Cab Counter Stool

Cab Counter Stool

DESIGNED BY Mario Bellini
FOR Cassina

“This was a new kind of chair, constructed totally out of leather, much cloned since then.” Thus Mario Bellini describes Cab, a best-seller that he designed in the 1970s, which is now a signature piece in Cassina’s I Contemporanei collection. Cab was the first-ever chair to feature a free-standing leather structure, inspired by how our skin fits over our skeleton.

INFO

The upholstery consists of sixteen pieces of saddle leather. Individually die-cut, they then undergo fourteen discrete procedures, again by hand. The pieces are sewn together only when their outer edges have been trimmed to ensure a perfect fit. Once assembled, the cover is attached to the chair’s steel skeleton and held in place by means of a zipper fastening, as in a bespoke tailored garment. 

The wide array of colours for the saddle leather cushion is now complemented by pigmented saddle leather in black, brown and Russian red.

MADE IN ITALY

DIMENSIONS

High Back: 550 W x 510 D x 1000 H (mm)

Seat height: 680 H

Low Back: 480 W x 510 D x 890 H (mm)

Seat height: 680 H

CONSTRUCTION

Saddle leather.

LEAD TIME

16 - 20 Weeks

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