Sanluca Ottoman

Overview

The Sanluca ottoman is the pouf that Achille Castiglioni designed in 1991 to accompany the Sanluca armchair, which the Castiglioni brothers designed in 1961. Poltrona Frau credits the piece to Fratelli Achille e Pier Giacomo Castiglioni.

Construction

The frame combines birch plywood elements with solid beech and poplar. It rests on elastic belts and is padded with polyurethane foam cut from a block, in several densities. The feet are solid wood, in ash with a wenge stain or Canaletto walnut. Upholstery is Pelle Frau® leather or fabric; the cover is not removable.

Specifications

Code 5326511 measures 56 cm wide, 56 cm deep and 41 cm high.

An ottoman for the Sanluca armchair

On Poltrona Frau's page the pouf is the piece offered to go with the Sanluca armchair. The page dates the pouf to 1991 and gives it to Achille Castiglioni alone, while the armchair it accompanies is dated 1961 on the product sheet.

The Castiglioni brothers

The page presents Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni as graduates in architecture of the Polytechnic University of Milan whose interests spanned town planning, architecture and design. They were among the founders of the ADI, the Association of Industrial Design, in 1956, and are known internationally for lighting, furnishing and exhibition installations.