Grillo

Object NameSide Table

Maker Vittorio Livi (Italian, b. 1944)

Maker Fiam Italia S.p.A.

Made FromNon-lead float glass

Date1989

Place MadeItaly, Milan

TechniqueKiln-formed

SizeOverall H: 61.5 cm, W: 44 cm, D: 32 cm

Accession Number95.3.100

Credit LineGift of Fiam Italia S.p.A.

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead float glass with natural green tint; cut, slumped over a mold, probably manipulated while hot, ground and polished. Small asymmetrical Z-shaped table formed from one bent sheet of glass; ovoid horizontal top, from one long side of top a narrow strip curves downward then straightens as the side edges flare out, this "back" angles away from and under the top, then extending past it, the wide base of the back has two long narrow cut-outs (with rounded ends) that extend from the base edge approximately 1/2 way up the back and are parallel to the flared sides, the openings allow the narrow triangular area left in between to be bent back in the opposite direction forming the third of three angled "feet" on which the table is counter-balanced; all edges beveled, ground, and polished; lower right corner of back support: (logo) "FIAM/ITALIA/F-
Provenance

Source Vittorio Livi (Italian, b. 1944) - 1995

Source Fiam Italia S.p.A. - 1995