Cassina

Scott Howard is pleased to offer a selection of used Cassina products.

The chairs shown on this page are guaranteed to be genuine Cassina originals, which are available from our own UK held stocks.

For more information, please telephone 020 7724 1130 to discuss which models are currently in stock and to discuss the options available.

1. Scott Howard was a recognised dealer of Cassina products here in the UK for nearly a decade, until the late 1990s. But we should point out that we are no longer a recognised dealer of new Cassina products.
2. However we do hold stocks of genuine pre-used Cassina chairs and we are happy to offer these products for sale.
3. The trade marks LE CORBUSIER and CASSINA are registered trade marks belonging to Cassina S.p.A.

Le Corbusier (1887-1965)

Swiss born architect, theorist and designer Le Corbusier worked and wrote with a unique vision, energy and clarity that made him one of the most influential figures shaping the international style during the early 1900s. Born Charles Edouard Jeanneret, he rechristened himself Le Corbusier in Paris in 1920, around the time he started his journal L'Esprit Nouveau. An active member of the Parisian art scene and co-founder of the Congrès Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne (CIAM), he championed a minimalist modernism built around the idea of the home as a "machine for living". In 1928 he began creating furnishings for his buildings as part of his collaboration with Pierre Jeanneret and Charlotte Perriand.

The three created a series of tubular steel furniture that they exhibited at the 1929 Salon d'Automne in Paris and from which emerged some of the most lasting icons of the international style. The furniture, entitled as a group, "Equipment for Living," was designed in rich leather or cowhide upholstery and featured the swivel chair, the armchair and the chaise longue, which Le Corbusier referred to as the "relaxation machine".