Carlo de Carli
Carlo de Carli
(1910-1999)
Rare set of eight dining chairs
Velvet, stained and lacquered chestnut wood
Model 585
Produced by Cassina, Meda
c. 1955
Italy
Height 85.5 cm
Width 56 cm
Depth 55 cm
Designed in 1951 and presented at the XI Triennale of Milan in 1951 in the section ‘Mobili Singoli’ and produced by Italian furniture maker Cassina in 1953-54
It was also produced by Singer & Sons for the United States
Bibliography:
Roberto Aloi, Esempi di Arredamento Moderno, di Tutto il Mondo, Studi Librerie Scrivanie, Milan, 1956, figs. 193-94
Pier Carlo Santini, Gli anni del Design Italiano, Ritratto di Cesare Cassina, Milan, 1981, p. 108
Irene de Guttry and Maria Paola Maino, Il Mobile Italiano degli Anni ’40 e ’50, Bari, 1992, p. 132
Giampiero Bosoni, Made in Cassina, New York, 2008, p. 161