Image source: Cassina — Veliero Bookcase
© Cassina and the respective rights holders. Quoted to accompany INTEBEE's independent design commentary and research.
Veliero Bookcase
Double-sided glass-shelf bookcase from Franco Albini's 1940 one-off, edited by Cassina.
2050 × 2660 × 555 mm
1940
Official product information
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Description
Overview
Veliero is a bookcase by Franco Albini with glass shelves held by rods between solid ash uprights. The sheet dates the design to 1940 and the Cassina production to 2011/2019; the page headline gives 2011.
Construction
The base is an MDF panel with a 1 mm ash veneer and a solid ash frame, on a metal rod frame powder lacquered matt black. The shelves are 7 mm tempered layered glass with polished edges.
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Specifications
- Width: 205 cm
- Depth: 55.5 cm
- Height: 266 cm
- Finishes: natural ash and black stained ash
Story
A one-off for a Milan home
Cassina's text says that, after a lengthy period of research and development with state-of-the-art technology, its designers created a production prototype of the original 1940 piece that Franco Albini made as a one-off for his Milan home.
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Air and light
The text says the current model stays true to the spare ideal of the original: the aim is an airy, light look in which books and objets appear to hover. The page headline for the description is "State of balance".
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Collection
Cassina iMaestri Collection
Cassina's iMaestri Collection, begun in 1965 with Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret and Charlotte Perriand, since joined by Rietveld, Albini, Ponti and Eames.
