Private collection, Milan
'Un arredamento a Genova', Domus, no. 356, July 1959, p. 19Hans Höger, Ettore Sottsass Jun. Designer, Artist, Architect, Tübingen, 1993, pp. 76, 78
circa 1959Teak, fabric.70 x 200.5 x 84 cm (27 1/2 x 78 7/8 x 33 1/8 in.)Manufactured by Poltronova, Agliana, Italy.
Estimate£5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £10,160
Antonia King Head of Sale, Design +44 20 7901 7944 Antonia.King@phillips.com
London Auction 2 May 2024
1
Ettore Sottsass, Jr.
Cabinet, model no. MS. 120.
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £38,100
2
Rare floor lamp, model no. 12731
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
Sold for £40,640
3
Paolo Buffa
Rare slipper chair
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
4
Gio Ponti
Rare wall-mounted cabinet
Estimate £18,000 - 24,000 ‡
Sold for £22,860
5
Set of three 'Sole' ceiling or wall lights, from Istituto Gallini, Voghera
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £76,200
6
Gaetano Pesce
Prototype sideboard
Estimate £22,000 - 26,000 ‡
Sold for £57,150
7
Studio B.B.P.R.
Ceiling light
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £8,255
8
Gabriella Crespi
'Dama' extendable coffee table, from the 'Plurimi' series
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £53,340
9
'Minareto' totem
Estimate £18,000 - 24,000
10
Prototype 'Rocchetto' vase, model no. 484, from the 'Rocchetti' series
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Sold for £25,400
11
Rare mirror
Estimate £35,000 - 55,000 ‡
Sold for £60,960
12
Ron Arad
'Cartier' table, from the Fondation Cartier Installation, Paris
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 Ω
Sold for £20,320
13
'Agra' totem
14
Rare bar cabinet
Sold for £30,480
15
Gino Sarfatti
Rare ceiling light
16
Max Ingrand
Serving trolley, model no. 2246
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £13,970
17
Piero Fornasetti
Early 'Leopardo' chest of drawers
Sold for £44,450
18
Joaquim Tenreiro and Regina Bolonha
Unique coffee table
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
19
Flavio Poli
Rare lamp
Sold for £27,940
20
Lina Bo Bardi
Chair, designed for the SESC-Pompéia Center, São Paulo
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
21
Joaquim Tenreiro
'Mesa Triangular' dining table
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £50,800
22
Ceiling light, model no. 1705
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
23
Martin Eisler
Dining table
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
24
Carlo Hauner
Pair of reclining armchairs
25
Pair of rare side tables
Sold for £17,780
26
Ceiling light, model no. 2447
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡
Sold for £8,890
27
Line Vautrin
'Soleil torsadé' mirror
Sold for £120,650
28
José Zanine Caldas
'Namoradeira' rocking love seat
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000
29
Tomaso Buzzi
Ceiling light, model no. 5220
30
Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti
'Ring' low table
31
Fernando Campana and Humberto Campana
'Sushi' sofa
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
32
Pierre Paulin
'Élysée' floor lamp
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 Ω
Sold for £33,020
33
Mattia Bonetti
'Polyhedral' chest of drawers
34
Drop-front writing desk
35
Elizabeth Fritsch
'River and Moon' spout pot
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
Sold for £19,050
36
Alessandro Mendini
'Ondoso' coffee table
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
37
38
'Kandissi' sofa
39
'Cubo Magico' coffee table, from the 'Plurimi series'
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
40
Tom Dixon
'Flame-Cut' lounge chair with integrated tray
41
Marc Newson
Unique cabinet, from Syn Recording Studios, Tokyo
Sold for £21,590
42
Unique 'Blown Out Of Proportion (B.O.O.P.)' vase
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡
Sold for £24,130
43
Shiro Kuramata
'Cabinet de Curiosité'
Sold for £48,260
44
'Blo-Void 2'
45
Émile Gallé
Rare 'Coquille marine' vide-poche
46
Unique monumental floor lamp, from Oblomov restaurant, Fukuoka, Japan
Sold for £43,180
47
Early 'How High the Moon' two-seater sofa
Sold for £177,800
48
Martin Szekely
Custom '103 consoles'
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 Ω
Sold for £15,240
49
Diego Giacometti
'X' form stool, troisième version
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡
Sold for £304,800
50
'Grecque' low table
Estimate £200,000 - 300,000 ‡
Sold for £533,400
51
Paul Dupré-Lafon
Pair of armchairs
52
Footed coupe
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £3,810
53
Osvaldo Borsani and Marcello Piccardo
Illuminated wall-mounted bar cabinet with integrated mirror
54
Venini
Mirror, model no. 69
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡
Sold for £5,715
55
Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann
Pair of chairs, model no. 27 NR
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
56
Low table
57
'Bouillotte' table lamp, model no. 3048 AR/3342 NR
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
Sold for £69,850
58
Rare vase
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
59
Kálmán Lengyel
Unique cabinet with adjustable desk
60
'Brisée' armchair and ottoman
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 Ω
Sold for £12,700
61
Pair of large 'Lesbos' planters
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 Ω
Sold for £5,080
62
Gilbert Poillerat
Set of six chairs
63
'Salome' dining table
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 Ω
64
Jean Besnard
Table lamp
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £16,510
65
This lot is no longer available.
