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{{Short description|Italian manufacturing company}}
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[[File:Carimate Chair Vico Magistretti Cassina Austin Calhoon Photograph.jpg|thumb|Carimate Chair designed by Vico Magistretti in 1959 and produced by Cassina]]
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'''Cassina S.p. A.''' is an [[Italy|Italian]] manufacturing company specialised in the creation of high-end [[designer furniture]].<ref>[http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/product-compint-0000775011-page.html Goliath Business Knowledge on demand]</ref>
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'''Cassina S.p. A.''' is an Italian manufacturing company specialised in the creation of high-end [[designer furniture]].<ref>[http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/product-compint-0000775011-page.html Goliath Business Knowledge on demand]</ref>


==Origins==
==Origins==
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[[File:Carimate Chair Vico Magistretti Cassina Austin Calhoon Photograph.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Carimate Chair designed by [[Vico Magistretti]] in 1959 and produced by Cassina]]
The "Amedeo Cassina" company was created by the brothers Cesare and Umberto Cassina in 1927 in [[Meda, Lombardy|Meda]], [[Brianza]], (Northern [[Italy]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/cesare-cassina/ |accessdate=January 22, 2015 |title=Cassina, Cesare |publisher=Treccani}}</ref> After the war, Cassina continued to expand in size and fame, with products which covered a broad range of furniture including: chairs, armchairs, tables, sofas and beds.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.architonic.com/pmabt/cassina/3100029 |title=Cassina Profile |publisher=Architonic |accessdate=January 22, 2015}}</ref>
The "Amedeo Cassina" company was created by the brothers Cesare and Umberto Cassina in 1927 in [[Meda, Lombardy|Meda]], [[Brianza]], (Northern [[Italy]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/cesare-cassina/ |accessdate=January 22, 2015 |title=Cassina, Cesare |publisher=Treccani}}</ref> After the war, Cassina continued to expand in size and fame, with products which covered a broad range of furniture including: chairs, armchairs, tables, sofas and beds.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.architonic.com/pmabt/cassina/3100029 |title=Cassina Profile |publisher=Architonic |accessdate=January 22, 2015}}</ref>


==History==
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The company's transformation was bolstered further by commissions for cruise ships,<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=1kRJAQAAIAAJ&q=cruise+ships+Cassina&dq=cruise+ships+Cassina&hl=en&sa=X&ei=IkPBVNR20bbIBIyggcgN&ved=0CDsQ6AEwAg |accessdate=January 22, 2015 |title=Abitare |page=165 |publisher=Editrice Segesta |year=2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=ekJQAAAAMAAJ&q=cruise+ships+Cassina&dq=cruise+ships+Cassina&hl=en&sa=X&ei=IkPBVNR20bbIBIyggcgN&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAA |accessdate=January 22, 2015 |page=94 |title=Custom-built: the concept of unique in Italian design |author=Silvana Annicchiarico |publisher=Charta |year=2003}}</ref> top end hotels and restaurants which accounted for a great part of the company's activity right up to the mid-sixties and beyond.<ref>{{cite web |page=6 |url=http://www.pfgroupcontract.com/uploads/object31/File/CASSINA%20CUSTOM%20INTERIORS.pdf |accessdate=January 22, 2015 |title=AN INTRODUCTION TO
[[File:Sedia Compasso d’Oro, 1954. Design Carlo De Carli, produzione Cassina.jpg|thumb|''Model 683'' chair designed by {{ill|Carlo De Carli|it}} was awarded the 1954 [[Compasso d'Oro]]]]
CASSINA CONTRACT DIVISION}}</ref>
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The company's transformation was bolstered further by commissions for cruise ships,<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1kRJAQAAIAAJ&q=cruise+ships+Cassina |accessdate=January 22, 2015 |title=Abitare |page=165 |publisher=Editrice Segesta |year=2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ekJQAAAAMAAJ&q=cruise+ships+Cassina |accessdate=January 22, 2015 |page=94 |title=Custom-built: the concept of unique in Italian design |author=Silvana Annicchiarico |publisher=Charta |year=2003|isbn=9788881584338 }}</ref> top end hotels and restaurants which accounted for a great part of the company's activity right up to the mid-sixties and beyond.<ref>{{cite web |page=6 |url=http://www.pfgroupcontract.com/uploads/object31/File/CASSINA%20CUSTOM%20INTERIORS.pdf |accessdate=January 22, 2015 |title=AN INTRODUCTION TO CASSINA CONTRACT DIVISION}}</ref>


