Joe Colombo Stacking Chairs for KartellProduced by Kartell AFRICA in South Africa Joe Colombo model 4867 Universal stacking chair. These models do not have the cut out. The 'Universale' was the first all plastic chair to be made by the injection moulding technique. It was also one of the earliest plastic chairs to be commercially available. The Italian manufacturer, Kartell, was an innovative firm whose main production was plastic laboratory and industrial wares. They marketed the