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"laleggera" Stacking Chair

Designer Riccardo Blumer Italian
Manufacturer Alias s.p.a.
1998
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: "laleggera" Stacking Chair
  • Designer: Riccardo Blumer (Italian, born 1959)
  • Manufacturer: Alias s.p.a.
  • Date: 1998
  • Medium: Painted wood
  • Dimensions: 31 in. × 17 1/8 in. × 19 1/2 in. (78.7 × 43.5 × 49.5 cm)
  • Classification: Furniture
  • Credit Line: Gift of Alias s.p.a., Italy, 2001
  • Object Number: 2001.357.2
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art
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