Unglazed Porcelain Tray by Le Corbusier for Cassina

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Tray designed by Cassina in collaboration with Ginori 1735 and the Le Corbusier Foundation in 2020. Manufactured by Cassina in … Read more Tray designed by Cassina in collaboration with Ginori 1735 and the Le Corbusier Foundation in 2020. Manufactured by Cassina in Italy. Cassina takes its inspiration from the genius of Le Corbusier for a collection of three trays in pure, unglazed porcelain. These trays borrow some of the bas-relief symbols chosen for the walls of the buildings of Chandigarh, the city designed in the 1950s and now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The same procedure can be seen in Marseille in the Unité d’Habitation on the sculptures moulées, symbolic designs embedded by Le Corbusier in the concrete – béton brut – taken from his figurative portfolio. Each tray, made by Ginori 1735, includes a design sketched by the Master in 1956: the open hand symbolising peace (square tray with rounded corners), the fish (round tray), the movement of the sun (rectangular tray). This piece is attributed to the mentioned designer/maker. It has no attribution mark and no
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