Matteo Grassi Korium 2-Seat by Tito Agnoli, Black Saddle Leather, Italian, 70s

Tito Agnoli Model Korium for Matteo Grassi sofa, Italy 1970s A blue/grey leather sofa, model Korium, designed by Tito Agnoli for Matteo Grassi, ...

This leather armchair Korium KM 3/1 was designed by Tito Agnoli for Matteo Grassi. It is upholstered in thick black leather. The frame is made of sadddle leather. Great Italian de...

Leather Armchair Korium Tito Agnoli for Matteo Grassi. Sophisticated, stylish and very comfortable is this Korium full leather arm chair which was designed by Tito Agnoli in the 1980...

These 2 KM 3/1 armchairs by Matteo Grassi come in a black colour. The thick buffalo leather of the back and seat cushions has a beautiful structure, is soft and undamaged. The side and back parts, made of thick saddle leather, show slight signs of wear, primarily on the lower front corners. These Korium armchairs were designed by Tito Agnoli in the 80s. These landmark chairs...

A pair of vintage Italian brown leather Korium armchairs with a steel frame on black castors, designed by Tito Agnoli for Matteo Grassi, 1980s – the price is for both chairs. This pair of chairs date from the 1980s and were part of series of armchairs and sofas designed by Agnoli for Matteo Grassi in 1978. The design bears a close resemblance to the Mario Bellini Cab 413 chair which was released by Cassina in the previous year. Given that both chairs took over a year to prototype it’s difficult to know which took precedence, and although both have a similar look, they feel different: the 413 is softer and more organic and the Korium, firmer and more hard wearing. In a sense both took inspiration from their respective manufacturer’s with regard to the outcome of the designs. Matteo Grassi had a long history of producing high quality and finely crafted saddlery going as far back as 1880, and this shines through in the quality of the construction and stitching. Like the Bellini chair, the point of identification is that the metal framework is an analogy for the human skeleton with the leather acting as the ‘skin’ that shrouds the frame. In a sense the design of the Korium also shares some aspects of the construction of early 20th Century bentwood furniture such as the benches that were created by Jacob and Josef Kohn. Like the wood that was so beautifully embossed in the Kohn’s bench...

Korium KM 3/1 armchair by Tito Agnoli for Matteo Grassi, 80s Italy. Black saddle leather frame and thick black leather cushions. Rare chair of the Korium series. High comfort chair a...