and umberto cassina headquarters italy products furniture owner poltrona frau group website cassina s.p.a. cassina s.p. a. is an italian manufacturing company specialised in the creation of high end designer furniture . 1 contents 1 origins 2 history 3 see also 4 references 5 external links origins edit carimate chair designed by vico magistretti in 1959 and produced by cassina the amedeo cassina company was created by the brothers cesare and umberto cassina in 1927 in meda brianza northern italy . 2 after the war cassina continued to expand in size and fame with products which covered a broad range of furniture including chairs armchairs tables sofas and beds . 3 history edit the company s transformation was bolstered further by commissions for cruise ships 4 5 top end hotels and restaurants which accounted for a great part of the company s activity right up to the mid sixties and beyond . 6 in 1964 the cassina i maestri cassina masters collection was born with the acquisition of the rights to products designed by le corbusier pierre jeanneret and charlotte perriand the most important names of 20th century design . these included the lc1 lc2 7 8 9 10 and lc3 armchairs 11 and the lc4 chaise longue . today cassina is the exclusive worldwide licensee of the le corbusier designs . 12 the cassina i maestri collection was widened in 1968 with the acquisition from bauhaus archiv in berlin of reproduction rights to some of the bauhaus objects and in 1971 the designs of gerrit rietveld frank lloyd wright and of charles rennie mackintosh in 1972 . 13 the masters collection continued with the re issue in 1983 of furniture by erik gunner asplund the acquisition from the frank lloyd wright foundation of rights of reproduction 1986 of furniture by frank lloyd wright including the barrel chair 1937 and finally in 2004 furniture by charlotte perriand . 14 15 the 1972 the new york moma exhibition italy the new domestic landscape curated by emilio ambasz was co sponsored cassina . 16 in 2005 cassina was purchased by the poltrona frau group . 17 see also edit italy portal companies portal lierna chair list of italian companies references edit goliath business knowledge on demand cassina cesare . treccani . retrieved january 22 2015 . cassina profile . architonic . retrieved january 22 2015 . abitare . editrice segesta . 2008 . p. 165 . retrieved january 22 2015 . silvana annicchiarico 2003 . custom built the concept of unique in italian design . charta . p. 94 . retrieved january 22 2015 . an introduction to cassina contract division pdf . p. 6 . retrieved january 22 2015 . von gastautor november 28 2014 . das doppeljubil um von le corbusier in german . interior design . retrieved january 22 2015 . cassina i maestri . espresso . 1990 . p. 60 . retrieved january 22 2015 . blue print . wordsearch limited . 2007 . retrieved january 22 2015 . authentic wood by le corbusier at cassina . dezeen magazine . january 22 2011 . retrieved january 22 2015 . patricia sheridan may 18 2011 . outdoor living indoor style design and comfort don t stop at the back door . pittsburgh post gazette . retrieved january 22 2015 . kate watson smyth september 20 2013 . design classic the lc4 chaise longue by le corbusier . financial times . retrieved january 22 2015 . cassina inaugura un nuovo branded space a palermo in italian . palermo today . november 8 2013 . retrieved january 22 2015 . la historia de cassina y el dise o a trav s de una exposici n con 18 de sus emblem ticas sillas in spanish . interiores minimalistas . december 9 2014 . retrieved january 22 2015 . sillas de dise o . www.vackart.es . retrieved 21 june 2016 . gino moliterno 2002 . encyclopedia of contemporary italian culture . routledge . p. 399 . retrieved january 22 2014 . chiara alessi february 18 2014 . the poltrona frau issue . domus web . retrieved january 22 2015 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to cassina . cassina s.p.a. home page adobe flash cassina usa cassina a 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