1961, Italy. Burgundy lacquered fiberglass on a tubular chrome-plated steel base.
In 1957, in the second year of university, while the professor of Construction Sciences explains the principle of the ‘resistance through form’ of materials, Cesare Leonardi bends a sheet of paper and imagines a continuous element shaped to include a seat, armrests and a backrest at the same time. This simple intuition was at the origin of the Ribbon Chair (Nastro). However, a number of years went by before he and Franca Stagi managed to produce a prototype. His encounter with Alfonso Negri, a skilled Modenese craftsman, is decisive. “I like it,” he said, “let’s try and make it out of fibreglass.” After a long experimentation phase, in 1961 the Ribbon prototype saw the light.
— Archivio Architetto Cesare Leonardi
Dimensions: 25”H × 37”W × 29”D
Condition: Light wear consistent with age
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1961, Italy. Burgundy lacquered fiberglass on a tubular chrome-plated steel base.
In 1957, in the second year of university, while the professor of Construction Sciences explains the principle of the ‘resistance through form’ of materials, Cesare Leonardi bends a sheet of paper and imagines a continuous element shaped to include a seat, armrests and a backrest at the same time. This simple intuition was at the origin of the Ribbon Chair (Nastro). However, a number of years went by before he and Franca Stagi managed to produce a prototype. His encounter with Alfonso Negri, a skilled Modenese craftsman, is decisive. “I like it,” he said, “let’s try and make it out of fibreglass.” After a long experimentation phase, in 1961 the Ribbon prototype saw the light.
— Archivio Architetto Cesare Leonardi
Dimensions: 25”H × 37”W × 29”D
Condition: Light wear consistent with age
Available for pickup or delivery in Chicago.
Email hello@carefully-picked.com for shipping quotes.
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