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1969	Work on this object began.
1991	We acquired this object.
2001	We photographed this object. We photographed this object.
2017	We exhibited this object.
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Object ID #18638261

This is a chair. It was designed by Gaetano Pesce and produced by Cassina and Busnelli Italia (C & B). It is dated 1969 and we acquired it in 1991. Its medium is polyurethane foam, fabric. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This object was donated by Estate of Frederick N. Babbish. It is credited Gift of the Estate of Frederick N. Babbish.

Pillola Lamps Lamps
methacrylate, plastic, acrylic.
Gift of George R. Kravis II.
2018-22-98/102

Up 1 Chair
molded polyurethane foam, stretch fabric upholstery.
Gift of the Estate of Frederick N. Babbish.
1991-94-5

Nobody's Perfect Chair
resin.
Gift of Zerodisegno.
2004-27-1

Our curators have highlighted 7 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:

A brooch having a roughly circular form placed in a thin gold setting resembling a red apple as seen from a plan view. The contents is fabricated from glass that has a dull finish with darker red shades. Centered in the brooch are two small gold leaves and a stem. The small brooch has narrow depth and appears as if it is a thin slice of the top of an apple.

Temptation Brooch
cast, ground, sandblasted, acid etched and polished glass, anodized niobium,....
The Susan Grant Lewin Collection, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
2016-34-34

Here we have one of four fabric, circular chairs. The chairs are an array of colors: a deep red for the largest size, gray for the smallest, bold blue for the second largest size, and a bright green for the second smallest. They are all shaped like a cone and sit on the ground, with a sharp end on the outside. Inside the circular opening is a gridded, padded wall in each respectable color. The smallest gray chair has a t-shaped belt lap belt, as does the second smallest green chair, while the blue, second largest has buckle and strap only, and the largest is red and strapless. Visible in the red chair is a line running across the bottom indicating its foldability.

Chair, Size 3, R82 Scallop, 2016
shell: polypropylene; cushion: polyester and polyurethane; straps: polypropylene.
Gift of Convaid | R82.
s-e-2610

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Brooch
urushi lacquer.
Promised gift to the Susan Grant Lewin Collection, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian....
7067.41.2016

Its dimensions are

H x Diam: 69 x 102 cm (27 3/16 x 40 3/16 in. )

Cite this object as

Object ID #18638261; Designed by Gaetano Pesce (Italian, b. 1939); Produced by Cassina and Busnelli Italia (C & B); Italy; polyurethane foam, fabric; H x Diam: 69 x 102 cm (27 3/16 x 40 3/16 in. ); Gift of the Estate of Frederick N. Babbish; 1991-94-4

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Virtue in Vice.

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2Dwvk/
Accession Number 1991-94-4
Object ID 18638261