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Gae Aulenti Dining Room Chairs

Italian, 1927-2012

The Italian architect and designer Gae Aulenti will forever be best remembered for her work with museums, in particular her 1980–86 renovation of a Beaux Arts Paris train station to create the galleries of the Musée d’Orsay. Aulenti — whose first name, short for Gaetana, is pronounced “guy” — should also be recalled for her tough intellectual spirit and for working steadily when few women found successful architectural careers in postwar Italy.

After she graduated from the Milan Polytechic in 1954, Aulenti opened an architectural office. She also joined the staff of the progressive architectural magazine Casabella, whose editorial line was that the establishment, orthodox modernism of Le Corbusier and the Bauhaus, had outlived it usefulness. When their movement for fresh approaches to architecture and design received a sympathetic hearing, Aulenti found patrons — most prominently Gianni Agnelli, of Fiat, who later employed her to renovate the Palazzo Grassi in Venice for use as an arts exhibition space.

Commissions for showrooms and other corporate spaces brought Aulenti to furniture design. She felt that furniture should never dominate a room. Her chairs and sofas — low-slung, with rounded enameled metal frames and ample seats — and tables, particularly her 1972 marble Jumbo coffee table for Knoll, project solidity and sturdiness. In lighting design, however, Aulenti is bravura.

Each work has a marvelous sculptural presence. Pieces such as her Pipistrello table lamp and Quadrifoglio pendant are a perfect marriage of organically shaped glass and high-tech fixtures. Others have a futuristic elegance — and some even have a touch of personality. Aulenti’s Pileino and La Ruspa table lamps each look almost like little robots. Her lighting pieces are an artful grace note in the career of a woman who believed in strength.

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Creator: Gae Aulenti
GAE AULENTI Set of 4 "Locus Solus" chairs
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Postmodern "Cassiopea" Leather Armchair by Gae Aulenti for Elam, Italy, 1976
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Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1976. This is the model Cassiopea, designed by Gae Aulenti for Elam, Meda. These chairs feature a chromed tubular steel structure and leather seat and back-rest. They ...
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Gae Aulenti Chairs by Elam Model Lira Set of Four, Published
By Elam, Gae Aulenti
Located in Milano, IT
Modern set of four chairs designed by Gae Aulenti for the ELAM manufacture in the 1970s. The chairs are the very rare LIRA model. The chair set is made with a curved chrome metal frame that makes the seat energetic bright. Its modern curved lines give the chair modernity and futurism. The seat and back are made of light brown leather. On the sides of the leather backrest we see stitched the logo of the ELAM manufacture designer's trademark and pattern. They are also published in several catalogs. The leather seat , as noted below it, is anchored to the frame with steel strings. The chairs are ideal for modern living rooms...
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Gae Aulenti for Knoll International Armchairs Mid-Century Modern 1975, Pair
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Gae Aulenti dining room chairs for sale on 1stDibs.

Gae Aulenti dining room chairs are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of metal and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Gae Aulenti dining room chairs, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original dining room chairs by Gae Aulenti were created in the mid-century modern style in italy during the 20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider dining room chairs by Davis Allen, Achille Castiglioni, and Artemide. Prices for Gae Aulenti dining room chairs can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $845 and can go as high as $9,900, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $1,450.

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