B&B Italia
Catilina Armchair
Price starting from € 4,420.00*
*Price valid for the low version in H.66 cm with frame in grey metalized metal - lacquered seat and seat cushion in I.A.N.A fabric (cod. D_CA3LN).
The Catilina armchair by B&B Italia is the result of meticulous research carried out by architect Luigi Caccia Dominioni in 1957–1958. A historic icon of the Azucena collection, it later became part of B&B Italia’s offerings in a limited edition, preserving its minimalist yet deeply intellectual aesthetic. Its silhouette evokes the geometric lines of the sella curulis, the ceremonial folding seat of Ancient Roman senators, from which the name Catilina derives. The structure is defined by a slender, shaped steel band that unites the semicircular base with the upper semicircle formed by the armrests and backrest in a single, fluid gesture. The polished, mirror-finish chrome structure emphasizes the design’s rigorous and regal character, highlighting Catilina’s versatility as both a refined dining chair and an office armchair.
W.77 x D.63,5 x H.66 cm
Seat Height 33 cm
Available also in the high version H.90 - Seat H.50 cm
Salvioni Design Solutions delivers all around the world. The assembly service is also available by our teams of specialized workers.
Each product is tailor-made for the personal taste and indications of the customer in a customized finish and that is why the production time may vary according to the chosen product.
To discover the full range of services available, visit our delivery page.
Personalize your request
Frame
Select
Seat
Select
Select
B&B Italia's strongest ability is to combine creative ideas with design skills, which over the years have led the company to win four Golden Compasses. B&B Italia’s fulcrum is the Research and Development Centre (CR&S), a research laboratory dedicated to the study of the most innovative materials and the industrialization of production processes. The purpose of CR&S is to give life to the most groundbreaking projects of some of the major international designers.
Founded in the late 60's by Piero Ambrogio Busnelli and Cesare Cassina with the name of C&B Italia, the company has disrupted the furnishing industry's rules with a revolutionary industry vision. The ability to turn traditional furnishings production into industrial designs proves today, like yesterday, the strength of the company.Read more
Designed by
Luigi Caccia Dominioni
"Luigi Caccia Dominioni (1913-2016) was one of the great protagonists of twentieth-century Milanese architecture. A pupil of Piero Portaluppi at the Milan Polytechnic, he held the role of trusted architect of the good Milanese bourgeoisie throughout his very long career. Career that began immediately after his graduation with the founding of a studio together with Livio and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, with whom he would work until the outbreak of the war. Instead, his encounter with product design dates back to 1947, when Azucena was founded together with Ignazio Gardella and Corrado Corradi Dell'Acqua, which will produce the furniture designed by the three. His architectural language was marked by a sober functionalism and devoid of apodictic formal principles, thus allowing him to adapt his projects to the different needs of the client with a certain degree of eclecticism: excellent examples of this are architectures such as the condominiums in via Nievo or the palazzo in Corso Monforte (1963-64) today the headquarters of the Flos showroom. The same characteristics can also be found in his furnishings, of which the Catilina chair is emblematic, however often enriched by precious and refined details that bring them closer to the forms of furniture from the beginning of the century. After his death, Azucena was taken over by B&B Italia, while some doors designed by him were reissued in series by Lualdi.Read more