Vico Magistretti

VICO MAGISTRETTI (Milan, 1920 - 2006) for Cassina.
Set of four Carimate dining chairs. 1959.
Beech wood in red and bulrush.
Measurements: 75 cm, seat height: 44 cm, width: 50 cm; 45 cm. depth.

Designed by the Italian Vico Magistretti, manufactured in Cassina in 1959, it responds to a classic and timeless design. It is an iconic model that, together with the Carimate armchair, the author created for the Carimate golf club in Italy. Carimate is a chair with a great deal of personality, yet at the same time discreet. Vico Magistretti christened a true modern classic with this design. It can stand alone or function as a dining table. It has an openwork backrest with slightly curved crossbars and tubular legs that rise up on risers. Red lacquer combined with bulrush or straw was his original choice.

Vico Magistretti was an Italian industrial designer, dedicated to furniture and architecture. He graduated from the Milan Polytechnic in 1945, and became a follower of Ernesto Nathan Rogers. During the 1950s he devoted himself to the design of mass-produced furniture. Some of his lamps are famous, such as the so-called Eclisse. Some of his designs are present in important museums in Europe, the United States and Japan. The MoMA in New York houses objects by Magistretti in its permanent collection.