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Gaetano Pesce UP 2000 Sofa, Black Fabric, Italian Radical Design, 1970
Gaetano Pesce UP 2000 Sofa, Black Fabric, Italian Radical Design, 1970

Gaetano Pesce UP 2000 Sofa, Black Fabric, Italian Radical Design, 1970

By Gaetano Pesce

Located in Madrid, ES

Iconic and sculptural, the "UP 2000" sofa designed by Gaetano Pesce in the 1970s is a bold example of Italian radical design.

Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sofas

Materials

Fabric, Wood

Promotional Mini Up Chair by Gaetano Pesce 2005
Promotional Mini Up Chair by Gaetano Pesce 2005

Promotional Mini Up Chair by Gaetano Pesce 2005

By Gaetano Pesce

Located in Brooklyn, NY

A very cool and extraordinarily rare promotional item by Gaetano Pesce for the 2005 Milan Triennale and Macef, the International Home Show.

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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Models and Miniatures

Materials

Plastic

Original Issue B&B Italia Armchair Series UP 2000 UP 3 by Gaetano Pesce, 1969!
Original Issue B&B Italia Armchair Series UP 2000 UP 3 by Gaetano Pesce, 1969!

Original Issue B&B Italia Armchair Series UP 2000 UP 3 by Gaetano Pesce, 1969!

By Gaetano Pesce, B&B Italia

Located in New York, NY

Dimensions: H 28" x W 36" x D34". Gaetano Pesce is an innovative, much noted Italian architect, sculptor and designer.

Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Foam, Beech

" UP 5 " by Gaetano Pesce for B&B Italia Red Armchair with Ottoman 1970s
" UP 5 " by Gaetano Pesce for B&B Italia Red Armchair with Ottoman 1970s

" UP 5 " by Gaetano Pesce for B&B Italia Red Armchair with Ottoman 1970s

By Gaetano Pesce, B&B Italia

Located in Byron Bay, NSW

NOT A 2000 SERIES Since its first appearance, the Up Series, designed in 1969 by Gaetano Pesce, has been one of the most talked about examples of modern furniture design.

Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Materials

Fabric

B&B / B&C Italia Up3 Up 2000 Series Arm Chair in Black by Gaetano Pesce
B&B / B&C Italia Up3 Up 2000 Series Arm Chair in Black by Gaetano Pesce

B&B / B&C Italia Up3 Up 2000 Series Arm Chair in Black by Gaetano Pesce

By B&B Italia, Gaetano Pesce

Located in Basel, BS

Gorgeous UP3 Armchair by Gaetano Pesce in black. What a beauty!!!! The B&B Italia Up3 Armchair, part of Gaetano Pesce’s renowned Up 2000 series, exemplifies the innovation and bold...

Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Foam

MINT Black UP5 La Big Mamma UP 2000 Chair & UP6 Ottoman Gaetano Pesce B&B Italia
MINT Black UP5 La Big Mamma UP 2000 Chair & UP6 Ottoman Gaetano Pesce B&B Italia

MINT Black UP5 La Big Mamma UP 2000 Chair & UP6 Ottoman Gaetano Pesce B&B Italia

By B&B Italia, Gaetano Pesce

Located in Basel, BS

This renowned UP5_6 armchair and ottoman from the UP 2000 series, crafted by Gaetano Pesce and reintroduced by B&B Italia in 2000, is a striking design chair and ottoman set that is ...

Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Upholstery, Foam

Serie Up 2000 by Gaetano Pesce for B&B Italia
Serie Up 2000 by Gaetano Pesce for B&B Italia

Serie Up 2000 by Gaetano Pesce for B&B Italia

Located in Las Vegas, NE

This innovative solution, poised midway between design and art, and conceived to be offered to a wide audience, stems from B&B Italia’s extensive technological know-how in terms ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Armchairs

Materials

Nylon, Polyester

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Gaetano Pesce Up Armchair + Ottoman, “La Mamma” B&B Italia
Gaetano Pesce Up Armchair + Ottoman, “La Mamma” B&B Italia

Gaetano Pesce Up Armchair + Ottoman, “La Mamma” B&B Italia

Unavailable

H 40.56 in W 47.25 in D 51.19 in

Gaetano Pesce Up Armchair + Ottoman, “La Mamma” B&B Italia

By Gaetano Pesce

Located in PEGO, Alicante

One of a kind lounge chair by Gaetano Pesce, the Up armchair and ottoman or “La Mamma” chair for B&B Italia 1969.

Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Lounge Chairs

Materials

Fabric

Gaetano Pesce "Big Mama" Chair and Ottoman, B & B Italia
Gaetano Pesce "Big Mama" Chair and Ottoman, B & B Italia

Gaetano Pesce "Big Mama" Chair and Ottoman, B & B Italia

Unavailable

H 40.56 in W 51.19 in D 47.25 in

Gaetano Pesce "Big Mama" Chair and Ottoman, B & B Italia

By Gaetano Pesce

Located in Biarritz, FR

B & B Italia, chair and ottoman "Big Mama" by Gaetano Pesce. UP collection designed in 1969 this chair with ottoman takes sensual and comfortable shapes, designed as a metaphor for ...

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Late 20th Century Italian Modern Armchairs

UP3 Up 2000 Series by B&B Italia by Gaetano Pesce
UP3 Up 2000 Series by B&B Italia by Gaetano Pesce

UP3 Up 2000 Series by B&B Italia by Gaetano Pesce

Unavailable

H 40.16 in Dm 39.38 in

UP3 Up 2000 Series by B&B Italia by Gaetano Pesce

By B&B Italia, Gaetano Pesce

Located in North Wollongong, New South Wales

The UP 2000 Series - UP 3 armchair covered with fabric by B&B Italia, designed by Gaetano Pesce is one of the greatest symbols of Italian innovative design, an incredible revolut...

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Vintage 1960s Italian Modern Lounge Chairs

Up 1 armchair by Gaetano Pesce for B&B Italia 1969
Up 1 armchair by Gaetano Pesce for B&B Italia 1969

Up 1 armchair by Gaetano Pesce for B&B Italia 1969

By Gaetano Pesce, B&B Italia

Located in PARIS, FR

The company then offered to Gaetano Pesce, interested in new technologies and the potential they offered, to experiment with this material: He developed the «Serie UP».

Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Materials

Fabric, Foam

Armchair UP, 2000
Armchair UP, 2000

Armchair UP, 2000

Unavailable

H 40.56 in W 47.25 in D 51.19 in

Armchair UP, 2000

By B&B Italia, Gaetano Pesce

Located in Catania, IT

One of the most famous design icon, thanks to its shape in elastic fabric.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Armchairs

Gaetano Pesce Up 5 and Up 6 Lounge Chair and Ottoman
Gaetano Pesce Up 5 and Up 6 Lounge Chair and Ottoman

Gaetano Pesce Up 5 and Up 6 Lounge Chair and Ottoman

By Gaetano Pesce, B&B Italia

Located in Dallas, TX

Gaetano Pesce Up 5 and 6 lounge chair and ottoman.

Category

Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Foam

Gaetano Pesce Up 7 Chair
Gaetano Pesce Up 7 Chair

Gaetano Pesce Up 7 Chair

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H 32.29 in W 66.93 in D 23.63 in

Gaetano Pesce Up 7 Chair

By Gaetano Pesce

Located in Milano, Lombardia

Sculpture-seat by Gaetano Pesce in black polyurethane, original from the 1970s.

Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Post-Modern Chaise Longues

Materials

Rubber

Gaetano Pesce “UP 1” Lounge Chair, Italy, 1970
Gaetano Pesce “UP 1” Lounge Chair, Italy, 1970

Gaetano Pesce “UP 1” Lounge Chair, Italy, 1970

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H 26.38 in W 39.38 in D 39.38 in

Gaetano Pesce “UP 1” Lounge Chair, Italy, 1970

By Gaetano Pesce

Located in Madrid, ES

The “UP 1” lounge chair, designed by Gaetano Pesce in the 1970s, is a sculptural and avant-garde piece from his iconic UP series, a groundbreaking collection that redefined the bound...

Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Wood

UP 1 Armchairs, 1970s, Gaetano Pesce
UP 1 Armchairs, 1970s, Gaetano Pesce

UP 1 Armchairs, 1970s, Gaetano Pesce

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H 25.2 in Dm 35.44 in

UP 1 Armchairs, 1970s, Gaetano Pesce

By Gaetano Pesce

Located in Roma, IT

A pair of "UP1" armchairs manufactured by C&BITALIA. Elastic fabric upholstered polyurethane, stamped under the base "11 giugno 1971". Bibliography: Casa Amica 11-11-1969, p. 22;...

