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

Prototype Table and Chair, Model Nos. 230/1/2
Prototype Table and Chair, Model Nos. 230/1/2
Prototype Table and Chair, Model Nos. 230/1/2
DesignerItalian, born 1935
ManufacturerItalian, 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
Not on view

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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
Special Collections
Object Type
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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