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Postmodern Vintage Black Metal Armchairs Mario Botta Italy 1985, Set of Six

About the Item

Postmodern set of six armchairs or dining chairs designed by Maria Botta 198, Italy and executed by Alias, Italy. The tube steel frame contact the perforated black sheet metal seat and back and forms so these gorgeous sculptural dining chairs from the 1980s. Lit: Repertorio Del Design Italiano, V2, p. 344. all measures are approximate

Creator:

Mario Botta (Designer)

Dimensions:

Height: 37.01 in (94.01 cm)Width: 17.91 in (45.5 cm)Depth: 22.44 in (57 cm)Seat Height: 16.54 in (42.02 cm)

Sold As:

Set of 6

Style:

Post-Modern (Of the Period)

Materials and Techniques:

Sheet Metal

Place of Origin:

Italy

Period:

1980-1989

Date of Manufacture:

1985

Condition:

Wear consistent with age and use. Very good vintage condition.

Seller Location:

Vienna, AT

Reference Number:

1stDibs: LU1069812012473

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Swiss architect Mario Botta may be renowned for his impressive postmodern architecture projects such as the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, but the chairs, lighting and other furniture he created reflect a mastery of geometrically rich forms and an elegant application of simple symmetry.

Born in Mendrisio, Switzerland, in 1943, Botta gained an interest in architecture at an early age. He apprenticed at the architectural firm Carloni and Camenisch and designed his first building — a two-family house at Morbis Superiore in Ticino — at age 16. During the early 1960s, Botta attended the Liceo Artistico in Milan and then studied at the University Institute of Architecture in Venice under art historian Giuseppe Mazzariol and influential Italian architect Carlo Scarpa.

While studying in Venice, Botta worked for Swiss-born French architect Le Corbusier — whose career spanned hundreds of architecture projects — and gained inspiration from Estonian-American architect Louis Kahn, who was known for his modern and brutalist architectural style. In 1969, Botta completed his studies and established his practice in Lugano, designing and building single-family homes.

Throughout the 1970s, Botta gained fame for his innovative, geometrical designs and deceptively simple forms, such as his first large-scale building project in 1977 — the Middle School in Morbio Inferiore, Switzerland. Botta later established himself as one of the masters of 1980s postmodern design in his architecture and his furniture. His postmodern ideas characterize the dining room tables and seating he designed for companies such as Alias, as well as his table lamps and floor lamps for Artemide.

Botta’s noteworthy architectural projects designed during the 1990s and 2000s include the Cymbalista Synagogue and Jewish Heritage Center in Tel Aviv, Israel; the Monastery of the Holy Apostles Saint Peter and Andrew in Lviv, Ukraine; and the Theater of Architecture in Mendrisio, in 2018.

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