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Vintage 1970s Italian Modern Sofas

B&B Italia Up3 Up 2000 Series Arm Chair by Gaetano Pesce
B&B Italia Up3 Up 2000 Series Arm Chair by Gaetano Pesce

B&B Italia Up3 Up 2000 Series Arm Chair by Gaetano Pesce

By Gaetano Pesce

Located in Rochester, England

The B&B Italia Up3 Armchair, part of the iconic Up 2000 series designed by Gaetano Pesce, is a striking example of innovative Italian design from the late 20th century.

Category

Late 20th Century Italian Modern Armchairs

Materials

Fabric, Foam

B&B Italia Donna Up Chair Five by Gaetano Pesce
B&B Italia Donna Up Chair Five by Gaetano Pesce

B&B Italia Donna Up Chair Five by Gaetano Pesce

By Gaetano Pesce, B&B Italia

Located in Las Vegas, NV

This is an all original up five armchair designed by Gaetano Pesce, also known as Donna, Pesce said “In this design I have expressed my idea of women."

Category

20th Century Chairs

"UP 7" Gaetano Pesce for B&B Italian Sculptural Foot
"UP 7" Gaetano Pesce for B&B Italian Sculptural Foot

"UP 7" Gaetano Pesce for B&B Italian Sculptural Foot

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H 32.68 in W 26.38 in D 58.67 in

"UP 7" Gaetano Pesce for B&B Italian Sculptural Foot

By B&B Italia, Gaetano Pesce

Located in Byron Bay, NSW

Part of the smooth, somewhat futuristic collection of sculptural furniture pieces known as the UP Series by Gaetano Pesce is a giant polyurethane rubber foot dubbed the UP7.

Category

Early 2000s Italian Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Rubber

Gaetano Pesce Italian Sofa Cannaregio in Grey Fabric Original Condition
Gaetano Pesce Italian Sofa Cannaregio in Grey Fabric Original Condition

Gaetano Pesce Italian Sofa Cannaregio in Grey Fabric Original Condition

By Gaetano Pesce, Cassina

Located in Milano, IT

But Gaetano Pesce designed 10 different models including this one that we offer for sale.

Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Sofas

Materials

Fabric

Gaetano Pesce, 1969 for B&B Italia "Up-7 Piede" Sculpture Lounge Chair "Foot"
Gaetano Pesce, 1969 for B&B Italia "Up-7 Piede" Sculpture Lounge Chair "Foot"

Gaetano Pesce, 1969 for B&B Italia "Up-7 Piede" Sculpture Lounge Chair "Foot"

By Gaetano Pesce, B&B Italia

Located in Munster, NRW

Designed by Gaetano Pesce in 1969 for B&B Italia. The legendary "UP-7" foot is made of flexible cold-shaped polyurethane foam with a smooth and flexible black coating.

Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Foam, Coating

Gaetano Pesce, 1969 for B&B Italia "Up-7 Piede" Sculpture Lounge Chair "Foot"
Gaetano Pesce, 1969 for B&B Italia "Up-7 Piede" Sculpture Lounge Chair "Foot"

Gaetano Pesce, 1969 for B&B Italia "Up-7 Piede" Sculpture Lounge Chair "Foot"

By B&B Italia, Gaetano Pesce

Located in Munster, NRW

Designed by Gaetano Pesce in 1969 for B&B Italia. The legendary "UP-7" foot is made of flexible cold-shaped polyurethane foam with a smooth and flexible black coating.

Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Foam, Coating

Gaetano Pesce, 1969 for B&B Italia "UP-7 Piede" Sculpture Lounge Chair "Foot"
Gaetano Pesce, 1969 for B&B Italia "UP-7 Piede" Sculpture Lounge Chair "Foot"

Gaetano Pesce, 1969 for B&B Italia "UP-7 Piede" Sculpture Lounge Chair "Foot"

By Gaetano Pesce, B&B Italia

Located in Munster, NRW

Designed by Gaetano Pesce in 1969 for B&B Italia The legendary "UP-7" foot is made of flexible cold-shaped polyurethane foam with a smooth and flexible black coating.

Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Foam, Coating

Space Age Pair of Armchairs UP by Gaetano Pesce for B&B Italia. 1960s
Space Age Pair of Armchairs UP by Gaetano Pesce for B&B Italia. 1960s

Space Age Pair of Armchairs UP by Gaetano Pesce for B&B Italia. 1960s

By Gaetano Pesce, B&B Italia

Located in SAINT-OUEN, FR

Mid-Century Modern Space Age Pair of armchairs or lounge chairs model UP by the italian designer Gaetano Pesce for the design manufacture B&B Italia.

Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Materials

Fabric, Foam

" UP 5 " by Gaetano Pesce for C&B Italia Red Armchair with Ottoman 1970s
" UP 5 " by Gaetano Pesce for C&B Italia Red Armchair with Ottoman 1970s

" UP 5 " by Gaetano Pesce for C&B Italia Red Armchair with Ottoman 1970s

By B&B Italia, Gaetano Pesce

Located in Byron Bay, NSW

NOT A 2000 SERIES Since its first appearance, the Up Series, designed in 1969 by Gaetano Pesce, has been one of the most talked about examples of modern furniture design.

Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Materials

Fabric

"Big Mama" Up Chair By Gaetano Pesce For B&B Italia, Italy, circa 2000
"Big Mama" Up Chair By Gaetano Pesce For B&B Italia, Italy, circa 2000

"Big Mama" Up Chair By Gaetano Pesce For B&B Italia, Italy, circa 2000

By B&B Italia, Gaetano Pesce

Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent

It was 1968 when Gaetano Pesce began experimenting at his Paris atelier with vacuum-packing the hippest material of the moment: polyurethane.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Armchairs

Materials

Fabric, PVC

"Big Mama" Up Chair by Gaetano Pesce for B&B Italia, Italy, c.2000
"Big Mama" Up Chair by Gaetano Pesce for B&B Italia, Italy, c.2000

"Big Mama" Up Chair by Gaetano Pesce for B&B Italia, Italy, c.2000

By B&B Italia, Gaetano Pesce

Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent

It was 1968 when Gaetano Pesce began experimenting at his Paris atelier with vacuum-packing the hippest Material of the moment: polyurethane.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Lounge Chairs

Materials

Fabric

UP5_6 armchair from the UP 2000 series, by Gaetano Pesce for B&B Italia
UP5_6 armchair from the UP 2000 series, by Gaetano Pesce for B&B Italia

UP5_6 armchair from the UP 2000 series, by Gaetano Pesce for B&B Italia

By Gaetano Pesce, B&B Italia

Located in Langemark-Poelkapelle, BE

This iconic UP5_6 armchair from the UP 2000 series, designed by Gaetano Pesce and re-released by B&B Italia in 2000, is a true design statement and a must-have for lovers of vintage ...

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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Foam

UP5 La Mamma UP 2000 Chair & UP6 Ball Ottoman by Gaetano Pesce for B&B Italia
UP5 La Mamma UP 2000 Chair & UP6 Ball Ottoman by Gaetano Pesce for B&B Italia

UP5 La Mamma UP 2000 Chair & UP6 Ball Ottoman by Gaetano Pesce for B&B Italia

By B&B Italia, Gaetano Pesce

Located in Izegem, VWV

Designed by Gaetano Pesce in 1969, right from the onset the Up series has been one of the most outstanding expressions of design with its expressive shapes upholstered with elastic f...

Category

Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Foam, Latex, Polyester

B&B Italia 'La Mamma' Up 5/6 Lounge Chair & Ottoman, Red Stripe by Gaetano Pesce
B&B Italia 'La Mamma' Up 5/6 Lounge Chair & Ottoman, Red Stripe by Gaetano Pesce

B&B Italia 'La Mamma' Up 5/6 Lounge Chair & Ottoman, Red Stripe by Gaetano Pesce

By Gaetano Pesce, B&B Italia

Located in Toronto, CA

Since its first appearance, the Up Series, designed in 1969 by Gaetano Pesce, has been one of the most talked about examples of modern furniture design.

Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Post-Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Foam

Gaetano Pesce's UP5 Chair and UP6 Ottoman for B&B Italia
Gaetano Pesce's UP5 Chair and UP6 Ottoman for B&B Italia

Gaetano Pesce's UP5 Chair and UP6 Ottoman for B&B Italia

By B&B Italia, Gaetano Pesce

Located in Los Angeles, CA

His designs express political ideas that were important to him at that time. Gaetano Pesce described the ‘UP Series’ as “transformation” furniture.

