Sella Stool, Model 20

Designer Pier Giacomo Castiglioni Italian

1957

Not on view

The Sella Stool, comprised of a bicycle seat assembled with a metal tube over a base, does not fall into any archetype of seats. It does not allow a person to be properly seated, rather it was made to allow the user to half sit and half stand while talking on a wall-mounted telephone. In this way, the stool contributes to the wide range of innovative designs developed by modernist architects and designers, by questioning ways of living and using daily objects.

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Title: Sella Stool, Model 20
Designer: Achille Castiglioni (Italian, 1918–2002)
Designer: Pier Giacomo Castiglioni (Italian, 1913–1968)
Date: 1957
Medium: Leather, copper, painted wood, polyethylene and steel
Dimensions: 28 3/4 × 13 × 11 in., 27.8 lb. (73 × 33 × 28 cm, 12.6 kg)
Classification: Furniture
Credit Line: Gift of David Teiger Trust, 2016
Object Number: 2016.645.1
Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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