Design

Nino Zoncada

Dimensions

H 77 / W 73 / D 67

ID

1063

Description

Armchair models “1101” and “1102” by Cassina, Italy, 1958. Designed by Giovanni “Nino” Zoncada. Both armchairs professionally reupholstered in red fabric (Dedar Perfect Flower, color 07). Tapered wooden legs with black plastic caps.

The design was commissioned for the cruise ship “Stella Maris II”. Zoncada, together with Gio Ponti and Gustav Pulitzer-Finali, was among the leading designers of Italian cruise ship interiors from the 1930s to the 1970s.

Literatur: P. Piccione, Nino Zoncada interni navali 1931 - 1971, GMT, 2007, p. 54; G. Gramigna, Repertorio 1950-1980, Mondadori, Milano, p. 120.