Pair of stools
Pair of "Mezzadro" Stools
Steel, lacquered metal and solid beech wood
Marked on the underpart
DESIGNER Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni (1918-2002 )(1913-1968)
MANUFACTURER Zanotta
COUNTRY Italy
DATE 1970's
DIMENSIONS L. 53 x D. 43 x H.53 /cm.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Repertorio Del Design Italiano, Giuliana Gramigna, vol.1 pg.178
SPECIAL NOTE
In the design of the Mezzadro stool the Castiglioni brothers combined parts of existing ordinary objects to create a new object. The seat was originally designed in the 1920s for a tractor.
