Hello AT,
I'm sure some fellow AT readers are also Bravo viewers and I was wondering if anyone can identify the red chairs used on Inside the Actors Studio and may know where they could be located.
They're very stylish, however the picture doesn't effectively capture the bright shade of red they appear on tv. I also assume they're pretty comfortable since Mr. Lipton and the guests use them for extended periods.
Thanks, Adam
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Dear Adam,
I think it's a Cab chair by mario Bellini for Cassina. (link at my name)
Also looks a little like the Mario Bellini "Cab" chair (armchair version) available at hivemodern:
http://hivemodern.com/products/?view=sub_product&sid=542
Lists "Russian Red" as an available colorway.
Hey! She beat me to that "Cab"!!! :)
Ptoo, after spilling my numerous martinis on that Russian Red leather at, again, numerous Cassina parties I've gotta be really unobservant not to notice it...
It's totally not Bellini's "CAB CHAIR" - look at the relationship @ the seat/arm intersection! Unless it's been modified through the years. It looks more like a Matteo Grassi - go to
www.M2Lcollection.com - Good for browsing.
I have to disagree.
Exactly where you pointed out, at the arm/front joint: Coco chair has angled steel connector, tieing the more recessed plane of the arm to the front plane of the seat while on the pic above there is a step and no structural connection between them. Also, look at the scale relationship between the height of the arm to height of the back (starting from the seat): on the pic above they are approx. equal while in Coco the back is considerably lower.
Etc.
Also, I'm glad somebody used my recommendation to New Tenant in her search for the sofa sleeper and went to M2L site; they have well-representative collections and good customer service.
I don't think it IS the Cab (which is why I said "looks a little like...") but think it is a contender for a close match.
But also didn't see anything on M2L that looked like a match, either, unless I missed it.
This is chair is from Design Within Reach www.dwr.com.
It comes with or without the sidearms and it different colors.
Tat
Just so's you know, I did go to that site. But apparently I'm so completely inept that I was not actually able to find the sleeper sofas. :(
yes, I feel quite retarded.
Anyway, I just gave up and bought the Jasper at R&B. Oh, sorry, I know I'm not supposed to talk about my furniture anymore. shhh. forget I said anything.
Anyway, thanks for the resource. There is definitely a lot of cool stuff on that site.
But, NT, they have a 800 number pasted on every page - it means they WANT you to call them; what is there on their site is only a sample of the whole range they can offer for you. A good sign: they present you with names of the manufacturers they carry: obviously, Cassina, for instance, has 5 times more stuff than M2L list, so you get the idea they can order the missing pieces.
When I was looking for my own sleeper sofa, I too didn't find one on the site - but I liked the style and range of what they offer, called and then came to the store to talk to a sales guy. He gave me 6 sofas to consider (based on my budget and style of the [non-sleeper] pieces I pointed out to him), and then we talked construction, legs choices, fabrics/grades/wood finish/lead times/shipping charges etc.
Which chair are we actually looking for??? The one in the link or the one in the photo for Actor's Studio posted, as they are not the same chair?
The picture posted by Maxwell of just a chair (no people) appears to be the same as the one on the link to the website of Actor's Studio, that is found at DWR.
Getting closer to the one in the top picture...this has the right back, LOL:
http://www.stlloftstyle.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=193
But no arms.
This is getting closer to having the right arms, but these will jab you, or so it appears:
http://www.stlloftstyle.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=285
This is definitively not Mario Bellini's Cab chair. It is not even remotely close. I own a store in Philadelphia that sells Cassina furniture.(You can take that as a disclaimer or vetting)The inset picture is not upholstered all the way down the leg- the defining characteristic of a Cab chair, along with its use of the saddle leather cover to create the seat. The original design had no seat pan but that was later added at the request of a large corporate client from Japan who wanted a firmer seat to compensate for the body differentials of the two culture. The addition of the seat pan was deemed superior and was then kept for all future productions. The top picture seems to be influenced by Bellini's Cab but falls prey to the uselessness of tweaking one design just enough so that you don't infringe the copyright. The chair loses its proportion and ruins the quality that made the original so beautiful. These two chairs pictured are examples of clunky design.
Different question: What designer makes the Antica chair pictured in the first post? Is it available anywhere but DWR?