- Product:
- Moby Dick lounge chair
- Manufacturer:
- Phillips
- Architonic ID:
- 4109495
- Launched:
- 1969
- Country:
- United States
- Category:
- Furnishings
- Address
- Telephone
- Website
Key facts
Product description
Coated GRP (glass reinforced polyester).
31 7/8 x 58 1/4 x 25 3/8 in. (81 x 148 x 64.5 cm)
An almost purely sculptural form which brilliantly translates its name, Alberto Rosselli's "Moby Dick" lounge chair, like its namesake, has similarly eluded many collectors who have sought to own it. One of the rarest chair examples from its time period, the "Moby Dick," like the "Dondola," is a complete expression of design as art.
Manufactured by Saporiti, Italy.
Literature:
Modern Chairs 1918-1970, exh. cat., Whitechapel Gallery, 1970, London, p. 120; Andrea Branzi, Il Design Italiano 1964-1990, Un Museo Del Design Italiano, Milan, 1996, p. 75; Lesely Jackson, The Sixties, London, 1998, p. 195; Italian Architectural Digest, "Italian Style 1945-2005" issue, November 2005, p. 537 for a period photograph of the chair; Charlotte and Peter Fiell, eds., Domus Vol. VI 1965-1969, Cologne, 2006, pp. 540-541
31 7/8 x 58 1/4 x 25 3/8 in. (81 x 148 x 64.5 cm)
An almost purely sculptural form which brilliantly translates its name, Alberto Rosselli's "Moby Dick" lounge chair, like its namesake, has similarly eluded many collectors who have sought to own it. One of the rarest chair examples from its time period, the "Moby Dick," like the "Dondola," is a complete expression of design as art.
Manufactured by Saporiti, Italy.
Literature:
Modern Chairs 1918-1970, exh. cat., Whitechapel Gallery, 1970, London, p. 120; Andrea Branzi, Il Design Italiano 1964-1990, Un Museo Del Design Italiano, Milan, 1996, p. 75; Lesely Jackson, The Sixties, London, 1998, p. 195; Italian Architectural Digest, "Italian Style 1945-2005" issue, November 2005, p. 537 for a period photograph of the chair; Charlotte and Peter Fiell, eds., Domus Vol. VI 1965-1969, Cologne, 2006, pp. 540-541