66
André Arbus
Pair of side tables
67
68
Angelo Lelii
Floor lamp, model no. 12555
69
Finn Juhl
Pair of sofas, model no. BO46
70
Rare coffee table
71
Ritsue Mishima
'Eolo'
Sold for £19,685
72
Antti Nurmesniemi
Set of six 'Sauna' stools, designed for the Palace Hotel, Helsinki
73
Axel Salto
Vase, model no. 21441
Sold for £10,795
74
Mogens Lassen
Folding table
75
Kurt Østervig
Pair of chairs, model no. 57A
76
'Cellula'
77
Alvar Aalto
'Paimio' armchair, model no. 41
78
Georges Jouve
'Abstrait' table lamp
Sold for £82,550
79
Palle Suenson
Set of ten dining chairs, designed for the Aarhus Oliefabrik A/S office building
Estimate £7,000 - 10,000
80
Lucie Rie
Footed bowl
Estimate £18,000 - 24,000 ♠
81
Hans Coper
'Digswell' composite form
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
82
Rare white 'Cycladic Arrow' form
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ‡♠
83
Vase with flaring lip
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
84
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
85
Large 'New Knitted' bowl
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
86
Vase with fluted body and flaring lip
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡♠
87
Lidded coffee pot and milk jug
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡♠
Sold for £3,556
88
Squeezed bowl
Sold for £9,525
89
Tea and coffee set
Sold for £15,875
90
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £5,389
91
André Dubreuil
Pair of 'Soleil' wall-mounted candle holders
92
George Nakashima
Set of eleven 'New' chairs and one 'New' armchair
Estimate £16,000 - 24,000 ‡
93
'Slab II' coffee table
94
Prototype 'Alligator' chair, from the 'Banquete' series
95
'Casablanca' cabinet
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £5,334
96
Side table
97No Reserve
Jean-Claude Farhi
Sculpture
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 •‡
Sold for £3,175
98
Maria Pergay
Pair of 'Cube' tables
99
Stilnovo
Rare table lamp
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 Ω
100
Sideboard, model no. 2184, from the 'Modern by Singer' series
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
101
'Firenze' ceiling light
Sold for £11,430
102
Pair of 'Canada' armchairs
103
'Canada' sofa
104
Rare floor lamp
105
Carlo de Carli
Coffee table
Sold for £4,064
106
Charlotte Perriand
Low free-form table
107
Jacques Ruelland and Dani Ruelland
Group of eight vases from the 'Bouteilles' series and two vases from the 'Boules' series
Sold for £12,065
108
Egon Eiermann
Unique pair of armchairs, designed for Villa Vollberg, Berlin
Sold for £4,445
109
Dressing table
110
Roger Capron
111
Set of ten chairs, model no. 634
112
Floor lamp
113
114
Ico Parisi
Pair of rare armchairs
115
Pair of rare wardrobes
116
Set of six 'Sedia 73' folding chairs
117
'Specchio Gotico' wall-mounted mirrored cabinet
118
Sold for £3,048
119
G.R.A.U.
Custom cabinet with bookcase
120
Pietro Chiesa
121
Sold for £2,540
122
Pair of unique chairs, from the Dulciora offices, Milan
123
Magazine rack
124
Two-seater sofa
125
Vase
Sold for £6,350
126
127
Adjustable floor lamp, model no. 1049/N
128
Bookcase, from the 'Domus Nova' series
129
'Isabella' plate
130
Piero Bottoni
Custom extendable dining table, from Villa Davoli, Reggio Emilia
131
Dino Martens
132
Pair of custom armchairs, from Villa Davoli, Reggio Emilia
133
Carlo Bugatti
Games table
Sold for £24,765
134
Fontana Arte
Three flower holders, model nos. 2551, 2393 and 2552
135
Luciano Grassi, Sergio Conti and Marisa Forlani
Rare 'Artigianato' armchair, from the 'Monofilo' series