High Court, Chandigarh, India
Eric Touchaleaume and Gerald Moreau, Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, The Indian Adventure: Design-Art-Architecture, Paris, 2010, pp. 177, 567
1955-1956Teak, hide.136.5 x 81.5 x 77 cm (53 3/4 x 32 1/8 x 30 3/8 in.)
Estimate£20,000 - 30,000
London Auction 28 April 2016
101
Line Vautrin
'Soleil Torsadé' mirror
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £6,250
102
Mathieu Matégot
Wall light
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £12,500
103
Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret
Rare 'Court's President' armchair, designed for the High Court, Chandigarh
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
104
Pierre Jeanneret
'Large coffee table', model no. PJ-TB-03-C, designed for the Assembly and private residencies, Chandigarh
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
105
Charlotte Perriand
Bibliothèque, model no. 13, from 'L’Equipement de la Maison' series
Sold for £22,500
106
This lot is no longer available.
107
Folding screen, model no. PJ-DIVIDERS-01-A, designed for the Secretariat, the Assembly and the Punjab University administrative buildings, Chandigarh
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000
108
Jean Prouvé
'Cité' table, model no. 500, designed for the Cité Universitaire, Nancy
Estimate £6,000 - 10,000
Sold for £8,750
109
'Administrative desk', model no. PJ-BU-19-A, designed for administrative buildings, Chandigarh
110
Rare demountable chair, model no. CB 22
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £37,500
111
Pair of 'Committee' armchairs, model no. PJ-SI-30-A, designed for the High Court, the Assembly and Punjab University administrative buildings, Chandigarh
Sold for £25,000
112
Low table, from the Ferembal House, Nancy
Sold for £62,500
113
'Marcoule' bench, designed for the Centre d'études atomiques, Marcoule
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £8,500
114
Wardrobe, variant of model no. 100
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £21,250
115
Set of six armchairs, model no. PJ-AH-09-A, from the Mill Owners' Association Building, Ahmedabad
Estimate £35,000 - 45,000 Ω
116
Josef Hoffmann
Rare armchair
117
'Körbchen' basket, model no. S 509
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
118
Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann
Pair of wall lights, model no. 3639NR
Sold for £50,000
119
Jean-Michel Frank
Pair of 'X' table lamps, from the Hotel Horizonte, Mar del Plata
Sold for £33,750
120
Stool
Sold for £13,750
121
Maurice Marinot
Bottle
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
122
'Pagoda' side table
123
Table lamp, model no. 3012AR/3314NR
Sold for £15,000
124
Jean Royère
Coffee table
125
Eight-armed 'Bouquet' chandelier
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 Ω
Sold for £52,500
126
Lucie Rie
Conical bowl
Estimate £16,000 - 24,000 ‡♠
127
Gerrit Thomas Rietveld
Early 'Zig-Zag' chair
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000 Ω
Sold for £18,750
128
Pair of stools
Sold for £20,000
129
Dominique - André Domin and Marcel Genevrière
Smoker table
Estimate £10,000 - 12,000
Sold for £10,000
130
Maison Desny
Pair of lamps
131
Jacques Quinet
Pair of large andirons, from the villa of Mr Gaudino, Martigues
132
'Red-blue' armchair
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
133
Raphaël
Dressing sideboard
Estimate £16,000 - 22,000
134
Bed and lounge chair
135
Unique table lamp, from Jacques Quinet's villa, La Renardière, Deauville
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £3,125
136
137
Rare table lamp, from the Zambeze ocean liner
Sold for £4,375
138
Yoichi Ohira
Unique 'Fiori Rossi' vase, from the 'Metamorfosi Orientale' series
139
Unique 'Sogno' vase, from the 'Polvere' series
Sold for £16,250
140
Unique 'Murrine con fili orrizzontali e fili verticali' vase
Sold for £23,750
141
Unique 'Mosaico' vase, from the 'Pasta Vitrea' series
142
Unique vase
143
Unique 'Laguna' vase, from the 'Laguna' series
144
Unique 'Vaso avorio con fili rossi', from the 'Metamorfosi Orientale' series
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
145
Unique 'Zucca in avorio con fili rossi' vase, from the 'Metamorfosi Orientale' series
146
Unique 'Cosmos' vase
147
Shiro Kuramata
'Acrylic stool', designed for the Spiral boutique, The Axis Building, Roppongi, Tokyo
Sold for £72,100
148
Fabrice Ausset
Prototype 'Webwood' coffee table
149
nendo
'Fadeout-chair'
150
Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec
'Perles de Marbre' necklace
Sold for £6,000
151
Yves Klein
'Table bleue'
Sold for £17,500
152
Fernando Campana and Humberto Campana
'Sushi Buffet' sideboard, from the 'Sushi' collection
Estimate £40,000 - 50,000
Sold for £43,750
153
Ron Arad
'Creature Comfort'
154
155
Cesare Casati
Rare 'Uovo Orizzontale' table lamp
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000
Sold for £3,750
156
Alessandro Mendini and Shiro Kuramata
'100% Make Up' lidded vase, model no. 47
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
157
Yonel Lebovici
'Épingle de Nourrice' standard lamp
