Modern Canapo Rocking Chair by Cassina

August 28, 2010 Filed Under: Seating Design

It was designed 65 years a go and never been in production until now. Canapo is rocking chair designed by the Italian architect and urbanist Franco albini in 1945 that had never put into production. The drawings of the Canapo rocking chair are stored in the archives of the Fondazione Franco Albini. Thanks of Cassina’s faithful reproduction that took the original chair’s sketches and put this aesthetic piece of design culture into mass production

Canapo is fully expresses the quest for balance in Franco Albini’s work and opens it up perfectly to serial production in complete harmony with Cassina. The result is a light and airy furnishing solution for taking a rest and relaxation. Combining of craft traditions with cutting-edge technology, the rocking chair consists of the supporting fabric in ecru that is attached using cords which form a graphic motif along the sides. While, the removable cushion features in polyurethane foam, upholstered in leather or bright fabric. Having Albini’s original sketches from the archives, Cassina offers the rocking chair in two choices, black ash or walnut. For more details check out pictures below or click here.

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