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Treat yourself to an ORIGINAL piece of iconic furniture by Cassina. Often imitated and copied but never equalled, Cassina's original iconic furniture will always retain its value, being passed on to the next generation. Cassina is the exclusive publisher of many iconic creations that have marked the history of design.
Designed by Gerrit Thomas Rietveld in 1918, ''Red and Blue'' is an a ...
Designed by Gerrit Thomas Rietveld in 1918, ''Red and Blue'' is an a ...
Treat yourself to an ORIGINAL piece of iconic furniture by Cassina. Often imitated and copied but never equalled, Cassina's original iconic furniture will always retain its value, being passed on to the next generation. Cassina is the exclusive publisher of many iconic creations that have marked the history of design.
Designed by Gerrit Thomas Rietveld in 1918, ''Red and Blue'' is an armchair-sculpture that marked the history of twentieth-century design. An authentic conceptual masterpiece, this piece of furniture is a manifesto of the De Stijl movement. Both designer and architect, Gerrit Rietveld (1888-1964) never ceased to innovate, creating new forms, adding color to his furniture and pioneering what was to become industrial design. Fifty years ahead of his contemporaries, he favored simple forms over noble materials and developed a rationalist style of straight lines, incongruous for the time.
Eager for modernity, abstraction and geometry, Gerrit Rietveld worked on the first prototypes of the "Red and Blue" Flesh in 1918: the "Slat Flesh". Taking the furniture conventions of the day by storm, this armchair is made from an assembly of plywood boards and Beechwood cleats. It has no curves, and its angular structure is completely visible. The boards used for the sloping back, armrests and seat do not touch, and the ends of the chair extend further than is morphologically necessary. Rietveld's "slatted chair" was published in the magazine "De Stijl" in 1919, bringing the designer into the movement. He then met the painter Piet Mondrian (1872-1944), whose style of primary colors had an immediate impact on his work.
In 1923, Gerrit Rietveld decided to paint the "Slat Armchair" in the primary colors so dear to the Dutch pictorial movement. This led to the name change from Slat Flesh to Red and Blue. Rietveld opted for chromatic differentiation, separating the constructive elements according to their function: the structure is black, the backrest red, the seat blue and the ends yellow. He sees this Armchair as a three-dimensional vision of Mondrian's work. This second, colored version is considered a visionary ready-made and the embodiment in furniture of the De Stijl movement. And it is this version that has gone down in history. The Red and Blue will be presented at the Bauhaus exhibition devoted to De Stijl.
The shapes and colors create a real visual Toy, giving the Armchair an unstructured appearance.
The Red and Blue Chair, originally designed in Natural wood in 1918 and painted in 1923, has undergone multiple transformations. It revolutionized the vocabulary of both furniture and architecture. Rietveld envisaged industrial production of the Chair, but it never saw the light of day. It remained a succession of one-off pieces until Cassina began publishing it in 1973.
Rietveld's Red and Blue chair transcends mere furniture status to become a functional work of art, coveted by collectors and design experts for its historical and aesthetic significance. Its sculptural allure and visual presence make it an eye-catching piece, adding a touch of avant-garde and sophistication. To own a Red and Blue Armchair is to own a piece of design history. It's investing in an object that transcends fashion and embodies the quintessence of artistic innovation.
Cassina's original Red and Blue Armchairs can be identified by the control of three pieces of information that guarantee their authenticity: the author's signature in the form of a mark, the Cassina logo ''I Maestri'', the identification number, present on every piece produced.
Designed by Gerrit Thomas Rietveld in 1918, ''Red and Blue'' is an armchair-sculpture that marked the history of twentieth-century design. An authentic conceptual masterpiece, this piece of furniture is a manifesto of the De Stijl movement. Both designer and architect, Gerrit Rietveld (1888-1964) never ceased to innovate, creating new forms, adding color to his furniture and pioneering what was to become industrial design. Fifty years ahead of his contemporaries, he favored simple forms over noble materials and developed a rationalist style of straight lines, incongruous for the time.
Eager for modernity, abstraction and geometry, Gerrit Rietveld worked on the first prototypes of the "Red and Blue" Flesh in 1918: the "Slat Flesh". Taking the furniture conventions of the day by storm, this armchair is made from an assembly of plywood boards and Beechwood cleats. It has no curves, and its angular structure is completely visible. The boards used for the sloping back, armrests and seat do not touch, and the ends of the chair extend further than is morphologically necessary. Rietveld's "slatted chair" was published in the magazine "De Stijl" in 1919, bringing the designer into the movement. He then met the painter Piet Mondrian (1872-1944), whose style of primary colors had an immediate impact on his work.
In 1923, Gerrit Rietveld decided to paint the "Slat Armchair" in the primary colors so dear to the Dutch pictorial movement. This led to the name change from Slat Flesh to Red and Blue. Rietveld opted for chromatic differentiation, separating the constructive elements according to their function: the structure is black, the backrest red, the seat blue and the ends yellow. He sees this Armchair as a three-dimensional vision of Mondrian's work. This second, colored version is considered a visionary ready-made and the embodiment in furniture of the De Stijl movement. And it is this version that has gone down in history. The Red and Blue will be presented at the Bauhaus exhibition devoted to De Stijl.
The shapes and colors create a real visual Toy, giving the Armchair an unstructured appearance.
The Red and Blue Chair, originally designed in Natural wood in 1918 and painted in 1923, has undergone multiple transformations. It revolutionized the vocabulary of both furniture and architecture. Rietveld envisaged industrial production of the Chair, but it never saw the light of day. It remained a succession of one-off pieces until Cassina began publishing it in 1973.
Rietveld's Red and Blue chair transcends mere furniture status to become a functional work of art, coveted by collectors and design experts for its historical and aesthetic significance. Its sculptural allure and visual presence make it an eye-catching piece, adding a touch of avant-garde and sophistication. To own a Red and Blue Armchair is to own a piece of design history. It's investing in an object that transcends fashion and embodies the quintessence of artistic innovation.
Cassina's original Red and Blue Armchairs can be identified by the control of three pieces of information that guarantee their authenticity: the author's signature in the form of a mark, the Cassina logo ''I Maestri'', the identification number, present on every piece produced.
In detail:
Variation : Blue, red, black, yellow
Brand : CASSINA
Designer : Gerrit Rietveld
Type : Armchair
Colour : Black - Blue - Red - Yellow
Material : Birch plywood panel with beech veneered edges and surfaces, semi-gloss finish - Solid beech structure, matt black finish - Yellow-colored crossbar ends - Assembly system exclusively with wooden connectors and fittings.
- Dimensions : W 65.5 x D 83 cm x H 88 cm - Seat: H 33 cm
- Weight : 20.9 lb
- Characteristics : Design icon - Model designed in 1918 by Gerrit Thomas Rietveld (1888-1964) - Original piece signed and stamped Cassina (will always retain its value) - MoMA Permanent Collections
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