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Gaja Chair
Gaja Chair: Kazuhide Takahama's 1974 stackable steel-rod chair, produced by Cassina.
510 × 670 × 440 mm
1974
Approx. $580 (reference price; varies by region and retailer)
Official product information
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Overview
Gaja Chair is a stackable metal chair by Kazuhide Takahama, dated 1974. The open steel-rod structure was created for a small restaurant and later joined the SimonCollezione; the chair is light, airy and stackable.
Construction
- Frame: bent tubular metal, chrome or painted.
- Seat support: covered poplar plywood.
- Padding: flexible polyurethane foam and a light velvet layer.
- Cover: quilted, in fabric or leather.
- Feet: plastic.
Specifications
- 510 x 440 x 670 mm for W58 01 (axes not labelled on the drawing).
Story
Designed for a small restaurant
The W58 sheet says the open structure of chrome-finished, resistance-welded steel rods was created for a small restaurant and later joined the SimonCollezione. Cassina relates it to Rationalism.
Takahama, 1974, redeveloped
On the W58 sheet the designer line is Kazuhide Takahama with 1974, a year the page repeats under production. The chair has since been redeveloped, with a thermoformed seat, an elastic-strap backrest, a zip-off wadding cover and new frame finishes.
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Collection
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