Saturno Sofa
1958 · Painted metal, fabric, wood.
27 1/2 x 74 x 33 1/2" (69.9 x 188 x 85.1 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Gastone Rinaldi
Italian, 1920
Padua, Italy
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Gastone Rinaldi was an Italian furniture designer and maker active in the postwar period, working primarily in Milan during the reconstruction and modernization of Italian design. His practice centered on functional seating and domestic furnishings that balanced industrial production with craftsmanship. Rinaldi's work emerged during a pivotal moment when Italian manufacturers began establishing the formal and material vocabulary that would define postwar design across Europe and North America.
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