Designer
Ugo La PietraItalian, born 1938
CultureItalian
Titles
- "Poltroncina" Chair
Date1982
MediumTubular steel, foam, and textile
DimensionsOverall: 55 1/8 × 34 5/8 × 27 9/16 in. (140 × 88 × 70 cm)
Credit LineThe Dennis Freedman Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2019.200
Not on view
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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and DesignSpecial Collections
Object Type
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.
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