Franco Albini - The Architect London Monday, April 28, 2014 | Phillips
  • Literature

    Guglielmo Ulrich, Arredatori Contemporanei, Milan, 1949, n.p. for a drawing and period image
    Domus (Milan), no. 243, February 1950, p. 41; no. 315, February 1956, n.p.; no. 383, October 1961, pp. 21-22; no. 729, July 1991, p. 65
    Emilio Ambasz, Italy: The New Domestic Landscape: Achievements and Problems of Italian Design, exh. cat., Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1972, p. 328, fig. 37
    Penny Sparke, Italian Design: 1870 to the Present, London, 1988, p. 110
    Albrecht Bangert, Italian Furniture Design: Ideas Styles Movements, Munich, 1988, p. 82, fig. 10

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Pair of early and rare 'Luisa' chairs

circa 1955
Walnut, fabric.
Each: 76.1 x 49.7 x 60.7 cm (29 7/8 x 19 5/8 x 23 7/8 in.)
Manufactured by Poggi, Italy.

Estimate
£6,000 - 8,000 

Sold for £10,625

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Created by Lee F. Mindel, London Auction 29 April 2014 6pm