Image source: Knoll — Bastiano Sofa
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Bastiano Sofa
Tobia Scarpa's 1962 Bastiano Sofa: soft down cushions inside a slender ebonized ash frame
2200 × 762 × 879 mm
1962
Approx. $17,000 (reference price; varies by region and retailer)
Official product information
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Description
Overview
The Bastiano Sofa is the sofa of Tobia Scarpa's Bastiano Collection, first designed in 1962: zippered down cushions inside a slender solid ash frame stained with an ebonized finish. Knoll's brochure names it the three-seat sofa.
Construction
- Seat, back and arm cushions with a variable foam core, polyester fibre wrap and down
- Arm and seat cushions held upright by straps on hidden hooks
- Seat and back joined by a removable pin
- Frame of solid ash, ebonized finish; wood seat support frame with coated steel straps
Specifications
- W 86.6 x D 34.6 x H 30 in (2200 x 879 x 762 mm)
- Seat height 17 in (design page)
Story
Scarpa's sofa of 1962
Knoll says Tobia Scarpa wanted seating that was sophisticated and elegant, yet casual and comfortable, when he first designed the Bastiano Sofa in 1962.
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Joining the Knoll catalog
With the 1968 acquisition of Gavina, the Bastiano Lounge collection was introduced to Knoll's catalog. Knoll's brochure shows the collection as a lounge chair, a two-seat sofa and a three-seat sofa, and gives the dimensions of each.
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