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Artist or Maker: GAETANO PESCE b. 1939
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Dimensions: 72 x 197.5 x 124 cm (28 1/4 x 77 3/4 x 38 3/4 in)
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Notes: Sessantuna?is?the?result?of?the?latest?collaboration?between?internationally?renowned?architect?and?designer?Gaetano?Pesce?and?furniture?makers?Cassina?to?celebrate?the?150th?anniversary?of?the?unification?of?Italy.
The?project?comprises?61?tables,?representing?the?year?1861?in?which?the?Unification?of?Italy?was?achieved.?Placed?together,?the?61?tables?recreate?the?shape?of?the?Italian?peninsula?in?a?single?25?×?20?metre?table.?Each?table?is?signed?by?Pesce?and?numbered?according?to?the?sequence?of?events?in?which?each?territory?became?part?of?the?new?state.
Every?Sessantuna?table?is?produced?with?innovative?resins,?cast?in?the?three?colours?of?the?Italian?flag?using?a?cutting-edge?production?process.?This?advanced?system?reduces?the?overall?weight?of?the?table?and?creates?the?random?and?intriguing?blends?that?make?each?table?a?unique?work.?The?table?legs?are?independent?and?can?be?affixed?to?the?grooves?on?the?underside?of?the?table?and?positioned?wherever?the?user?wishes.
A?special?edition?of?five?tables,?representing?the?most?significant?places?in?the?history?of?the?Risorgimento,?have?been?personalised?by?Maestro?Pesce?with?famous?phrases?and?historical?quotes.?The?first?table?in?each?of?these?special?editions?represents?Turin,?first?capital?of?the?Kingdom?of?Italy,?and?has?been?inscribed?with?the?slogan,?proclaimed?by?Charles?Albert?of?Savoy?and?famous?in?the?history?of?Italian?nationalism,?“L’Italia farà da sè”?(Italy?will?make?itself).
