Image source: Cassina — Met Armchair
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Met Armchair
Piero Lissoni's Met armchair of 1996, on a cast aluminium base with a tubular steel frame.
890 × 750 × 850 mm
1996
Official product information
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Description
Overview
Met Armchair is an armchair by Piero Lissoni, dated 1996 on the page heading and on the product sheet. The page's designer tab credits Piero Lissoni with S. Sook Kim.
Construction
The frame is steel tube with elastic webbing, and the base is cast aluminium. Covers are fabric or leather.
Specifications
- 250 04: 89 cm wide, 85 cm deep, 75 cm high (height not labelled on the drawing)
Story
Credit and year
The page heading reads "Design by Piero Lissoni, 1996". The designer tab adds S. Sook Kim to the credit and gives 1996 as the production year.
Base and frame
Cast aluminium carries the piece, and the page lets the base be polished or painted.
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Collection
Met
Met by Piero Lissoni for Cassina, 1996: the sofa and armchair of a system that the Cassina page calls an icon of 1990s design, with a cast aluminium base.