In 1964 the "Cassina I Maestri" (Cassina Masters) Collection was born, with the acquisition of the rights to products designed by [[Le Corbusier]], Pierre Jeanneret and Charlotte Perriand, the most important names of 20th century design. These included the LC1, LC2,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://interiordesign.blog.nzz.ch/2014/11/28/das-doppeljubilaeum-von-le-corbusier/ |language=German |accessdate=January 22, 2015 |title=Das Doppeljubiläum von Le Corbusier |date=November 28, 2014 |author=Von Gastautor |publisher=Interior Design}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |year=1990 |title=Cassina I Maestri |url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=hAIyAQAAIAAJ&q=Cassina+I+Maestri+1964&dq=Cassina+I+Maestri+1964&hl=en&sa=X&ei=8kbBVPjiFoKqyATmuoCAAw&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAQ |publisher=Espresso |accessdate=January 22, 2015 |page=60}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.ca/books? |accessdate=January 22, 2015 |title=Blue Print |publisher=Wordsearch Limited |year=2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dezeen.com/2011/01/22/authentic-wood-by-le-corbusier-at-cassina/ |accessdate=January 22, 2015 |publisher=Dezeen Magazine |date=January 22, 2011 |title=Authentic Wood by Le Corbusier at Cassina}}</ref> and LC3 armchairs,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/life/homes/2011/05/18/Outdoor-living-Indoor-style-design-and-comfort-don-t-stop-at-the-back-door/stories/201105180259 |accessdate=January 22, 2015 |publisher=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |date=May 18, 2011 |title=Outdoor living: Indoor style design and comfort don't stop at the back door |author=Patricia Sheridan}}</ref> and the LC4 chaise longue. Today Cassina is the exclusive worldwide licensee of the Le Corbusier designs.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/c09530f4-1fbc-11e3-aa36-00144feab7de.html |publisher=Financial Times |accessdate=January 22, 2015 |date=September 20, 2013 |title=Design classic: The LC4 Chaise Longue by Le Corbusier |author=Kate Watson-Smyth}}</ref>
In 1964 the "Cassina I Maestri" (Cassina Masters) Collection was born, with the acquisition of the rights to products designed by [[Le Corbusier]], [[Pierre Jeanneret]] and [[Charlotte Perriand]], the most important names of 20th century design. These included the LC1, LC2,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://interiordesign.blog.nzz.ch/2014/11/28/das-doppeljubilaeum-von-le-corbusier/ |language=German |accessdate=January 22, 2015 |title=Das Doppeljubiläum von Le Corbusier |date=November 28, 2014 |author=Von Gastautor |publisher=Interior Design |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150122221208/http://interiordesign.blog.nzz.ch/2014/11/28/das-doppeljubilaeum-von-le-corbusier/# |archive-date=2015-01-22 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |year=1990 |title=Cassina I Maestri |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hAIyAQAAIAAJ&q=Cassina+I+Maestri+1964 |publisher=Espresso |accessdate=January 22, 2015 |page=60}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Blue Print |publisher=Wordsearch Limited |year=2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dezeen.com/2011/01/22/authentic-wood-by-le-corbusier-at-cassina/ |accessdate=January 22, 2015 |publisher=Dezeen Magazine |date=January 22, 2011 |title=Authentic Wood by Le Corbusier at Cassina}}</ref> and LC3 armchairs,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/life/homes/2011/05/18/Outdoor-living-Indoor-style-design-and-comfort-don-t-stop-at-the-back-door/stories/201105180259 |accessdate=January 22, 2015 |publisher=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |date=May 18, 2011 |title=Outdoor living: Indoor style design and comfort don't stop at the back door |author=Patricia Sheridan}}</ref> and the LC4 chaise longue. Today Cassina is the exclusive worldwide licensee of the Le Corbusier designs.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/c09530f4-1fbc-11e3-aa36-00144feab7de.html |publisher=Financial Times |accessdate=January 22, 2015 |date=September 20, 2013 |title=Design classic: The LC4 Chaise Longue by Le Corbusier |author=Kate Watson-Smyth}}</ref>


