Selene Chair Designer: Vico Magistretti (Italian, 1920–2006)
Manufacturer: Artemide, USA (American branch of Italian firm, founded 1960)

designed 1968

American Decorative Arts

By appointment, Hume Furniture Study

The Italian designer Vico Magistretti created this fiberglass stacking chair, manufactured by Artemide, USA. Light and easily portable, the chair was ideal for casual seating arrangements. In 1973 this chair and others were purchased as seating furniture for the multimedia lounge of the Yale University Art Gallery's Mabel Brady Garvan Galleries.

Medium

Red molded fiber glass

Dimensions

29 3/4 × 15 5/8 × 18 in. (75.6 × 39.7 × 45.7 cm)
seat: 17 3/4 in. (45.1 cm)

Credit Line

Mabel Brady Garvan Fund

Accession Number

1973.172a

Geography

Made in United States

Culture

American

Period

20th century

Classification

Furniture

Disclaimer

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Provenance
Purchased as seating furniture for the multi-media lounge of the Mabel Brady Garvan Galleries, Yale University Art Gallery.
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), 298-299, no. 289, ill
Object copyright
Copyright Artist/Estate/Foundation
In Copyright
Additional information

Object/Work type

Selene chairs

Marks

The following information is molded in the plastic: "ARTEMIDE USA / BURLINGTON HOUSE INTERNATIONAL / MODEL SELENE / DESIGNER VICO MAGISTRETTI / PATENT 793415."

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