"Miss C.O.C.O." (model no. 210)

1998

Not on view

Philippe Starck continues to be one of the most prolific contemporary architect/designers. He experiments with new materials, frequently combining them for visual interest as well as structure and form. He works in the tradition of proto-Modernist Englishman Christopher Dresser whose late nineteenth-century designs were produced by many different manufacturers in an unlimited production line method. The "Miss C.O.C.O." folding side chair is priced affordably, allowing a more general public to live with "good" design.

Artwork Details

Title: "Miss C.O.C.O." (model no. 210)
Designer: Philippe Starck (French, born Paris 1949)
Manufacturer: Cassina USA
Date: 1998
Medium: Aluminum, thermo-plastic material
Dimensions: 31 3/4 × 16 1/4 × 20 1/2 in. (80.6 × 41.3 × 52.1 cm)
Classification: Furniture
Credit Line: Gift of Cassina USA Inc., 2001
Object Number: 2001.350.1
Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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