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“My father Giannino Castiglioni was a sculptor. His was a realistic sculpture, always linked to the human image, not fantastic and unreal, had an attitude of continuous analysis of the characteristics of people”

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Achille Castiglioni

Giannino Castiglioni. Milano, 1884 - Lierna (Lago di Como), 1971. Scultore. in: II personaggi pubblici., p. 42 ( online http://www.alessandraubertazzi.eu/wp-content/pdf/monumentale/personaggipubblici.pdf)

“There is a lot of model making in my work, also because I am the son of a sculptor Giannino Castiglioni and I always saw my father working with his hands and shaping material into the desired form.”

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Achille Castiglioni

Achille Castiglioni, 1960 - Lierna (Lago di Como), 1971. Scultore. in: Domus Magazine, Achille Effect, Laura Bossi, 13 April 2010, ( Domusweb online https://www.domusweb.it/en/news/2010/04/13/achille-effect.html)

“The Lierna Chair is a chair specially designed as a seat to be placed next to the dining table. It was therefore with the rather high back that shields behind the diner, tight to facilitate the movements of those who serve lunch and that is well suited to the position composed of people sitting. The chair was designed by us for the Cassina, and we are oriented on a light chair with joints in sections reduced to the essentials …”

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Sedia Lierna, Achille e Pier Giacomo Casiglioni, Lierna (Lake Como), 1971. Scultore. in: Fondazione Achille Castiglioni., Lierna Village, Lake Como, p. 201 ( online http://fondazioneachillecastiglioni.it/progetto/sedia-lierna/)