Fabio Lenci
Prototype Table and Chair, Model Nos. 230/1/2

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Designer Fabio Lenci(Italian, born 1935)Italian, born 1935

ManufacturerManufactured by Bernini(Italian, established 1904)Italian, established 1904

CultureItalian

Titles

Prototype Table and Chair, Model Nos. 230/1/2

Date1969

MediumFiberglass, wood, steel, and foam

DimensionsOverall (Table): 29 1/2 × 59 in. diameter (74.9 × 149.9 cm)
Overall (Chair): 31 1/2 × 20 in. diameter (80 × 50.8 cm)
Overall (Cart): 39 3/4 × 30 1/2 × 21 1/2 in. (101 × 77.5 × 54.6 cm)

Credit LineThe Dennis Freedman Collection, gift of Dennis Freedman

Object number2018.495.1-.11

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Department

Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

Special Collections

Dennis Freedman Collection of Italian Radical Design

Object Type

FURNITURE

ProvenanceMike Ralphs; Phillips De Pury, NY, Nov. 19, 2002; lot 36 -DNS; [Private Sale, Phiilips De Pury, November 2002]; Dennis Freedman Collection, New York; given to MFAH, 2018.
Exhibition History"Radical: Italian Design 1965-1985, the Dennis Freedman Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 14–November 29, 2020.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Drawings of the table by the artist are on the underside of the chair

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