158
Franz West
'Privat-Lampe des Künstlers II' standard lamp
159
Early 'Expanded Metal Chair', model no B.I.-86
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500
160
Set of six 'Apple Honey' chairs
161
162
'Alligator Banquete' chair
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000 Ω
163
'Fiche Mâle' lamp
164
Table lamp, designed for Niels Onstad's apartment, Neuilly-sur-Seine
Sold for £6,875
165
'Lupa' chair
166
Poul Henningsen
Early and rare ceiling light, type 3/3 shades
167
Hans J. Wegner
Pair of 'Ox' lounge armchairs, model no. AP-46 and stool, model no. AP-49
Sold for £32,500
168
Barbro Nilsson
'Krabban' (Crab) rug
169
Axel Einar Hjorth
Set of eight high-back chairs, from the 'Lovö' series
Estimate £18,000 - 24,000
170
Eva Hild
'Layer'
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
171
Pair of early 'Peacock' armchairs
172
Børge Mogensen
Unique chest of drawers, designed for the 'Copenhagen Cabinetmakers' Guild' exhibition
173
Set of twelve 'The Chair' armchairs
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000
Sold for £40,000
174
Armchair, designed for the City Council Chamber, Aarhus City Hall
175
Mogens Koch
Important worktable
176
Pair of wall lights
Estimate £7,000 - 10,000
177
'Snäckorna' (Snails/Sea Shells) rug
178
Pair of rare 'Web' lounge chairs, model no. JH719
179
Finn Juhl
Set of twelve dining chairs, model no. FJ 51
180
Extendable dining table, model no. FJ 56
181
Alvar Aalto
Set of three ceiling lights, model no. A335
Sold for £7,500
182
Junzo Sakakura
Pair of early lounge chairs, model no. 5016
Sold for £7,250
183
'Angel's Wing' standard lamp, model no. A805
184
Tea trolley, model no. 900
185
Tapio Wirkkala
Set of four 'Nikke' dining chairs, model no. 9019
186
Early vase, model no. 9750, from the 'Eskimoerindens skinnbuxa' sketch series
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡
187
188
Nanna Ditzel
Pair of 'Ring' easy chairs
189
Piet Hein
Set of six bar stools, model no. FL 9511
190
Ilmari Tapiovaara
Pair of rare 'Pirkka' easy chairs, model no. 2021
191
Low bench, model no. 2005 and coffee table
Sold for £3,500
192
Preben Fabricius and Jørgen Kastholm
Early and rare 'Grasshopper' chaise longue, model no. FK87, with cane seat
193
Gino Sarfatti
Pair of wall lights, model no. 225
Sold for £11,250
194
Gio Ponti
Desk
195
Melchiorre Bega
Pair of armchairs
Sold for £9,375
196
Corner sofa
197
198
Gio Ponti and Pietro Chiesa
Ceiling light
Sold for £5,000
199
Fontana Arte
Side table
200
Gabriella Crespi
'Lazy Susan' with set of four dishes
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000
Sold for £5,250
201
Pair of rare armchairs
202
Ceiling light, model no. 2134
Sold for £4,750
203
Ico Parisi
Rare sideboard
204
Max Ingrand
Ceiling light, model no. 1508
205
Pietro Chiesa
Rare side table
206
Set of eight armchairs, model no. 498, designed for the First Class Game Room of the 'Giulio Cesare' transatlantic ocean liner
207
Paolo Buffa
Pair of armchairs, model no. 275
Sold for £11,875
208
'Struzzo', 'Airone', a group of animal sculptures and a magnifying glass
209
Angelo Lelii
Pair of rare ceiling lights
210
'Iride' standard lamp
Sold for £7,750
211
Arredoluce
Standard lamp
212
Stilnovo
213
Adjustable standard lamp
Sold for £8,125
214
Oluce
Sold for £2,500
215
Ignazio Gardella
Three-armed 'Arenzano' standard lamp
Sold for £3,000
216
Rare standard lamp
217
Franco Buzzi
218
219
Standard lamp, model no. 12626
220
221
'Bilia' table lamp, model no. 2474
Estimate £1,500 - 2,500
222
Adjustable table lamp
223
Oscar Torlasco
Two adjustable table lamps
Sold for £3,250
224
Studio B.B.P.R.
Pair of 'Polinnia' standard lamps
225
Standard lamp, model no. 1992
226
Elio Monesi
227
Set of three wall lights, model no. 2272
228
Paolo Venini
'Canoa' dish, model no. 4884
229
Pair of table lamps, model no. 2216
230
Table lamp
231
Pair of early wall lights
Sold for £5,625
232
Osvaldo Borsani
Pair of low tables, model no. T61
233
Gianfranco Frattini
Sofa, model no. 872
234
Rare centrepiece
Estimate £1,800 - 2,400
235
Rare table lamp
236
Pair of ceiling lights, model no. 2259
237
Giovanni Ferrabini
Dining table
238
Guglielmo Ulrich
Wardrobe
239
Large vase
240
Pair of rare armchairs, designed for the First Class Reception Room of the 'Conte Grande' transatlantic ocean liner
Estimate £14,000 - 18,000
Sold for £53,750
241
242
Dressing table
243
Carlo Scarpa
Ceiling light, variant of model no. 5281
244
Ercole Barovier
Rare and important 'Spuma di Mare' vase
245
Counterbalance ceiling light, model no. 12432
Sold for £13,125
246
Ettore Sottsass, Jr.
Sideboard
247
Flavio Poli
Large ceiling light
Sold for £56,250
248
'Crepuscolo' vase, model no. 14038
249
Rare coffee table
250
Gino Levi Montalcini
Set of four chairs and four armchairs
251
Pair of wall-mounted consoles
Estimate £16,000 - 24,000
252
253
Illuminated drinks cabinet
254
255
Emilio Lancia
256
Tomaso Buzzi
Rare ceiling light, model no. 5040
257
Napoleone Martinuzzi
258
Console
259
Monumental wall light, designed for the Bauer Hotel, Venice
260
'Incamiciato' vase, model no. 3939A
261
262
Chandelier, model no. 207