Private collection, Cernobbio, commissioned from the designer, circa 1950
Roberta Lietti, Ico Parisi Catalogue Raisonné, 1936-1960, Milan, 2017, illustrated p. 438
Phillips wishes to thank Roberta Lietti of the Archivio del Design di Ico Parisi for her assistance cataloguing the present lot.
circa 1950Mahogany, steel, acrylic.56 x 32.2 x 34.9 cm (22 x 12 5/8 x 13 3/4 in.)Manufactured by Fratelli Rizzi, Intimiano, Italy.
Estimate£2,000 - 3,000
Sold for £5,000
London Auction 17 October 2019
1
Gio Ponti
Pair of rare armchairs
Estimate £18,000 - 24,000
Sold for £62,500
2
Pietro Lingeri
Rare cabinet, designed for the ‘Sala dei gabinetti di prova’ at the IV Monza Triennale
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £18,750
3
Carlo Scarpa
Rare mirror, model no. 77
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £27,500
4
Venini
Standard lamp, model no. 518
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
5
Wall-mounted chest of drawers
Sold for £43,750
6
Coffee table
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £15,000
7
Gino Sarfatti
Rare adjustable standard lamp, variant of model no. 1050/1
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 Ω
Sold for £32,500
8
Pietro Chiesa
Important and rare illuminated drinks cabinet
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000
Sold for £287,500
9
Luigi Caccia Dominioni
Two ‘Sasso’ adjustable table lamps, model no. Lta 1
10
Pierluigi Giordani
Pair of rare sofas
Sold for £22,500
11
Giuseppe Ostuni
Adjustable floor to ceiling lamp
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £8,125
12
Paolo Buffa
Rare illuminated drinks cabinet
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
13
Pair of andirons
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
14
Armchair, model no. 489
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £10,625
15
Piero Fornasetti
Unique 'Architettura' chest
Sold for £47,500
16
Thomas Stearns
Ceiling light
Sold for £8,750
17
Important executive desk
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000
Sold for £193,750
18
Table mirror, model no. 7
Sold for £12,500
19
Rare 'Lattimo Aurato' table lamp, model no. 9029
Sold for £21,250
20
Tomaso Buzzi
Bench
Sold for £2,500
21
Gilbert Poillerat
Set of four wall ornaments
22
Line Vautrin
‘Soleil torsadé’ mirror
Sold for £20,000
23
‘Soleil à pointes’ mirror, model no. 2
24
‘Chardon’ mirror
25
André Sornay
Pair of armchairs and ottoman
26
Rare table
27
Set of eight dining chairs
28
Yoichi Ohira
Unique 'Gioco del Fuoco' vase
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
29
Unique ‘Polvere con finestre’ vase
Sold for £17,500
30
Unique 'Notturno Veneziano' vase
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡
Sold for £6,250
31
Unique ‘Nastri e Murrine’ vase
Sold for £10,000
32
Peder Moos
Pivoting wall light
33
Junzo Sakakura
Pair of lounge chairs, model no. 5016
Sold for £16,250
34
Barbro Nilsson
Unique 'Hantverkets matta' rug, from the boardroom of Stockholms stads hantverksförening, The Craftsmen's House, Brunkebergstorg, Stockholm
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £81,250
35
Vittorio Gregotti, Lodovico Meneghetti and Giotto Stoppino
Table lamp, model no. 12827s
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Sold for £4,750
36
Uno Åhrén
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £7,500
37
Poul Henningsen
Pair of 'Artichoke' ceiling lights, designed for the Langelinie Pavilion restaurant, Copenhagen
38
Hans J. Wegner
Drop-leaf dining table, model no. AT304
39
'Chinese' armchair
40
Dagobert Peche
Table lamp, model no. M 3476
41
Ragnar Östberg
Sofa
42
Flavio Poli
Important and unique ceiling light
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £56,250
43
44
Osvaldo Borsani
Mirror
45
Fontana Arte
Three lidded boxes, model nos. 1781, 2121 and 2183
46
Set of eight side chairs
Sold for £3,750
47
Illuminated drinks cabinet
48
Ceiling light, model no. 5254
Sold for £60,000
49
Rick Owens
'Stag' bench
50
Ado Chale
Low table
Sold for £50,000
51
Jim Partridge
'Hall table'
52
Sir Edwin Lutyens
53
Lucie Rie
Oval bowl with fluted sides
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
54
Footed bowl
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £37,500
55
Conical bowl
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
56
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
57
Ico Parisi
‘Lerici’ modular bookcase
Sold for £30,000
58
Marco Comolli, Enrico Taglietti and Gigi Radice
Rare ‘Dodecaedra e poliedra o romboide’ ceiling light, model no. 12439
59
Rare low table
60
Rare bookcase
Sold for £11,250
61
Armchair, from the Fondazione Livio e Maria Garzanti, Forlì
62
Augusto Romano
Side table
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500
Sold for £5,250
63
Ceiling light, from the ‘Cheerio’ series
64
Max Ingrand
Flower-holder
65
Pair of rare table lamps, model no. 584/G
Sold for £25,000
66
Unique extendable dining table
67
Rare dining table
Estimate £28,000 - 38,000
68
Illuminated wardrobe
69
