The Lady armchair by Marco Zanuso, a point of departure for the creation of the modern armchair Presented at the 9th Triennale of Milan in 1951 – where it won the Medaglia d’oro - the Lady armchair is an icon of modernity, the product of an important technical and material innovation which, turning the traditional way of creating armchairs on its head, involved the separate manufacture of the parts and their subsequent assembly. Observing the graphical representation adopted by Zanuso we can understand the design process emblematic of his approach to industrial design. Indeed, the architect uses a design method deriving from the car industry, sketching out the various parts in order to see how they are all inter-related. The materials were also taken from the same sector, foam rubber and springs with nastrocord together marked the introduction of the first modern armchair. This technical and methodological innovation spawned and gave formal consistency to different construction elements: seat, backrest and sides with different levels of padding depending on the support requirements dictated by the pressure exerted by the body. Today, the aesthetics of the Lady armchair have been further updated with the new selection of Raf Simons fabrics introduced in the Everest collection by Cassina. There is also an iconic version, one of the first produced, with black and white checked upholstery and feet painted in matt basalt, which highlights the stylistic, formal and cultural continuity of Zanuso’s works. Measurements: 78x85xh.80cm Materials: upholstery: leather or fabric frame: foam-covered iron armrest: wood core with padding in polyurethane foam base finish: painted matt basalt, black chrome, polished brass.

Cassina作为当今世界顶级家具品牌，有着悠久历史。早在十七世纪，Cassina就开始从事教堂木器家具的制作，精湛的工艺与对细节的专注使其在那个时期就赢得人们的尊敬，以致今天的人们仍能在美丽的科莫湖畔的教堂中找到Cassina当年产品的身影。

1927年，以Cassina兄弟（Cesare & Umberto Cassina）在意大利米兰成立Cassina公司为标志，Cassina开始了现代家具的生产历程。二次世界大战后，Cassina公司接受了一系列来自海军军舰、以及宾馆、饭店和社交活动场所的大型家具定单，这些特殊环境下对家具质量和功能的苛刻要求让Cassina长期秉承的质量、耐久、信誉的传统价值观得到充分的体现，并为Cassina后来的发展奠定了基础。

在意大利家具设计的潮流中，Cassina始终是一面旗帜，并形成了以米兰为中心的意大利家具设计和制造的高潮时代。如今Cassina的足迹遍布全世界，拥有近百年历史，被誉为“现代家具之王”，是当今世界当之无愧的奢侈品级家具品牌。