Crosby chair
Chair
1998 (designed), 1998 (manufactured)
1998 (designed), 1998 (manufactured)
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The Crosby child's chair sums up Gaetano Pesce's approach to design. It is made of an industrial synthetic material which has been treated as if it were a craft material. The back and sides of the chair are made of a single sheet of pliable polyurethane resin which has been poured into a mould.
The colours and details of each chair are unique, although the overall dimensions and shape can be made serially. Bright colours are characteristic of all Pesce's designs, not only in his children's furniture. The chair also demonstrates Pesce's interest in the symbolic value of furniture. The seat is actually the profile of a head, and another smiling face is suggested by the holes that pierce the chair's back. Many of Pesce's designs for furniture and interiors have anthropomorphic qualities. He made adult and children's Crosby chairs, which were named after the location of his workshop.
The colours and details of each chair are unique, although the overall dimensions and shape can be made serially. Bright colours are characteristic of all Pesce's designs, not only in his children's furniture. The chair also demonstrates Pesce's interest in the symbolic value of furniture. The seat is actually the profile of a head, and another smiling face is suggested by the holes that pierce the chair's back. Many of Pesce's designs for furniture and interiors have anthropomorphic qualities. He made adult and children's Crosby chairs, which were named after the location of his workshop.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Crosby chair (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Metal rod with moulded and poured polyurethane resin |
| Brief description | Chair, 'Crosby' child's chair, designed by Gaetano Pesce and made by Fish Design, resin and metal, 1998 |
| Physical description | A child's chair with metal rod legs and frame, the front legs terminating in black resin feet, the back legs terminating in red resin feet. The frame is connected to a 'U'-shaped back and sides formed from a single sheet of poured polyurethane resin, yellow edged with red, pierced in the centre with three holes edged in blue suggesting the eyes and smiling mouth of a face. |
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| Production type | Limited edition |
| Credit line | Gift of Bettina and Joe Gleason |
| Object history | The chair was bought from the designer to celebrate the birth of the donor's son in April 1998. |
| Production | The chair's name derives from the location of Pesce's workshop in Crosby Street, New York. Attribution note: Later versions of the Crosby Chair were made entirely of resin with seven moulded resin legs. The colours of this chair were chosen by the donor at the time it was ordered. About forty Crosby chairs (large and small) in total were made. |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | The Crosby child's chair sums up Gaetano Pesce's approach to design. It is made of an industrial synthetic material which has been treated as if it were a craft material. The back and sides of the chair are made of a single sheet of pliable polyurethane resin which has been poured into a mould. The colours and details of each chair are unique, although the overall dimensions and shape can be made serially. Bright colours are characteristic of all Pesce's designs, not only in his children's furniture. The chair also demonstrates Pesce's interest in the symbolic value of furniture. The seat is actually the profile of a head, and another smiling face is suggested by the holes that pierce the chair's back. Many of Pesce's designs for furniture and interiors have anthropomorphic qualities. He made adult and children's Crosby chairs, which were named after the location of his workshop. |
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| Accession number | W.51-2005 |
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| Record created | March 31, 2006 |
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