Category

20th Century Italian Lounge Chairs

Gaetano Pesce for B & B Italia Up  5 Chair
Gaetano Pesce for B & B Italia Up  5 Chair

Gaetano Pesce for B & B Italia Up 5 Chair

Located in Philadelphia, PA

huge stretch fabric covered molded foam armed chair

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Vintage 1960s Italian Slipper Chairs

La Mamma Up 5 Lounge Chair & Ottoman for B&B Italia
La Mamma Up 5 Lounge Chair & Ottoman for B&B Italia

La Mamma Up 5 Lounge Chair & Ottoman for B&B Italia

By Gaetano Pesce, B&B Italia

Located in Los Angeles, CA

La Mamma Up 5 camel lounge chair by Gaetano Pesce for B&B Italia, c.2000s, Italy. The curvaceous shape, was inspired by the silhouette of ancient fertility goddesses.

Category

Early 2000s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Foam, Upholstery

La Mamma Up 5 Bouclé Lounge Chair & Ottoman for B&B Italia
La Mamma Up 5 Bouclé Lounge Chair & Ottoman for B&B Italia

La Mamma Up 5 Bouclé Lounge Chair & Ottoman for B&B Italia

By Gaetano Pesce, B&B Italia

Located in Los Angeles, CA

La Mamma Up 5 powder blue bouclé lounge chair by Gaetano Pesce for B&B Italia, c.2000s, Italy. The curvaceous shape, was inspired by the silhouette of ancient fertility goddesses.

Category

Early 2000s Italian Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Bouclé, Foam

La Mamma Up 5 Bouclé Lounge Chair & Ottoman for B&B Italia
La Mamma Up 5 Bouclé Lounge Chair & Ottoman for B&B Italia

La Mamma Up 5 Bouclé Lounge Chair & Ottoman for B&B Italia

By B&B Italia, Gaetano Pesce

Located in Los Angeles, CA

La Mamma Up 5 teddy bear brown bouclé lounge chair by Gaetano Pesce for B&B Italia, c.2000s, Italy. The curvaceous shape, was inspired by the silhouette of ancient fertility goddesses.

Category

Early 2000s Italian Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Bouclé, Foam

B&B Italia UP 2000 Series Lounge Chair and Ottoman, Special Edition Striped
B&B Italia UP 2000 Series Lounge Chair and Ottoman, Special Edition Striped

B&B Italia UP 2000 Series Lounge Chair and Ottoman, Special Edition Striped

By Gaetano Pesce, B&B Italia

Located in Chattanooga, TN

Therefore, the image of comfort and convenience is combined with a more figurative image of a woman with a ball and chain on her foot. Gaetano Pesce explains the project as follows: ...

Category

1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Fabric

B&B Italia Afra & Tobia Scarpa Modular Erasmo 4-Piece Sectional Sofa Made Italy
B&B Italia Afra & Tobia Scarpa Modular Erasmo 4-Piece Sectional Sofa Made Italy

B&B Italia Afra & Tobia Scarpa Modular Erasmo 4-Piece Sectional Sofa Made Italy

By B&B Italia, Afra & Tobia Scarpa

Located in West Hartford, CT

For decades, Busnelli cultivated relationships with the world’s best design talent, resulting in furniture pieces that remain iconic today — be they Gaetano Pesce’s outwardly curvace...

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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sectional Sofas

Materials

Metal, Chrome

B&B Italia Afra & Tobia Scarpa Modular Erasmo 4-Piece Sectional Sofa Made Italy
B&B Italia Afra & Tobia Scarpa Modular Erasmo 4-Piece Sectional Sofa Made Italy

B&B Italia Afra & Tobia Scarpa Modular Erasmo 4-Piece Sectional Sofa Made Italy

By B&B Italia, Afra & Tobia Scarpa

Located in West Hartford, CT

For decades, Busnelli cultivated relationships with the world’s best design talent, resulting in furniture pieces that remain iconic today, be they Gaetano Pesce’s outwardly curvaceo...

