Antti Nurmesniemi - Design London Thursday, May 2, 2024 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    Nurmesniemi family, Helsinki
    Phillips, London, 'Design', 19 June 2020, lot 102
    Acquired from the above by the present owner

  • Literature

    Ornamo 1950-54, Helsinki, 1955, p. 106
    Erik Zahle, ed., A Treasury of Scandinavian Design: The Standard Authority on Scandinavian-Designed Furniture, Textiles, Glass, Ceramics, and Metal, New York, 1961, p. 84
    Kaj Kalin, Antti Nurmesniemi, Ajatuksia ja Suunnitelmia, Helsinki, 1992, p. 43
    Marianne Aav and Nina Stritzler-Levine, eds., Finnish Modern Design: Utopian Ideals and Everyday Realities: 1930-1997, exh. cat., The Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, New Haven, 1998, p. 310

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Set of six 'Sauna' stools, designed for the Palace Hotel, Helsinki

designed 1952, produced 1980s
Laminated-birch plywood, teak, birch.
Each: 44.6 x 38 x 37 cm (17 1/2 x 14 7/8 x 14 5/8 in.)
Manufactured by G. Söderström, Helsinki, Finland. Underside of each impressed ANTTI NURMESNIEMI.

Estimate
£3,000 - 5,000 

Contact Specialist

Antonia King
Head of Sale, Design
+44 20 7901 7944
Antonia.King@phillips.com
 

Design

London Auction 2 May 2024