Pair of armchairs, designed for the second class dining room of the ‘Conte Biancamano’ ocean liner
70
Unique prototype folding coffee table
Sold for £100,000
71
72
Fourteen dining chairs, model no. 691
73
Extendable wall light, model no. 194n
74
Pair of 'Bergère' armchairs
75
‘Paraggi’ hanging mirror
76
Standard lamp, model no. 1569
Sold for £13,750
77
Jean Royère
78
Armand-Albert Rateau
Pair of wall lights, designed for Jeanne Lanvin, Paris
Sold for £175,000
79
'Goutte d’eau' low table
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £87,500
80
‘Mongolfiere’ bowl
81
Stilnovo
Adjustable standard lamp, model no. 4067
Estimate £3,500 - 4,500
Sold for £4,375
82No Reserve
Set of four side chairs, model no. 3222
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 Ω•
Sold for £1,875
83
Pierre Jeanneret
Pair of low chairs, model no. PJ-SI-36-A, designed for the High Court and P. U. Student residences, Chandigarh
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 †
84
Low sofa, model no. PJ-SI-36-B, designed for the High Court and P. U. Student residences, Chandigarh
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 †
Sold for £77,500
85
Charlotte Perriand
Large ‘Tokyo’ bench
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
Sold for £35,000
86
Armchair, model no. 21 and side chair, model no. 18, from 'L’Équipement de la Maison' series, Grenoble
87
Le Corbusier
Important and rare demountable Minister’s desk, model no. LC-TAT-07-A, designed for the High Court and the Secrétariat, Chandigarh
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 †
Sold for £137,500
88
Demountable easy chair, model no. PJ-SI-08-A, designed for the architect's own house, Chandigarh
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 †
89
Adjustable standard lamp, model no. 4033
90
Dining table
91
Set of eight side chairs, model no. 18
Sold for £9,375
92
Pair of rare adjustable table lamps, model no. 569/N
Sold for £6,875
93
Unique desk
94
Bench with drawer, from Cité Cansado, Mauritania
95
Standard lamp
96
Two plates
Estimate £3,500 - 5,500
97
'Diavolessa' preparatory drawing
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
98
Louis Durot
‘Spirale’ chair
99
François-Xavier Lalanne and Kazuhide Takahama
‘Rhinocéros’ five-panelled screen, from the ‘Ultramobile’ series
100
Rare table lamp
101
Vladimir Kagan
'Curved Floating Seat and Back' sofa, model no. 176SC
Sold for £23,750
102
Angelo Lelii
Set of six rare ceiling lights, model no. 12712
Sold for £75,000
103
Gio Ponti and Paolo De Poli
'Bucranio' and 'Diavolo' masks
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500
104
Pair of fireplace chairs
105
François-Xavier Lalanne
'Oiseau d'argent' extendable side table
106
Maria Pergay
‘Tapis Volant’ (Flying Carpet) daybed
Estimate £55,000 - 75,000 Ω
107
Ettore Sottsass, Jr.
108
Rare mirror
109
Important and unique coffee table with integrated bookshelves, from the architect's own apartment, Milan
110
Vase, model no. 183, from the ‘Ceramiche di serie’ series
Sold for £5,625
111
Vase, model no. 593, from the ‘Ceramiche a Fischietto’ series
112
Vase, model no. Y/28, from the ‘Yantra di Terracotta’ series
113
Vase, model no. Y/36, from the ‘Yantra di Terracotta’ series
114
‘Giorno di Nebbia’
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
115
Unique collage
Estimate £18,000 - 24,000 ♠
116
Vase, model no. Y/34, from the ‘Yantra di Terracotta’ series
117
Rare vase, model no. Y/15, from the ‘Yantra di Terracotta’ series
118
Vase, model no. Y/32, from the ‘Yantra di Terracotta’ series
Sold for £3,500
119
Vase, model no. Y/29, from the ‘Yantra di Terracotta’ series
120
Lidded box, model no. Y/27, from the ‘Yantra di Terracotta’ series
121
122
Norman Foster
'Arc' table
123
Tord Boontje
Large 'Blossom' chandelier
124
Joris Laarman
'Bone' armchair
Estimate £180,000 - 220,000
Sold for £237,500
125
Ron Arad
‘Blo-Void 1’
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
126
Lino Sabattini
Unique 'Espansione in vetro verde', 'Espansione libera in rosso' and two 'O-Servo' vases
127
Attributed to Umberto Bellotto
Large ceiling light
128
‘Blo-Void 2’
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
129
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000
130
131
Coffee table, model no. 2354
Sold for £11,875
132
Vase, model no. 3569
133
Settee
134
Arteluce
Adjustable wall light
135
Vase, model no. 11002
136
Carlo Paccagnini
Desk
137
Pair of large wall lights, model no. 12824
138
139
Unique wall-mounted cabinet
140
Vase, model no. 1023
141
Unique bedside table
142
143
Pair of large and rare ceiling lights
144
Lella Vignelli and Massimo Vignelli
Rare 'Pisa' table
145
Gaetano Pesce
Prototype 'Moloch' adjustable floor lamp
146
‘Città d’argento’ vase
147
Dressing table
148
Ceiling light, model no. 2066
149
This lot is no longer available.
150
Josef Hoffmann
Set of twelve 'Rundes modell' tea-coffee spoons, model no. S 0799 (M 0851)
151
Table lamp, model no. M 3038
152
153
154
Paolo De Poli
Vase, dish and bowl
155
Roberto Aloi
Writing desk
156
Fausto Melotti
Set of 20 tiles, from Ico and Luisa Parisi's apartment, Como