T904 Bench

Overview

The T904 bench is a historic Gastone Rinaldi design. The sheet dates it to 1956, and the page says Poltrona Frau reissued it. Its SKU is 5565251.

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Construction

The structure is tubular steel, black painted with a wrinkled, textured effect, with plastic caps. The seat board is poplar plywood with an ash veneer in a teak stain. Three optional cushions, padded in polyurethane foam and dacron, rest on the wood; covers come in leather, which is Pelle Frau, or in fabric.

Specifications

• Bench 5565251: W 180 cm, D 45 cm, H 40 cm
• Cushions: the sheet gives the side in contact with the bench as micro-perforated leather or slip-resistant fabric

From side table to seat

In the company's words the T 904 bench is a project of rare simplicity and elegance. Its first form was a side table with handles that could be moved, delivered with cushions to double as a seat.

Tubular metal and the 1950s

With its clean design and its use of tubular metal, the page says, the bench revisits two distinctive features of 1950s design which have come back into fashion today. The sheet says it evokes 1950s design with an originality of its own.