Set of Six Mario Bellini Cab Dining Armchairs for Cassina

Iconic Set of Six 413 Cab Chair by Mario Bellini for Cassina. The upholstery is made up of 22 parts in cowhide, die-cut and hand-processed one-by-one and then sewn into a single piece which is then fitted to a steel skeleton and closed with a zipper, like a custom-tailored garment.  "This was a new kind of chair, constructed totally out of leather, much cloned since then.” Thus Mario Bellini describes the Cab, a best-seller that he designed in the 1970s, which is now a signature piece in Cassina's I Contemporanei collection Cab was the first-ever chair to feature a free-standing leather structure, inspired by how our skin fits over our skeleton.  The upholstery consists of 22 individual pieces of saddle leather. Individually die-cut, they then undergo fourteen discrete procedures, again by hand a perfect fit. Once assembled, the cover is attached to the chair's steel skeleton and held in place by means of a zipper fastening, as in a bespoke tailored garment.  The chairs can easily be u