Baby Cab Chair

Overview

The Baby Cab is a small chair in saddle leather, credited to Mario Bellini and made by Cassina; according to the page it is a miniature model designed for children. Its size selector reads "Petite" and its text says "Cab 412 Petite by Mario Bellini is a perfect scale reduction of the Cab chair, available in a wide variety of colours". The 412 Cab sheet linked from the page carries "Designed by Mario Bellini, 1977" and names the small model a "Baby version, made with the same careful craftsmanship".

Construction

The page describes the structure as self-supporting saddle-hide. The 412 Cab sheet gives a black coated tubular steel frame with a black plastic shell for the seat, cold-moulded flexible polyurethane foam padding, a leather cover in colours from the price list, and black plastic feet fitted with or without adhesive felt.

Specifications

• Dimensions (sheet drawing 412 B1/B2): 33 cm wide, 37 cm deep, 57 cm high; 30 cm labelled on the side view
• Cover: saddle leather or plus saddle leather; 16 saddle leather colours on the page

A scale reduction of Cab

The page describes the Baby Cab as a miniature model designed for children, made with the same attentive craftsmanship as the whole Cab family. It lists the chair as "Cab 412 Petite" and presents it as a perfect scale reduction of the Cab chair. The 412 Cab sheet it links is shared with the larger Cab 412 sizes and names the Baby version among the models now available.

Leathers

The sheet names Plus saddle leathers in pure aniline among the new options and mentions gradient effects applied by hand on a natural basis in some versions.