Category

Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sectional Sofas

Materials

Metal, Chrome

Gaetano Pesce Up 5 Lounge Chair with Ottoman
Gaetano Pesce Up 5 Lounge Chair with Ottoman

Gaetano Pesce Up 5 Lounge Chair with Ottoman

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H 40.56 in W 47.25 in D 51.19 in

Gaetano Pesce Up 5 Lounge Chair with Ottoman

By B&B Italia, Gaetano Pesce

Located in Madrid, ES

Designed by Gaetano Pesce in 1969 for a few years before being discontinued, the lounge chair and pouf Up 5, also known as big mama, blow up and donna, was reissued in 2000 by B&B It...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Upholstery

Gaetano Pesce, La Mamma Up 5 and Up 6
Gaetano Pesce, La Mamma Up 5 and Up 6

Gaetano Pesce, La Mamma Up 5 and Up 6

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H 40.56 in W 47.25 in D 51.19 in

Gaetano Pesce, La Mamma Up 5 and Up 6

By B&B Italia, Gaetano Pesce

Located in Saint-Didier, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Gaetano Pesce, La Mamma up 5 and up 6 by B and B Italia Iconic armchair and footrest Made in 1969, it has as a nickname " Big Mama" or "Blowup" Red Jersey Measures: Armchair widt...

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Vintage 1980s Armchairs

Materials

Other

Stripe Gaetano Pesce Series 2000 Up Chair & Ottoman by B & B Italia "La Donna"
Stripe Gaetano Pesce Series 2000 Up Chair & Ottoman by B & B Italia "La Donna"

Stripe Gaetano Pesce Series 2000 Up Chair & Ottoman by B & B Italia "La Donna"

By Gaetano Pesce

Located in Palm Springs, CA

This Iconic Gaetano Pesce designed "UP" chair and ottoman was purchased by my Palm Spring's client in 2005.

Category

Early 2000s Italian Modern Lounge Chairs

B&B Italia by Gaetano Pesce Yellow Up Junior Armchair
B&B Italia by Gaetano Pesce Yellow Up Junior Armchair

B&B Italia by Gaetano Pesce Yellow Up Junior Armchair

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H 25.99 in W 27.96 in D 31.89 in

B&B Italia by Gaetano Pesce Yellow Up Junior Armchair

By B&B Italia, Gaetano Pesce

Located in Rochester, England

Designed by Gaetano Pesce in 1969, the original UP5_6 chair has become an iconic 20th century design and won the Product Career Award in 2022.

Category

2010s Italian Lounge Chairs

Materials

Fabric

Gaetano Pesce, 1969 for B&B Italia "UP-7 Piede" Sculpture Lounge Chair "Foot"
Gaetano Pesce, 1969 for B&B Italia "UP-7 Piede" Sculpture Lounge Chair "Foot"

Gaetano Pesce, 1969 for B&B Italia "UP-7 Piede" Sculpture Lounge Chair "Foot"

By B&B Italia, Gaetano Pesce

Located in Munster, NRW

Designed by Gaetano Pesce in 1969 for B&B Italia The legendary "UP-7" foot is made of flexible cold-shaped polyurethane foam with a smooth and flexible black coating.

Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Foam, Coating

Gaetano Pesce, 1969 for B&B Italia "UP-7 Piede" Sculpture Lounge Chair "Foot"
Gaetano Pesce, 1969 for B&B Italia "UP-7 Piede" Sculpture Lounge Chair "Foot"

Gaetano Pesce, 1969 for B&B Italia "UP-7 Piede" Sculpture Lounge Chair "Foot"

By B&B Italia, Gaetano Pesce

Located in Munster, NRW

Designed by Gaetano Pesce in 1969 for B&B Italia The legendary "UP-7" Foot is made of flexible cold-shaped polyurethane foam with a smooth and flexible black coatin...

Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Foam, Coating

Gaetano Pesce Crosby Childs Chair Fish Design, New York
Gaetano Pesce Crosby Childs Chair Fish Design, New York

Gaetano Pesce Crosby Childs Chair Fish Design, New York

By Gaetano Pesce, Fish Design

Located in Hamilton, Ontario

Crosby child's chair, designed by Gaetano Pesce, made by Fish Design, New York, 1998, multicolored moulded resin and metal.

