{"title":"Carlo Ratti","description":"\u003cp\u003eCarlo Ratti worked in Milan in the 1950s and 60s, mostly in bent plywood and thin metal — the vocabulary of Italian post-war industry rather than the cabinetmaking tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDining tables in wood and metal, and a set of six dining chairs in plywood and metal from 1954, restored.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"carlo-ratti-dining-table-wood-metal-italy-1960s-f-49174602","title":"Carlo Ratti Dining Table in Wood and Metal, Italy, 1960's","description":"\u003cp\u003eSmaller dining-room table with typical graceful Italian shapes. The table has somewhat flat and tapered legs and a V-shaped construction in metal and wood. Some nice details can be found back in the brass feet (!) and in the pleasant shape of the formica top with its cut corners and bevelled edges. The top is in good condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWidth: 79 cm\u003cbr\u003eHeight: 78 cm\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Zeger van Olden","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58234767573379,"sku":"f_49174602","price":1900.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1020\/8041\/4083\/files\/f_49174602_1773222364941_bg_processed_77e6cdd8-c883-4eab-833e-733f5d474067.jpg?v=1781284042"},{"product_id":"set-of-6-dining-room-chairs-carlo-ratti-plywood-metal-italy-1954-f-39848742","title":"Set of 6 Dining Room Chairs by Carlo Ratti in Plywood and Metal, Italy, 1954","description":"\u003cp\u003eWe fully restored this set by adding new small pieces of veneer (where needed) to all the chairs and lacquering them three times. More than 10% of the veneer had to be replaced but hey you want to be circular and sustainable right? The result is a fully up-cycled set of the famous Carlo Ratti dining room chairs. A professional restorer has spent days cutting the right pieces of veneer and putting them back in place. So 90% of the chairs are intact and for the other 10% we gave them the old Levi's 501 look where you can clearly see the multiple different restorations if you look from close by. From a small distance it's hard to see. As a dealer I buy a lot of pieces and very often you can see former reparations in the veneer. When this is nicely done and you see these nice details after a while, I always get a bit delighted by this. It contributes to the value because labor and craftsmanship is something luxurious nowadays and it means that someone has put time and energy into something. It also contributes to the environmental and circular mindset that people have nowadays. Why not making old chairs beautiful again instead of buying new ones? Such a restoration project just feels very right somehow. We hope you feel the same and that you like the end result just as much as we do.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout the chairs themselves: They have some similarities with the Medea chais by Vittorio Nobili because of the curved and bended wood. In the 1950's this became increasingly popular when new methods of production were invented. By steaming the multiplex and putting them in a mold you could bend them in almost any shape. The difference with the Medea chairs are the straight top of the backrest and and the seating and also the slit in the middle seating part where the wood comes together. The slit is held in place by the metal frame. Note that this metal frame is still very original and still has the small metal cross connection at the bottom. Not many sets have this and it's still in very good condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSmart shipping: we can detach the seating from the frame making it much cheaper to ship them. Please let me know if you are interested in this because the price is now based on an assembled state.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNote that we still have the Carlo Ratti dining table available as well so you can make a congruent set. The last picture shows this. The table is not part of this lot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWidth: 46 cm\u003cbr\u003eHeight: 80 cm\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Zeger van Olden","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58234776322435,"sku":"f_39848742","price":6600.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1020\/8041\/4083\/files\/f_39848742_1717255099557_bg_processed.jpg?v=1781284112"},{"product_id":"carlo-ratti-dining-table-wood-metal-italy-1960s-f-31395752","title":"Carlo Ratti Dining Table in Wood and Metal, Italy, 1960's","description":"\u003cp\u003eElegant dining table with romantic steel base. The top has been lacquered and is quite shiny and in very good condition. The shape of the top is slightly tapered towards the sides. The frame is made of steel with some nice typical Carlo Ratti details in shiny brass at the feet. The legs are surrounded by three wooden planks that are nicely shaped. Somehow the appearance is quite musical but maybe that's just my opinion. The chairs are also by Carlo Ratti, 6 available and all restored (not part of this lot). Lots of new veneer inlays in the chairs which give them a nice circular look, almost like an old levi's 501 that has been repaired numerous times. Hours of restoration have gone into these chairs but the result is a set of 6 newly lacquered shiny pieces of art that work very well with the table.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWidth: 174 cm\u003cbr\u003eHeight: 77 cm\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Zeger van Olden","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58234791952771,"sku":"f_31395752","price":3300.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1020\/8041\/4083\/files\/f_31395752_1678425286753_bg_processed.jpg?v=1781284196"}],"url":"https:\/\/zegervanolden.com\/collections\/carlo-ratti.oembed","provider":"Zeger van Olden","version":"1.0","type":"link"}