Dalila Chair

Overview

The Dalila chair is the chair model of Gaetano Pesce's Dalila, revived from the Cassina archive and developed for outdoor use with Studio Pesce. Cassina describes sinuous volumes and fluid, archaic forms with a sculptural presence.

Construction

• Body: flexible polyurethane foam covered with a thin coloured elastomeric layer.
• Production: a production technique that minimises joints, so the form reads as continuous.
• Finishes: three colours, beige, red and blue.

Specifications

• 53 x 61 x 77 cm (W x D x H, drawing 352 1_).

Revived from the archive for outdoor spaces

According to Cassina, Dalila recovers two of the three models designed in 1980 and reinterprets them for the needs of outdoor spaces while preserving their formal identity. The new version was developed from the Cassina archive in collaboration with Studio Pesce.

A manifesto object

Cassina's text says the design was inspired by the biblical passage of Samson and Dalila and was conceived as a manifesto object. It reports Pesce's wish to bring the uniqueness of a work of art into industrial production through serial objects that are similar but not identical, a vision the page says challenged the industry's norms at the time.