Category

1990s American Post-Modern Children's Furniture

Materials

Metal

"Big Mama" Up 5+6 Chair and ottoman By Gaetano Pesce For B&B Italia
"Big Mama" Up 5+6 Chair and ottoman By Gaetano Pesce For B&B Italia

"Big Mama" Up 5+6 Chair and ottoman By Gaetano Pesce For B&B Italia

By Gaetano Pesce, B&B Italia

Located in The Hague, NL

Iconic lounge chair + ottoman, model up 5+6 or donna or la mama, designed in 1969 by gaetano pesce for b&b italia. The chair is marked underneath with the original b&b label.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Metal

B&B Italia 'La Mamma' Up 5/6 Lounge Chair&Ottoman, Green Stripe by Gaetano Pesce
B&B Italia 'La Mamma' Up 5/6 Lounge Chair&Ottoman, Green Stripe by Gaetano Pesce

B&B Italia 'La Mamma' Up 5/6 Lounge Chair&Ottoman, Green Stripe by Gaetano Pesce

By B&B Italia, Gaetano Pesce

Located in Toronto, CA

Since its first appearance, the Up Series, designed in 1969 by Gaetano Pesce, has been one of the most talked about examples of modern furniture design.

Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Post-Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Foam

Silver Up Five Armchair and Up Six Ottoman by Gaetano Pesce for B&B Italia
Silver Up Five Armchair and Up Six Ottoman by Gaetano Pesce for B&B Italia

Silver Up Five Armchair and Up Six Ottoman by Gaetano Pesce for B&B Italia

By B&B Italia

Located in Dronten, NL

Icon of modernity, metaphor of the female figure that is endowed with a comfortable womb and is yet a prisoner. The UP collection was designed in 1969. Great original condition, mark...

Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Foam

Wieland Unimold Wedge Form Lounge Chair
Wieland Unimold Wedge Form Lounge Chair

Wieland Unimold Wedge Form Lounge Chair

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H 24.5 in W 40 in D 39 in

Wieland Unimold Wedge Form Lounge Chair

By Adrian Pearsall

Located in Hanover, MA

Original upholstery reminiscent of Gaetano Pesce's UP chair. Very clean overall. Wieland Furniture Co., a furniture design and manufacturing business led by four brothers, was once...

Category

Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Plywood

Gaetano Pesce Up 5 and Up 6 2000 Series Lounge Chair and Ottoman 'La Mamma'
Gaetano Pesce Up 5 and Up 6 2000 Series Lounge Chair and Ottoman 'La Mamma'

Gaetano Pesce Up 5 and Up 6 2000 Series Lounge Chair and Ottoman 'La Mamma'

By B&B Italia, Gaetano Pesce

Located in Zagreb, HR

Designed in 1969 by famous Italian designer Gaetano Pesce. Since its first appearance, the UP series, designed in 1969, has been one of the most outstanding expressions of design.

Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Foam

Armchair Up - Gaetano Pesce - B&B
Armchair Up - Gaetano Pesce - B&B

Armchair Up - Gaetano Pesce - B&B

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H 41.34 in W 47.25 in D 51.19 in

Armchair Up - Gaetano Pesce - B&B

By Gaetano Pesce

Located in Milan, IT

armchair made on 1969 cover in original fabric

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Up Series Chair and Ottoman by Gaetano Pesce
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Gaetano Pesce for B&B Italia "UP-7 Piede" Sculpture Lounge, 1969
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Gaetano Pesce for B&B Italia "UP-7 Piede" Sculpture Lounge, 1969

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Designed by Gaetano Pesce in 1969 for B & B Italia the UP-7 Piede is made of flexible cold -shaped polyurethane foam .

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The company then offered to Gaetano Pesce, interested in new technologies and the potential they offered, to ex- periment with this material: He developed the «Serie UP».

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Gaetano Pesce "UP-5" Red Striped Chair and Ottoman

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Gaetano Pesce for B & B Italia (Italian, founded 1966) Series "Up" arm chair and ottoman with original striped jersey fabric.

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Iconic form originally designed in 1968 - the bulbous shape, inspired by silhouettes of ancient fertility goddesses and accompanied by an affixed ottoman. Famously conceived by Pesce...

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Prices for a gaetano pesce up can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $1,842 and can go as high as $66,740, while the average can fetch as much as $4,953.

Gaetano Pesce for sale on 1stDibs

Gaetano Pesce was of a generation of Italian architects who in the early 1960s rebelled against the industrial perfection of modernism by conceiving new furniture and objects that were at once expressive and eccentric in form; or you might say they were more like art than functionalist design.

