Zanotta Mezzadro Stool

Description

Mezzadro is a stool by Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni for Zanotta, made of chromed steel and seat painted in various colors. Base in beech wood natural color. Mezzadro is a stool that is more than all the ready-made, that is, to use a portion of an existing object, confirming its form, but by shifting the place and manner of use. The Castiglioni brothers so they decide to use the seat of a tractor, as a stool to use in our homes. Designed in the early years of the twentieth century, it is confirmed today as a cult object of Made in Italy design. Collezione: The Museum of Modern Art, New York - Israel Museum, Jerusalem - Uméleckoprumyslové Muzeum, Praha - Die Neue Sammlung, München - Kunstgewerbemuseum, Berlin - Museum für Gestaltung, Zürich - Museo del Design 1880-1980, Milano - Kunstmuseum, Düsseldorf - Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Köln - Fondazione Triennale Design Museum, Milano - Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein - Musée National d' Art Moderne, Paris - Thessaloniki Design Museum, Saloniki -Gustav Lübcke Museum, Hamm - Fonds Régional d' Art Contemporain, Dunkerque - Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris - Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Wien - The Saint Louis Art Museum - The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts - Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg - Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum, Trondheim - Indianapolis Museum of Art - Design Museum, Gent - Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Bordeaux - CID au Musée du Grand Hornu, Hornu - M.A.X. Museo, Chiasso - Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, New York.