina lineup of furnishings for open-air living and dining areas. The baskets are inspired by the sh...
Yarn
Cassina Podor Outdoor Accessories Set, Hand Woven Polypropylene, Italy
By Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Cassina Set of Two Podor Outdoor Accessories Outdoor accessories complete the Cassina lineup of furnishings for open-air living and dining areas. The baskets are inspired by the sh...
Yarn
Mboro Outdoor Basket, Hand Woven Polypropylene, Mid-Century Modern
By Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Cassina Mboro Outdoor Accessories Outdoor accessories complete the Cassina lineup of furnishings for open-air living and dining areas. The baskets are inspired by the shapes and br...
Yarn
Cassina Matam Outdoor Basket, Hand Woven Polypropylene, Mid-Century
By Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Cassina Matam Outdoor Accessories Outdoor accessories complete the Cassina lineup of furnishings for open-air living and dining areas. The baskets are inspired by the shapes and br...
Yarn
Cassina Matam Outdoor Basket, Hand Woven Polypropylene, Mid-Century
By Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Cassina Matam Outdoor Accessories Outdoor accessories complete the Cassina lineup of furnishings for open-air living and dining areas. The baskets are inspired by the shapes and br...
Yarn
Cassina Podor Outdoor Accessories Set, Hand Woven Polypropylene, Italy
By Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Cassina Set of Two Podor Outdoor Accessories Outdoor accessories complete the Cassina lineup of furnishings for open-air living and dining areas. The baskets are inspired by the sh...
Yarn
Mid-19th Century Hand Painted Asian Wallpaper Panels
Located in San Francisco, CA
A set of three mounted hand painted wallpaper panels in simple wood frames. Beautifully and elaborate painted scenes with birds, flowers,...
Paper
Set of Two Gilt Japanese Paintings
Located in Westwood, NJ
A set of two Japanese paintings, each with a hand gilt background depicting a Japanese Magnolia painted sans traverse across the two panels. The originals Japanese, circa 1900. Dime...
Wood, Giltwood
$227 / item
H 22.05 in W 14.97 in D 0.12 in
Italian Contemporary Hand Painted Botanical Print "Magnolia"
Located in Scandicci, Florence
Elegant hand-watercoloured print representing "Magnolia". This botanical style print is available in 6 different natural representations to create a bright and joyful composition. I...
Paper
Italian Contemporary Hand Painted Botanical Print "Iris"
Located in Scandicci, Florence
Elegant hand-watercoloured print representing "Iris". This botanical style print is available in 6 different natural representations to create a bright and joyful composition. In se...
Paper
$2,500 / set
H 9 in W 14.5 in D 2 in
19th Century Italian Hand Painted Heraldic Panels with Family Crests – Set of 7
Located in Dallas, TX
Bring color and historic charm to a study, library, or office with this suite of seven antique heraldic wall panels. Crafted in Italy circa 1870, each rectangular board features a ce...
Wood
$514 / item
H 23.63 in W 16.74 in D 0.12 in
Italian Contemporary Hand Painted Botanical Print, Set of 4
Located in Scandicci, Florence
Elegant hand-watercoloured botanical prints representing some different types of flowers Lilium Narcissus. Each print is an artisanal Florentine product, reproducing images of the...
Paper
$357 / item
H 22.05 in W 14.18 in D 0.12 in
Italian Contemporary Hand Painted Chess Black Silhouette Print Set of 3
Located in Scandicci, Florence
Elegant hand-watercoloured black silhouette print representing Chess Knight, printed on aged paper. This series is composed by 3 different representations to create a bright and joy...
Paper
$461 / item
H 39.38 in W 27.56 in D 0.12 in
Contemporary Italian Hand Coloured Vase Print in Villa Lante G.B Piranesi 2 of 2
By Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Located in Scandicci, Florence
Extra large Roman marble vase on a porphyry pedestal printed on a hand press on 100% cotton engraving paper. Completely handpainted with a cream wash, umber highlights, and matte bla...
Wood, Paper
$461 / item
H 39.38 in W 27.56 in D 0.12 in
Contemporary Italian Hand Coloured Vase Print in Villa Lante G.B Piranesi 1 of 2
By Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Located in Scandicci, Florence
Extra large Roman marble vase on a porphyry pedestal printed on a hand press on 100% cotton engraving paper. Completely handpainted with a cream wash, umber highlights, and matte bla...
Wood, Paper
$740Sale Price|22% Off
H 16 in Dm 17 in
Maria Kipp Mid-Century Organic Modern Natural Reed Woven Lampshade, 1960s
By Maria Kipp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A rare and striking lampshade designed by German-born, California-based textile artist Maria Kipp, celebrated for her masterful use of handwoven fibers in postwar interiors. This pie...
Raffia
$583
H 15.75 in W 12.6 in D 0.79 in
1950s Mid-Century Modern Iron Framed Hand Painted Ceramic Italian Plaque
By San Marino Pottery
Located in Aci Castello, IT
This 1950s Mid-Century Modern Italian ceramic plaque, framed in iron, is a vibrant and expressive example of the era's love for both abstraction...
Iron
Mid-Century marquetry inlay panel art, hand-made in Italy
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Mid-Century style marquetry panel depicting a seaside-costal scene inlaid from small pieces of exotic wood veneer artistically arranged, hand-crafted in Italy. Marquetry is a French ...
Wood
Franco Albini "Infinito" Wall Unit for Cassina
By Cassina, Franco Albini
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Franco Albini wall unit for Cassina, c.2010s Italy. This modular shelving system, first designed in the 1950s, was relaunched in 2008 and feat...
Teak
Sold
H 55.12 in W 17.52 in D 0.6 in
Italian modern advertising print of Hill House 1 chair, I Maestri Cassina 1980s
By Cassina
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern advertising print of the Hill House 1 model chair by Charles Rennie Mackintosh designed by I Maestri Cassina with glossy frame, 1980s. Adve...
Glass, Wood, Paper
Gaetano Pesce Italy, the New Domestic Landscape Poster MoMA, NY
By Cassina, Gaetano Pesce, C&B Italia
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Italy, the new domestic landscape poster for MoMA, NY. This poster is drawing by Gaetano Pesce. It might be printed by Cassina and C&B which are the sponsor of him at exhibition. Hig...
Paper