Big Mama UP Chair in Black by Gaetano Pesce for B&B Italia, Italy c.2000

Big Mama UP Chair in Black by Gaetano Pesce for B&B Italia, Italy c.2000 <p>Chair - H: 103cm W: 120cm D: 130cm Seat height: 42cm</p><p>Ottoman - 57cm diameter</p><p>In 1968 when Gaetano Pesce began experimenting at his Paris
Chair - H: 103cm W: 120cm D: 130cm Seat height: 42cmOttoman - 57cm diameterIn 1968 when Gaetano Pesce began experimenting at his Paris atelier with vacuum-packing the hippest material of the moment: polyurethane. Soon he’d developed a gravity-defying model: a four-inch-thick disk that, when removed from its PVC envelope, would rise from the floor into a cushy armchair. Fittingly, he named it Up. The form that emerged was no typical seat. Its bulbous shape, inspired by silhouettes of ancient fertility goddesses and accompanied by an ottoman, was rife with meaning.

Vintage Big Mama Up armchair by Gaetano Pesce for B and B Italia

Italian Big Mama Up Chair by Gaetano Pesce for B&B Italia, 2000

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