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RODA Stresa aluminum sofas, chairs and dining tables
RODA Stresa is named for the town on Lake Maggiore known for its arcades and lakeside gardens. Piero Lissoni took the old idea of metal garden seating and redrew it in aluminum, then built a full family around it: sofas, lounge chairs, dining armchairs, poufs, coffee tables and a dining table in two lengths. One finish, smoke, runs through every frame of this RODA outdoor furniture family.
Aluminum living and dining
Diamonds in the backrest
The backrest is a sheet of aluminum punched with rows of small diamonds, so the back looks light from across a garden and a breeze can pass through it. The effect is strongest on the lounge chair, which comes with a standard back or a high back that rises to about 39 inches. Under every seat, a slatted base carries the cushions and lets rainwater fall straight to the ground.
All the structural parts are aluminum, powder coated in smoke. For a house on the coast or a pool deck this is the practical choice: aluminum does not rust, the coating protects the metal from sun and weather, and the frame can be recycled at the end of its life. The cushions use hydro-draining padding, so a summer storm runs out of them instead of soaking in. RODA covers them in its own range of outdoor fabrics, from Allegro to Shore.
Table tops are gres, a dense porcelain stoneware that takes hot dishes and spilled wine without marking, offered in sand, mole or lead. The dining table comes 220 or 280 cm long, roughly 86 3/4 or 110 1/4 inches, and can also take a wavy glass top in fern, navy or paprika. The pouf system is the part to study. A single or double pouf can hold a coffee table top, so one piece serves as a low table one evening and as a seat for two the next.
Lissoni meant Stresa to travel between settings: a private villa, a hotel terrace, a city rooftop or a Mediterranean garden. The lines are plain and the proportions calm, so the set sits as comfortably beside old stone paving as beside a glass facade. It is Italian outdoor furniture, built by RODA a short drive from the lake that gave the collection its name.
A backrest punched with rows of small diamonds.
The family
RODA Stresa, piece by piece
Ten pieces across lounge and dining, quoted one by one or as a full plan for the terrace.
Let's talk priceArmchair 001
Chairs, W 25 1/4 x D 27 1/2 x H 32 1/4 in
Let's talk priceLounge chair 011
Lounge chairs, W 25 1/4 x D 27 1/2 x H 28 1/4 in
Let's talk priceLounge chair high backrest 012
Lounge chairs, W 25 1/4 x D 29 1/2 x H 39 1/4 in
Let's talk priceTwo-seater sofa 102
Sofas, W 70 3/4 x D 40 1/4 x H 32 1/4 in
Let's talk priceThree-seater sofa 103
Sofas, W 102 x D 40 1/4 x H 32 1/4 in
Let's talk pricePouf-coffee table 104
Side and coffee tables, W 34 3/4 x D 35 1/2 x H 11 3/4 in
Let's talk pricePouf-coffee table 105
Side and coffee tables, W 67 x D 35 1/2 x H 11 3/4 in
Let's talk priceCoffee table 106
Side and coffee tables, W 47 1/4 x D 47 1/4 x H 11 1/2 in
Let's talk priceTable 220
Dining tables, W 86 1/2 x D 39 1/4 x H 29 1/4 in
Let's talk priceTable 280
Dining tables, W 110 1/4 x D 39 1/4 x H 29 1/4 in
Sizes and materials
Stresa at a glance
Sizes and structure come from RODA's product sheets. Finish charts and the fact sheets come with your quote.
- Stresa
- 10pieces in the family
- 3side and coffee tables
- 2lounge chairs
- 7frame and top finishes
- 15cushion fabrics
- 1991the year RODA began
Dimensions and structure
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Armchair 001
Chairs
- Size (W x D x H)
- W 25 1/4 x D 27 1/2 x H 32 1/4 in
- Structure
- Powder coated aluminum
- Cushions
- Hydro-draining
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Lounge chair 011
Lounge chairs
- Size (W x D x H)
- W 25 1/4 x D 27 1/2 x H 28 1/4 in
- Structure
- Powder coated aluminum
- Cushions
- Hydro-draining
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Lounge chair high backrest 012
Lounge chairs
- Size (W x D x H)
- W 25 1/4 x D 29 1/2 x H 39 1/4 in
- Structure
- Powder coated aluminum
- Cushions
- Hydro-draining
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Two-seater sofa 102
Sofas
- Size (W x D x H)
- W 70 3/4 x D 40 1/4 x H 32 1/4 in
- Structure
- Powder coated aluminum
- Cushions
- Hydro-draining
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Three-seater sofa 103
Sofas
- Size (W x D x H)
- W 102 x D 40 1/4 x H 32 1/4 in
- Modules
- Divano 3 posti STRESA 103
- Structure
- Powder coated aluminum
- Cushions
- Hydro-draining
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Pouf-coffee table 104
Side and coffee tables
- Size (W x D x H)
- W 34 3/4 x D 35 1/2 x H 11 3/4 in
- Modules
- Pouf-tavolino centrale STRESA 104
- Structure
- Powder coated aluminum
- Cushions
- Hydro-draining
- Top
- Gres
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Pouf-coffee table 105
Side and coffee tables
- Size (W x D x H)
- W 67 x D 35 1/2 x H 11 3/4 in
- Structure
- Powder coated aluminum
- Cushions
- Hydro-draining
- Top
- Gres
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Coffee table 106
Side and coffee tables
- Size (W x D x H)
- W 47 1/4 x D 47 1/4 x H 11 1/2 in
- Structure
- Powder coated aluminum
- Top
- Gres
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Table 220
Dining tables
- Size (W x D x H)
- W 86 1/2 x D 39 1/4 x H 29 1/4 in
- Structure
- Powder coated aluminum
- Top
- Gres or wavy glass
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Table 280
Dining tables
- Size (W x D x H)
- W 110 1/4 x D 39 1/4 x H 29 1/4 in
- Structure
- Powder coated aluminum
- Top
- Gres or wavy glass
Finishes RODA lists for Stresa
Structure, MetalSmoke
Top, GresSand, Mole, Lead
Top, Wavy GlassFern, Navy, Paprika
Cushion fabrics15 outdoor fabrics, among them Allegro, Bouquet, Dew, Eco, Fine
Catalog photographs
RODA Stresa on real terraces
Designer
Piero Lissoni
Piero Lissoni runs Lissoni & Partners from Milan and New York, and his eye for proportion is what holds a range this broad together, from a single pouf to a table almost three meters long.
Also listed under Italian outdoor sofas and Outdoor chairs.
On the reading shelf
RODA Stresa in the journal
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RODA Stresa for your room
Tell us which Stresa pieces you need, the dining table length, the top material and color, and a cushion fabric if you have one in mind.
- Who replies: a person in Chicago, by email, within one business day, 9am to 6pm Central time, Monday to Friday.
- What you get: a written price per piece, finish and fabric options, and the lead time confirmed with the factory.
- What it costs you: nothing, with no account and no newsletter.