Utrecht XL Cassina

The Utrecht XL armchair that was produced by Cassina and designed by Gerrit Thomas Rietveld in 1935 for the Metz & Co department store in Amsterdam. This iteration of the armchair features revised, more generous dimensions in keeping with the modern trend toward lounging in style, displays the authentic hallmark of the designer's extremely personal structural code, which is a balance between a quest for experimentation and effective ergonomics.

This armchair, with its spacious seat and substantial cushioning of polyurethane foam and polyester wadding, is the genuine marriage of elegance and comfort. As a result of their joining at the floor, the armchair's back and seat form a single, sturdy structure. The armrests' orthogonal forms, secured to the backrest, provide the seat with an extra layer of support.

The Utrecht armchair comes in multiple sizes, as well as a curved sofa that seats two or three people. In all of its iterations, the seat's framework is fabricated from steel, and its upholstery features a unique needlework technique that consists of regular, distant, and lengthy stitches of the zigzag and crotch stitch types.