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Sirfo
Alessandro Mendini's signed goose-table in cast aluminium and glass
550 × 730 × 550 mm
1986
Official product information
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Overview
Sirfo is Alessandro Mendini's 1986 goose-table for Zanotta Edizioni. Zanotta identifies it as a signed original, with its supporting form and tabletop combined in one figurative table. The sheet identifies it as model 6520.
Construction
The frame is painted cast aluminium in its natural colour, with a yellow-painted beak. A circular top in tempered plate glass is 6 mm thick. Zanotta calls the piece a goose-table.
Drawing values
The values 55 and 73 cm are not labelled with axes on the drawing.
Story
A table described as a goose
Zanotta calls Sirfo a goose-table and specifies a cast-aluminium frame beneath a 6 mm tempered plate-glass top. The natural-colour painted finish and yellow-painted beak are the two stated colour details.
Mendini's signed original
The official page dates Alessandro Mendini's design to 1986 and presents Sirfo as a signed original within Zanotta Edizioni. The product sheet identifies it as model 6520.
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