Plia folding chair Designer: Giancarlo Piretti (Italian, born 1940)
Manufacturer: Anonima Castelli Company (Italian)
Manufacturer: Krueger Metal Products, Incorporated (American)

Medium

Clear plastic and aluminum

Dimensions

29 1/4 × 18 1/4 × 19 5/8 in. (74.3 × 46.4 × 49.8 cm)
seat: 19 5/8 in. (49.8 cm)

Credit Line

Mrs. James C. Greenway Fund

Accession Number

1973.77.5

Culture
Period

20th century

Classification
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Provenance

Provenance

James Furniture, Palisades Park, N.J.; Mrs. James C. Greenway Fund.
Bibliography

  • Patricia E. Kane, 300 Years of American Seating Furniture Chairs and Beds from the Mabel Brady Garvan and Other Collections at Yale University (Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1976), 297-298, no. 287, ill.
  • "Acquisitions, 1973," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin 35, no. 1 (Summer 1974): 85.

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Object/Work type

Plia folding chairs

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