The "Cassina I Maestri" collection was widened in 1968 with the acquisition from Bauhaus-Archiv in Berlin of reproduction rights to some of the Bauhaus objects and in 1971 the designs of [[Gerrit Rietveld]], [[Frank Lloyd Wright]], and of [[Charles Rennie Mackintosh]] in 1972.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.palermotoday.it/economia/inaugurazione-cassina-arredamenti-palermo.html |language=Italian |publisher=Palermo Today |accessdate=January 22, 2015 |title=Cassina inaugura un nuovo branded space a Palermo |date=November 8, 2013}}</ref> The Masters collection continued with the re-issue in 1983 of furniture by Erik Gunner Asplund, the acquisition from the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation of rights of reproduction (1986) of furniture by Frank Lloyd Wright, including the Barrel chair (1937), and, finally, in 2004 furniture by [[Charlotte Perriand]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.interioresminimalistas.com/2014/12/09/la-historia-de-cassina-y-el-diseno-traves-de-18-emblematica-sillas/ |accessdate=January 22, 2015 |publisher=Interiores Minimalistas |date=December 9, 2014 |title=La historia de Cassina y el diseño a través de una exposición con 18 de sus emblemáticas sillas |language=Spanish}}</ref>
The "Cassina I Maestri" collection was widened in 1968 with the acquisition from Bauhaus-Archiv in Berlin of reproduction rights to some of the Bauhaus objects and, in 1971, the designs of [[Gerrit Rietveld]], [[Frank Lloyd Wright]], and of [[Charles Rennie Mackintosh]] in 1972.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.palermotoday.it/economia/inaugurazione-cassina-arredamenti-palermo.html |language=Italian |publisher=Palermo Today |accessdate=January 22, 2015 |title=Cassina inaugura un nuovo branded space a Palermo |date=November 8, 2013}}</ref> The Masters collection continued with the re-issue in 1983 of furniture by [[Gunnar Asplund|Erik Gunner Asplund]], the acquisition from the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation of rights of reproduction (1986) of furniture by Frank Lloyd Wright, including the Barrel chair (1937), and, finally, in 2004 furniture by [[Charlotte Perriand]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.interioresminimalistas.com/2014/12/09/la-historia-de-cassina-y-el-diseno-traves-de-18-emblematica-sillas/ |accessdate=January 22, 2015 |publisher=Interiores Minimalistas |date=December 9, 2014 |title=La historia de Cassina y el diseño a través de una exposición con 18 de sus emblemáticas sillas |language=Spanish}}</ref>


The 1972, the New York MoMA exhibition, "Italy: the New Domestic Landscape" curated by [[Emilio Ambasz]] was co-sponsored Cassina.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=WvGGAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA399 |page=399 |accessdate=January 22, 2014 |title=Encyclopedia of Contemporary Italian Culture |author=Gino Moliterno |publisher=Routledge |year=2002}}</ref>
The 1972, the New York [[Museum of Modern Art]] exhibition, "Italy: the New Domestic Landscape" curated by [[Emilio Ambasz]], was co-sponsored Cassina.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WvGGAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA399 |page=399 |accessdate=January 22, 2014 |title=Encyclopedia of Contemporary Italian Culture |author=Gino Moliterno |publisher=Routledge |year=2002|isbn=9781134758760 }}</ref> In 2005 Cassina was purchased by the [[Poltrona Frau|Poltrona Frau Group]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.domusweb.it/en/design/2014/02/18/the_poltrona_frau_issue.html |publisher=Domus Web |date=February 18, 2014 |accessdate=January 22, 2015 |title=The Poltrona Frau Issue |author=Chiara Alessi}}</ref>

[[File:SW LC4 LeCorbusier.jpg|thumb|LC2 armchair designed by [[Le Corbusier]], [[Pierre Jeanneret]], and [[Charlotte Perriand]] (1928) and [[Eileen Gray]] side table]]
[[File:CASSINA - Nuage Charlotte Perriand.jpg|thumb|Nuage bookcase designed by [[Charlotte Perriand]]]]


==See also ==
==See also ==
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==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
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* [http://www.cassina.com/ Cassina S.p.A.] home page ''([[Adobe Flash]])''
* [http://www.cassina.com/ Cassina S.p.A.] home page
* [http://www.cassinausa.com/index.html Cassina USA]
* [http://www.cassinausa.com/index.html Cassina USA]
* [http://www.homeportfolio.com/BBI/beta20/manufacturers/cassi/about/content.html Cassina: A Profile in Design Excellence]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080314183152/http://www.homeportfolio.com/BBI/beta20/manufacturers/cassi/about/content.html Cassina: A Profile in Design Excellence]

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Latest revision as of 18:00, 29 December 2024

Cassina S.p.A.
Founded1927
FounderCesare and Umberto Cassina
Headquarters
Italy
Area served
Worldwide
ProductsFurniture
OwnerPoltrona Frau Group
WebsiteCassina S.p.A.

