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Lot 95TP

Osvaldo Borsani
Pair of folding chairs, model no. S88, circa 1957

4 October 2022, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

£1,500 - £2,500

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Osvaldo Borsani

Pair of folding chairs, model no. S88, circa 1957
Walnut-veneered plywood, painted steel, brass, rubber.
Tallest: 79.5 x 45.5 x 48.5 cm
Manufactured by Tecno, Varedo, Italy. Each with manufacturer's label printed Tecno s.p.a./milano via bigii 22/MADE IN ITALY and with three metal labels printed with manufacturer logo.

Footnotes

Literature
Vitrum, no. 125, May-June 1961, pp. 28, 31
Klaus-Jürgen Sembach, Modern Furniture Designs, 1950-1980s, Atglen, 1997, p. 61
Giampiero Borsani, Osvaldo Borsani: architect, designer, entrepreneur, Milan, 2018, pp. 475, 600
Norman Foster, Tommaso Fantoni and Giampiero Bosoni, Osvaldo Borsani, exh. cat., Triennale, Milan, 2018, p. 144

The present model chair was exhibited in the 'Catalog-Exhibition of Single Furnishing Elements' section of the 'International Exhibition of the Home', XI Triennale, Milan, 1957.

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