INHABITED CABINETS COLLECTION

ALTO FRAGILE

Alto Fragile is a 1950s wooden night table elevated on long, thin legs and transformed into an installation inhabited by 1:87 scale figures. Each level shows a small scene of life, together forming a reflection on ambition, fragility, and the quiet distance between those who climb and those who remain below.

Sold. Alto Fragile currently lives in Milan.

WIDTH 59.5 cm  23.4 in

DEPTH 36 cm  14.2 in

HEIGHT 137 cm  54 in

Alto Fragile 1950s wooden night table transformed into a small installation handmade in Italy by Manoteca.
Front view of Alto Fragile night table with long slender legs and miniature figures in scale 1:87.

Alto Fragile is a 1950s wooden night table mounted on tall, slender legs. Inhabited by small 1:87 scale figures.

Interior view showing the miniature figures inhabiting the wooden structure of Alto Fragile.

Scene 1: At each level, different scenes of life take place.

Detail of 1:87 scale figures climbing the fragile wooden structure of Alto Fragile.

Scene 2: The climb upward.

Close-up of the elevated structure and wooden surface of Alto Fragile installation.

Scene 3: The man who has reached the summit, whatever that may mean.

View of the sad man sitting below the structure of Alto Fragile.

Overhead view

Overall view reflecting the fragile balance and symbolic ascent in Alto Fragile by Manoteca.

Scene 4: Below, the sad man, the one who never even tried to climb.

Back view showing the original paper label of the 1950s night table Alto Fragile.

Back view