Piero Gilardi
"Pavépiuma" Floor Coverings or Wall Hangings

"Pavépiuma" Floor Coverings or Wall Hangings

© Gufram

"Pavépiuma" Floor Coverings or Wall Hangings
"Pavépiuma" Floor Coverings or Wall Hangings
DesignerItalian, 1942–2023
ManufacturerItalian, established 1966
CultureItalian
Titles
  • "Pavépiuma" Floor Coverings or Wall Hangings
DateDesigned 1967, made 1971-1978
MediumPolyurethane foam and Guflac
Dimensions39 × 39 × 1 3/4 in. (99.1 × 99.1 × 4.4 cm)
Each: 20 1/2 × 20 1/2 × 1 3/4 in. (52.1 × 52.1 × 4.4 cm)
Credit LineThe Dennis Freedman Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment
Object number2019.194.A-.D
Not on view

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Object Type
ProvenanceDennis Freedman Collection, New York; purchased by MFAH, 2019.
Exhibition History"Radical: Italian Design 1965-1985, the Dennis Freedman Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 14–November 29, 2020; Yale School of Architecture Gallery, New Haven, February 21–July 8, 2022.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
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.A stamped on base: pavè piuma / gilardi / gufram

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