Cassina S.p. A. is an Italian manufacturing company specialised in the creation of high-end designer furniture.[1]

Origins

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Carimate Chair designed by Vico Magistretti in 1959 and produced by Cassina

The "Amedeo Cassina" company was created by the brothers Cesare and Umberto Cassina in 1927 in Meda, Brianza, (Northern Italy).[2] After the war, Cassina continued to expand in size and fame, with products which covered a broad range of furniture including: chairs, armchairs, tables, sofas and beds.[3]

History

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Model 683 chair designed by Carlo De Carli [it] was awarded the 1954 Compasso d'Oro

The company's transformation was bolstered further by commissions for cruise ships,[4][5] top end hotels and restaurants which accounted for a great part of the company's activity right up to the mid-sixties and beyond.[6]

In 1964 the "Cassina I Maestri" (Cassina Masters) Collection was born, with the acquisition of the rights to products designed by Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret and Charlotte Perriand, the most important names of 20th century design. These included the LC1, LC2,[7][8][9][10] and LC3 armchairs,[11] and the LC4 chaise longue. Today Cassina is the exclusive worldwide licensee of the Le Corbusier designs.[12]

The "Cassina I Maestri" collection was widened in 1968 with the acquisition from Bauhaus-Archiv in Berlin of reproduction rights to some of the Bauhaus objects and, in 1971, the designs of Gerrit Rietveld, Frank Lloyd Wright, and of Charles Rennie Mackintosh in 1972.[13] The Masters collection continued with the re-issue in 1983 of furniture by Erik Gunner Asplund, the acquisition from the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation of rights of reproduction (1986) of furniture by Frank Lloyd Wright, including the Barrel chair (1937), and, finally, in 2004 furniture by Charlotte Perriand.[14]

The 1972, the New York Museum of Modern Art exhibition, "Italy: the New Domestic Landscape" curated by Emilio Ambasz, was co-sponsored Cassina.[15] In 2005 Cassina was purchased by the Poltrona Frau Group.[16]

LC2 armchair designed by Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, and Charlotte Perriand (1928) and Eileen Gray side table
Nuage bookcase designed by Charlotte Perriand

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Goliath Business Knowledge on demand
  2. ^ "Cassina, Cesare". Treccani. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  3. ^ "Cassina Profile". Architonic. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  4. ^ Abitare. Editrice Segesta. 2008. p. 165. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  5. ^ Silvana Annicchiarico (2003). Custom-built: the concept of unique in Italian design. Charta. p. 94. ISBN 9788881584338. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  6. ^ "AN INTRODUCTION TO CASSINA CONTRACT DIVISION" (PDF). p. 6. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  7. ^ Von Gastautor (November 28, 2014). "Das Doppeljubiläum von Le Corbusier" (in German). Interior Design. Archived from the original on 2015-01-22. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  8. ^ "Cassina I Maestri". Espresso. 1990. p. 60. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  9. ^ Blue Print. Wordsearch Limited. 2007.
  10. ^ "Authentic Wood by Le Corbusier at Cassina". Dezeen Magazine. January 22, 2011. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  11. ^ Patricia Sheridan (May 18, 2011). "Outdoor living: Indoor style design and comfort don't stop at the back door". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  12. ^ Kate Watson-Smyth (September 20, 2013). "Design classic: The LC4 Chaise Longue by Le Corbusier". Financial Times. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  13. ^ "Cassina inaugura un nuovo branded space a Palermo" (in Italian). Palermo Today. November 8, 2013. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  14. ^ "La historia de Cassina y el diseño a través de una exposición con 18 de sus emblemáticas sillas" (in Spanish). Interiores Minimalistas. December 9, 2014. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  15. ^ Gino Moliterno (2002). Encyclopedia of Contemporary Italian Culture. Routledge. p. 399. ISBN 9781134758760. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
  16. ^ Chiara Alessi (February 18, 2014). "The Poltrona Frau Issue". Domus Web. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
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