840 Stadera Writing-Desk

840 Stadera is a writing-desk by Franco Albini for Cassina. Composed of two trapezoidal-shaped surfaces - a main and a side top - supported by a single steel base painted matt black. The surfaces come in three different wooden versions: Canaletto walnut, natural or stained black ashwood and one version in natural cement.  840 Stadera is a writing-desk elegant and original form. A top unusual with two different depths and two different thicknesses and two different thicknesses that delimits the external edges in the wood and cement versions. First created for the Marcenaro home in Genoa, this desk has a single leg and works on the balance created by the inequality of the arms, much like the “Stadera”, or pendulum scales, to which it owes its name. A stiff leather top cover in different colours is also available, for use on the main surface.