Image source: Poltrona Frau — Assaya
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Collection Story
Origin
Assaya is a Poltrona Frau group of three pieces, an armchair, a pouf and a side table, credited to Satyendra Pakhalé. In Marathi, Pakhalé's mother tongue, the word means "provide comfortable support" or "create a pleasant sentiment", and also "analyse" or "assess". Poltrona Frau dates the group to 2014.
Design Language
Poltrona Frau says the designer took his inspiration for the group from our increasingly connected world, where the boundary between the domestic space and the workplace is increasingly blurred. The sheet calls the result a new concept drawn from lifestyles in that world. The three pieces share one kind of base, a painted steel plate.
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Key Pieces
- Assaya armchair, which swivels
- Assaya ottoman
- Assaya side table, on a single steel leg
Pieces in this collection
Assaya Armchair
Satyendra Pakhalé's Assaya armchair: a single moulded shell over a swivelling steel plate base.
Assaya Side Table
Assaya side table by Satyendra Pakhalé: one steel leg under a leather-covered birch plywood top.
Assaya Ottoman
Satyendra Pakhalé's Assaya ottoman: a round, fully upholstered pouf on a painted steel plate.
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