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Philía Mesh Chair
Philía Mesh 3920: Odo Fioravanti's outdoor side chair in expanded metal on a Ø 20 mm steel frame.
555 × 815 × 590 mm
Italy
5.5 kg
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Description
Overview
Philía Mesh 3920 is an outdoor side chair designed by Odo Fioravanti for Pedrali. It recalls the traditional Italian garden chairs of the Sixties and rebuilds them in expanded metal sheet, the material of Pedrali's earliest garden chairs. Areas: hospitality, outdoor and residential.
Construction
The frame is Ø 20 mm tubular steel, and the seat and backrest are expanded metal sheet. An opening across the backrest forms an integrated handle. The steel has a powder coating for outdoor use.
Specifications
- Overall size: 555 x 590 x 815 mm (W x D x H)
- Weight 5.5 kg
- Powder-coated finish for outdoor use
- Marked 100% Made in Italy
Story
Garden chairs of the Sixties
Philía Mesh looks back to the garden chairs of Italian outdoor life in the 1960s, the easy open-air living of the dolce vita. Pedrali's own first garden chairs were made of expanded metal sheet, and the collection returns to that material in a new form.
Geometry and the human body
The chair combines rational, geometric lines with softer shapes taken from the human body. The expanded metal sheet of the seat and backrest gives visual lightness and a distinct texture, and an opening that crosses the backrest doubles as a handle.
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Collection
Philía Mesh
Pedrali's Philía Mesh collection by Odo Fioravanti: outdoor side chair and armchair with steel tube frames, expanded metal seats and a handle in the backrest.