Utrecht XL Armchair - Lincoln Vinaccia 13L576 - des. Gerrit Thomas Rietveld - by Cassina

Gerrit Rietveld came up with the design for the Utrecht armchair in 1935 while working for the Metz & Co. department store in Amsterdam, where his brief was to make a chair for serial production. Taking market needs into account, while privileging a comfortable and relaxing experience, led to the elements of the chair being treated as separate units.  As a consequence, the chair became an icon of both the Neoplastic movement, and of Rietveld’s experimental vision. 

This version hasn’t the numbering and the identifying mark. Cassina offers a new reinterpretation of the iconic model dated 1935: an anthropometric response to the increasing sizes of modern generations. 

• Main frame seat and backrest in steel rod with elastic bands.
  
• Massive poplar wood armrests.
  
• Padding is polyurethane foam.
  
• Polyester padding with resin along with light velvet.
  
• Quilted fabric upholstery
  
• Foot is made from black plastic.

Stitchwork: Cucitura punto cavallo (natural thread colour)

Upholstery: Lincoln vinnacia