Born in the picturesque coastal Italian city of La Spezia in 1939, Pesce was a precocious talent who could have forged a career as an artist but opted instead to go to Venice to study architecture because, as he has said, it was “the most complex of all the arts.” Rather than having new worlds opened to him at design school, however, Pesce found the rationalist curriculum oppressive in its insistence on standardization and prescribed materials and technologies.

Pesce wanted to explore the latest of both materials and technologies to create objects and buildings never before imagined, with what he called “personalities” that spoke to the issues of the day. He was keen to examine ways to diversify mass production so that each manufactured work could be distinct.

In 1964, Pesce met Cesare Cassina, of the forward-looking furniture company C&B Italia in Milan (now known as B&B Italia), for whom he would create many important designs, beginning with a collection of what he called “transformational furniture” — two chairs and a loveseat — made entirely out of high-density polyurethane foam. To make the pieces easy to ship and cost-efficient, he proposed that after being covered in a stretch jersey, they be put in a vacuum, then heat-sealed flat between vinyl sheets. Once the foam was removed from its packaging, the piece returned to its original shape — hence, the name Up for the series, which debuted in 1969.

In addition to these pieces, Pesce proposed for the collection something he referred to as an “anti-armchair,” which took the shape of a reclining fertility goddess, the iconic Donna.

Producing the piece's complex form turned out to be a technical challenge. Bayer, the foam’s manufacturer, deemed it impossible to accomplish. Pesce persisted and came up with a new procedure, demonstrating not only the designer’s key role in researching the nature and potential of new materials but also his vital importance in “doubting rules.” The Up chair and accompanying ottoman were born, and they were revolutionary in more ways than one.

In the early 1970s, Pesce began exploring one of his key concepts, the idea of the industrial originals. Employing a mold without air holes, and adding a blood-red dye to the polyurethane, he cast a bookcase that resembled a demolished wall, the rough edges of the shelves and posts resulting from fissures in the material made by trapped air.

Through his research into polyurethane, Pesce figured out a way to make a loveseat and armchair using only a simple wood frame and strong canvas covering as a mold. Since the fabric developed random folds during the injection process, the pieces were similar but not identical. Cassina named the suite of furnishings Sit Down and introduced it in 1975. By experimenting with felt soaked in polyurethane and resin, Pesce conceived I Feltri, another collection of armchairs introduced by Cassina in 1987.

Pesce went on to live a life that defied expectation and convention and along the way became one of the most seminal figures in art and design.

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Among the earliest standard seating furniture were stools. Egyptian stools, for example, designed for one person with no seat back, were x-shaped and typically folded to be tucked away. These rudimentary chairs informed the design of Greek and Roman stools, all of which were a long way from Sori Yanagi's Butterfly stool or Alvar Aalto's Stool 60. In the 18th century and earlier, seats with backs and armrests were largely reserved for high nobility.

The seating of today is more inclusive but the style and placement of chairs can still make a statement. Antique desk chairs and armchairs designed in the style of Louis XV, which eventually included painted furniture and were often made of rare woods, feature prominently curved legs as well as Chinese themes and varied ornaments. Much like the thrones of fairy tales and the regency, elegant lounges crafted in the Louis XV style convey wealth and prestige. In the kitchen, the dining chair placed at the head of the table is typically reserved for the head of the household or a revered guest.

Of course, with luxurious vintage or antique furnishings, every chair can seem like the best seat in the house. Whether your preference is stretching out on a plush sofa, such as the Serpentine, designed by Vladimir Kagan, or cozying up in a vintage wingback chair, there is likely to be a comfy classic or contemporary gem for you on 1stDibs.

With respect to the latest obsessions in design, cane seating has been cropping up everywhere, from sleek armchairs to lounge chairs, while bouclé fabric, a staple of modern furniture design, can be seen in mid-century modern, Scandinavian modern and Hollywood Regency furniture styles.

Admirers of the sophisticated craftsmanship and dark woods frequently associated with mid-century modern seating can find timeless furnishings in our expansive collection of lounge chairs, dining chairs and other items — whether they’re vintage editions or alluring official reproductions of iconic designs from the likes of Hans Wegner or from Charles and Ray Eames. Shop our inventory of Egg chairs, designed in 1958 by Arne Jacobsen, the Florence Knoll lounge chair and more.

No matter your style, the collection of unique chairs, sofas and other seating on 1stDibs is surely worthy of a standing ovation.