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Superleggera Side Chair

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    Object Details

    Manufacturer

    Cassina S.p.A, Italian, founded 1927

    Designer

    Gio Ponti, Italian, 1891 - 1979

    Description

    Light-toned wooden side chair, with turned legs and uprights champfered at the angles, the chairback with slight back angle connected by horizontal slats, the seat with woven close-caning in a twill weave, the chair legs connected with slat-form stretchers, one on front and back, two on each side.

    Credit Line

    Gift of George R. Kravis II

    Date

    1957

    Accession Number

    2013-54-1

    Restrictions & Rights

    Usage conditions apply

    Type

    furniture
    Decorative Arts

    Object Name

    chair

    Type

    chair

    Medium

    ash, cane

    Dimensions

    H x W x D: 83.2 x 40 x 43.2 cm (32 3/4 in. x 15 3/4 in. x 17 in.)

    manufactured in

    Meda, Italy

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    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
    Product Design and Decorative Arts Department

    Data Source

    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

    Metadata Usage

    Not determined

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq48cd1000a-9e4e-4730-93ea-1508570314f5

    Record ID

    chndm_2013-54-1

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    Blue, open, shell-like chair upholstered in fabric, resting on chrome legs with ottoman.

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