"Numero Uno" Armchair
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Caption
Massimo Iosa Ghini (Italian, born 1959); Moroso Spa. "Numero Uno" Armchair, ca. 1989. Chromed plated steel, textile, ash, metal springs, plastic, felt, Velcro, 30 5/16 x 26 3/16 x 31 7/8in. (77 x 66.5 x 81cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Palazzetti Inc., 1990.4. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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Collection
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Collection
Designer
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Title
"Numero Uno" Armchair
Date
ca. 1989
Geography
Place manufactured: Udine, Italy
Medium
Chromed plated steel, textile, ash, metal springs, plastic, felt, Velcro
Classification
Dimensions
30 5/16 x 26 3/16 x 31 7/8in. (77 x 66.5 x 81cm)
Signatures
no signature
Inscriptions
no inscriptions
Markings
no marks
Credit Line
Gift of Palazzetti Inc.
Accession Number
1990.4
Frequent Art Questions
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This is a great example of postmodern design, which was a direct rejection of the modernist tendency of designers like Marcel Breuer to keep surfaces simple and undecorated. Notice the patterned surface on this chair and the curvilinear shape that gives it a feeling of moving forward. Interestingly, Massimo Iosa Ghini, in this design, has utilized Breuer's signature tubular steel, just in a very different form. In the 1980s many Italian designers embraced Postmodernism, and Italy became a powerhouse of innovative furniture.
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