Belvedere Vienna

Overview

Kartell lists Belvedere Vienna, code 5857, as a design by Ludovica Serafini + Roberto Palomba, dated 2025 on its data sheet where it is flagged as new. Kartell calls it the designers' latest creation. The page says the name recalls the Belvedere Palace in Vienna and that the design brings together the heritage of traditional Viennese chairs and Kartell's research into advanced materials.

Construction

The sheet gives a recycled thermoplastic technopolymer frame containing mineral filler and a seat and backrest of natural rattan. The care leaflet calls the structure painted, adds ABS for the frame that holds the seat and backrest, and names the covering as woven natural rattan for the indoor version. The page speaks of Viennese wickerwork combined with a recycled plastic frame.

Specifications

The drawing gives 48 cm wide, 60 cm deep and 82 cm high and 3.3 kg. Heights are not labelled on the drawing. The sheet lists four colours: White, Black, Forest green and Burgundy.

Viennese chairs, reinterpreted

Kartell's text starts from the traditional Viennese chair and the Belvedere Palace, which it describes as Austria's most prestigious museum of art and tradition. The woven seat and back are set into a lightweight frame of recycled plastic, and the page calls the two materials an apparent contrast that nevertheless works together as an original stylistic blend.

Image source: Kartell — Belvedere Vienna · © Kartell and the respective rights holders. Quoted to accompany INTEBEE's independent design commentary and research. · View official product page ↗ · Image use & copyright policy

Craft and technology

Kartell writes that the result is a balance between craftsmanship and technology, past and future. It describes the chair as sober, rigorous elegance and says it does not simply pay homage to tradition but reinterprets it with a view to the future.