100 Objects from Century of the Child

Gaetano Pesce. Crosby chair. 1998 Pesce’s Crosby chair, named for the location of his New York workshop, is a bright and colorful design that is also two-faced: the somewhat eerie smile suggested by the holes pierced in its back is balanced by the subtler profile formed by its seat. The chair was made with industrial synthetic material but treated like a craft piece: only about forty were produced (four of them child-sized), and the colors and details are unique to each one. Learn more at MoMA.org/centuryofthechild

Gaetano Pesce. Crosby chair. 1998

Pesce’s Crosby chair, named for the location of his New York workshop, is a bright and colorful design that is also two-faced: the somewhat eerie smile suggested by the holes pierced in its back is balanced by the subtler profile formed by its seat. The chair was made with industrial synthetic material but treated like a craft piece: only about forty were produced (four of them child-sized), and the colors and details are unique to each one.

Learn more at MoMA.org/centuryofthechild

09/1/12
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Get your daily dose of design from the MoMA exhibition Century of the Child: Growing by Design, 1900–2000. During each of the 100 days of the exhibition we will showcase an object featured in the show.

To find out more about Century of the Child visit MoMA.org/centuryofthechild.

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