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Chaise Lounge Sofa Baisity by Antonio Citterio B&B Black Bouclé by Brioni

About the Item

Antonio Citterio chaise lounge, circa 1982, custom made black Bouclé corduroy upholstery by Brioni. Chaise lounge Baisity by Antonio Citterio for B&B, Italy, 1982. Elegant settee featuring a black Bouclé corduroy striped upholstery and a leather covered steel-frame and backrest. The upholstery was custom made by Brioni London. Stunning polished aluminium details. It's in excellent condition and very comfortable. We have the same piece available with a 1980s pattern mattress and also in full leather.

Creator:

B&B Italia (Manufacturer),Antonio Citterio (Designer)

Dimensions:

Height: 30.31 in (76.99 cm)Width: 61 in (154.94 cm)Depth: 25.98 in (65.99 cm)Seat Height: 15.74 in (39.98 cm)

Style:

Post-Modern (Of the Period)

Materials and Techniques:

Aluminum,Bouclé,Fabric,Leather,Steel,Polished

Place of Origin:

Italy

Period:

1980-1989

Date of Manufacture:

1982

Condition:

Reupholstered. Wear consistent with age and use. The upholstery was custom-made for Brioni Fashion, London with black Bouclé corduroy.

Seller Location:

Vienna, AT

Reference Number:

1stDibs: LU993522749112

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B&B Italia

In 1966, Piero Ambrogio Busnelli cofounded C&B Italia, a modern Italian furniture manufacturer, with Cesare Cassina in northern Milan. From the outset, Busnelli and Cassina set about recruiting the most talented modernists in Italy to conceive of creative furnishings manufactured in modern ways. In the early 1970s, the company split, with Cassina founding his own eponymous firm and Busnelli taking leadership of what became B&B Italia.

For decades, Busnelli cultivated relationships with the world’s best design talent, resulting in furniture pieces that remain iconic today — be they Gaetano Pesce’s outwardly curvaceous Up seating (made for C&B, reintroduced by B&B) or tables from industrial designer Paolo Piva, each more sophisticated than the next in their geometrically complex steel-tube bases. B&B Italia earned four prestigious Compasso d’Oro design awards: in 1979 for Mario Bellini’s Le Bambole, in 1984 for the Sisamo wardrobe system by Studio Kairos, in 1987 for Antonio Citterio’s modular Sity sofa and, in 1989, the first award given to a manufacturing company itself.

Other notable names who designed for B&B Italia over the course of its 54-year history include Patricia Urquiola, Naoto Fukasawa, Zaha Hadid, Ettore Sottsass and Vincent Van Duysen, to name a very few. And while these names bring star power to the B&B brand, in many cases, it was B&B Italia who helped usher in their celebrity, fostering a wave of design talent on the world stage.

The company’s forward-thinking vision manifested in its own headquarters, too: In 1972, B&B Italia tapped architects Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers to design a steel-framed, postmodern-style home for the brand, whose crisscrossing metal exoskeleton is reminiscent of the pair’s Centre Pompidou in Paris, which was built at roughly the same time. Now, B&B Italia manages a contract division and outdoor section as well as its residential arm, and it also controls production for Maxalto, a brand spun out with furniture designs by Antonio Citterio.

At 1stDibs, find a range of vintage B&B Italia furniture — including sofas, cocktail tables and more.