Sir Norman Foster
"Nomos" Table, Model T0816

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Designer Sir Norman FosterBritish, born 1935

ManufacturerManufactured by TecnoItalian, established 1953

CultureBritish

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"Nomos" Table, Model T0816

DateDesigned 1986, manufactured 2000

Fabricated inItaly

MediumDie cast aluminum, steel, and glass

DimensionsOverall: 28 3/4 × 63 × 31 1/2in. (73 × 160 × 80cm)

Credit LineThe American Institute of Architects, Houston Design Collection, museum purchase funded by the American Institute of Architects, Houston

Object number2001.75.A,.B

Not on view

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Department

Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

Special Collections

Object Type

FURNITURE

Provenance[Forms + Surfaces, Inc., Carpinteria, California]; purchased by MFAH, 2001.
Exhibition History"What's New: Recent Accessions in Modern and Contemporary Design," Museum of Fine Arts,Houston, February 24 to May 27, 2002.

"Form Follows Function: Celebrating 10 Years of the American Institute of Architects, Houston Design Collection at the MFAH," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Alice Pratt Brown Garden Gallery, August 8, 2010-January 30, 2011.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Marked "Tecno" at the each end of the central tube and just below center of the spine.
Marked "350-TT.16" just below center of the spine.

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