CL9 Ribbon Chair by Cesare Leonardi and Franca Stagi for Fiarm
1961, Italy. Lacquered fiberglass on a tubular chrome-plated steel base. Sold individually.
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.
Dimensions: 25”H × 37”W × 29”D (each)
Condition: Wear consistent with age; some lacquer loss and scratches throughout, as pictured
Available for pickup or delivery in Chicago.
Email hello@carefully-picked.com for shipping quotes.
Archive photos via Archivio Architetto Cesare Leonardi.
1961, Italy. Lacquered fiberglass on a tubular chrome-plated steel base. Sold individually.
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.
Dimensions: 25”H × 37”W × 29”D (each)
Condition: Wear consistent with age; some lacquer loss and scratches throughout, as pictured
Available for pickup or delivery in Chicago.
Email hello@carefully-picked.com for shipping quotes.
Archive photos via Archivio Architetto Cesare Leonardi.
1961, Italy. Lacquered fiberglass on a tubular chrome-plated steel base. Sold individually.
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.
Dimensions: 25”H × 37”W × 29”D (each)
Condition: Wear consistent with age; some lacquer loss and scratches throughout, as pictured
Available for pickup or delivery in Chicago.
Email hello@carefully-picked.com for shipping quotes.
Archive photos via Archivio Architetto Cesare Leonardi.
