“It is said that Napoleone Bonapare's sister, Elisa Bonaparte, Princess of Lucca and Piombino, asked her court artisans to create furnishings that took up the aesthetics of a chest of drawers she had received as a gift ”, continues Ceccotti. “It's a shame that this one was covered in lapis lazuli and malachite, materials that no one in Tuscany had available. To please the Princess, carpenters began experimenting with aniline to obtain blue wood. And in the end they achieved the desired result."
For Star Trek 94/24 Ceccotti resumed the same line of research.
“Instead of aniline we used a natural pigment in the form of oil which, when deposited on the wood, brings out the stratification. Then, to create a brilliant effect, we covered the structure with multiple layers of shellac which keeps the color alive".
For the upholstery of the padded parts, continues Niccolò Ceccotti, "we chose a jacquard fabric from Dedar, which has a ribbon in the weave with a thread that recalls the color of the body" .
Star Trek 94/24 is part of the 2024 novelties from Ceccotti Collezioni, which also include other pieces by Lazzeroni (a table and a bench from the Duo Collection, two new seats from the ICO collection, re-edited lamps from the 90s), projects by Giuseppe Casarosa (the Fillungo sofa, the Sopwith table and desk, the Galimede side-tables) and by DRAW Studio (the Eileen lounge armchair and the Jean coffee table, the family of Wonderbox containers, the IC Collec]on desk accessories collection and the Lisa chair without armrests).