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"Tube" Chair

Designer Joe Colombo Italian
Manufacturer Flexform
1969–70
Not on view
Italian architect and designer Joe Colombo responded to the changing social conditions of the 1960s by radically reinventing furniture forms and creating innovative interior environments reflecting swiftly evolving modes of living. The modular components of this chair can be arranged in any combination to suit the user, and can even be nested together, one inside the other. The chair is made up entirely of synthetic materials, reflecting an increased interest in man-made materials in domestic environments that became popular at this time.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: "Tube" Chair
  • Designer: Joe Colombo (Italian, Milan 1930–1971 Milan)
  • Manufacturer: Flexform
  • Date: 1969–70
  • Medium: Synthetic knit upholstery, polyurethane foam (PUR), poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC), natural rubber, and tubular steel
  • Dimensions: 1987.98.1a-d Assembled chair: 26 1/2 × 24 15/16 × 46 15/16 in., 36.4 lb. (67.3 × 63.3 × 119.3 cm, 16.5 kg)
  • Classification: Furniture
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Theodore R. Gamble Jr. Gift, in honor of his mother, Mrs. Theodore Robert Gamble, 1987
  • Object Number: 1987.98.1a-d
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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