Portovenere

sofa, armchair

production

1989

manufacturer

Cassina

description

Featuring a simple design, the sofa has a cold-foamed polyurethane steel frame covered with a double layer of polyester wadding and stands out for its high backrest with adjustable headrest and wing-shaped armrests. Upholstered in wool cloth, leather or cotton, only the cushions have removable covers.

As it often happened in English country homes in the Victorian period, where the fireplace accommodated a small space in which to sit in the warmth of the fire, Magistretti designed a semi-private space to harbour the intimacy of those sitting there, as the architect himself wrote: "Here, the sofa is a little room within the room, ready to welcome its user."

technical data

Steel. In cold foam polyurethane and covered win polyester wadding (frame)

ABS. Feet

Wool cloth/leather/cotton. Upholstery

MEASUREMENTS

mm.

bibliography

M. Di Forti, Ma lo stile è una grazia, in Il Messaggero, 07 gennaio 1990

So Einfach!, in Raum und Wohnen 6, ottobre 1992

Vico Magistretti, in Modern Living 120, settembre 1998

Rassegna, Domus 1990, 719

Ottagono 1989, 93, pp./nn. 152