6 Vico Magistretti Carimate carver chairs c1970s newly upholstered in striking Studio Ashby Afua olive fabric

C1970s Vico Magistretti “Carimate” carver chairs professionally reupholstered in the highly coveted Afua fabric from award winning British interior designer, Studio Ashby.

The chairs are in excellent structural condition with cosmetic signs of age.

A classic, highly collectible vintage piece that works in any room of the house.

“It was in the 1950s that Magistretti's skill as a designer was unleashed. Working with the craftsmen and entrepreneurs who had long produced furniture in an area to the north of Milan, Magistretti saw possibilities for a new series of well-designed, mass-produced goods. His first great success came with the world famous Carimate chair produced by the Cassina company, headed by Cesare Cassina. The chair was a bestseller for years and mixed rural simplicity (the straw of the seat) with urban sophistication. There were the smooth lines of the wooden supports and legs, the colour and elements of Scandinavian design.

Magistretti had a close relationship with Cassina and had designed his luxurious villa (1964-65) in the town of Carimate, near Como. The series of beautiful, sleek villas in the Brianza hills around Milan built by Magistretti were later described as "Palladio in Brianza".