Image source: Cassina — Met Sofa
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Met Sofa
Piero Lissoni's Met sofa of 1996: a tubular steel frame on a die-cast aluminium base.
2500 × 750 × 850 mm
1996
Official product information
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Description
Overview
Met is a sofa designed by Piero Lissoni in 1996. Cassina's page offers a left end element with a chaise longue, a 2-seat sofa with 2 armrests and a 2-seater sofa.
Construction
A tubular steel frame with elastic webbing sits on a cast aluminium base, polished or painted. The upholstery is fabric or leather, over polyurethane foam in differentiated density and resin polyester wadding.
Specifications
- 250 10: 250 cm wide, 85 cm deep, 75 cm high (the height is not labelled on the drawing)
- Feet: painted matte anthracite or polished aluminium
Story
A sofa of 1996
The page heading and the product sheet date the Met sofa to 1996, designed by Piero Lissoni.
Elements and feet
The sheet describes a raised sofa that ranges from the traditional sofa to the corner unit, with legs in polished aluminium or matte anthracite. Its configurator lists a left end element with a chaise longue among the models.
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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.
