Image source: Poliform — Free Sideboard
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Free Sideboard
Lacquered monolith sideboard in Mondrian style, high or low, by Carlo Colombo, 2008
1090 × 1160 × 460 mm
2008
Italy
Official product information
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Overview
Free is a Poliform sideboard described as a monolith with stylised, geometric shapes in Piet Mondrian style, to be freely interpreted through the matt and glossy lacquered colours. It comes in a high or a low version.
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Construction
The structure, backrest and door are a wooden particle panel in melamine lacquer, and drawers are a melamine wooden particle panel. Handle profiles are lacquer or wood.
Specifications
- Drawing (high version): 1090, 460 and 1160 mm (axes not labelled on the drawing)
- Low version drawings: 2204 and 2420 mm, with 540 and 670 mm
- Matt lacquers: 26 colours, with glossy lacquers
- Optional accessories: cutlery holder, bottle holder
Story
Carlo Colombo, 2008
The technical details credit Free to Carlo Colombo, 2008. The page presents it as a monolith whose stylised, geometric shapes follow the spirit of Piet Mondrian and are left to the buyer to interpret with colour.
Drawer accessories
In Spessart oak, the page shows an extractable cutlery tray and a drawer with a bottle holder, both options for the high or low sideboard.
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