Lebber vintage® - Theme / Gastone Rinaldi / Pascale dining chair, made in Italy, 1970s.

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THEME / Gastone Rinaldi / Pascale dining or garden/office chair / Italy 1970s

Beautiful Pascale dining or garden/office chair with a steel wire frame. Designed by Gastone Rinaldi for Thema in the 1970s.

This mid-century dining chair is very comfortable to sit on thanks to its ergonomic shape and cantilever frame.

This chair is in good vintage condition and may show some signs of wear, such as small scratches and other signs of age. See the photos for the condition.

Designer: Gastone Rinaldi
Manufacturer: Thema
Model: Pascale
Production period: 1970 to 1979
Material: Steel wire frame
Color: White
Dimensions:
Width 61 cm
Depth 53 cm
Height 82 cm
Seat height 47 cm
Weight: 7 kg

Italian designer Gastone Rinaldi was born in 1920 in Padua, Italy. His father, Mario Rinaldi, founded the metal furniture manufacturer RIMA. Founded in 1916, Gastone Rinaldi and his brother Giorgio took control of the company in 1948.

In the post-war period, under Rinaldi’s leadership, RIMA quickly became a leading brand for Italian homes. Notable designs include the DU9, DU10 and DU11 chairs (all in 1951 for the Hospital Section of Milan’s IX Triennale), the sculptural DU43 lounge chair (1953), the DU30 chair (1954, Compasso d’Oro), the DU41 armchair (1957, Silver Medal at the XI Triennale) and the Sabrina chair (1970s).

In 1956, RIMA began producing chairs with metal frames and folding mechanisms. The most famous example is the avant-garde Saturno Sofa Bed (ca. 1958), which is part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

In 1974, due to internal disagreements, Gastone Rinaldi left RIMA and founded Thema in Limena. Both the tubular steel cantilever Arrianna armchair (1978-79) and the Dafne chair (1978) were nominated for the Compasso d’Oro in 1981. Thema closed in 1989.

Throughout his career, Gastone Rinaldi collaborated with many renowned Italian designers, including Franco Albini, Franco Campo, and Carlo Graffi. Rinaldi designed, among other things, armchairs for the Piccolo Theatre in Milan (1998) in collaboration with Zanuso and chairs for the Molinette Hospital in Turin in collaboration with Mollino. The architecture magazine Domus frequently published Rinaldi's designs.

Gastone Rinaldi died in Padua in 2006. In 2015, the exhibition RIMA: Ricerca e Stile was held at the Cigola Fenaroli Valotti Palace in Brescia.

Although not as well known as many of his contemporaries, Rinaldi’s designs—many of which were produced in limited editions—are today highly prized by high-end collectors.

This chair is in good vintage condition and may show some signs of wear, such as small scratches and other signs of age. See the photos for the condition.