Fontana Arte Illuminazione (Milan), 1960s, p. 63Laura Falconi, Fontana Arte: Una Storia Trasparente, Milan, 1998, p. 125 for an advert
circa 1961Coloured glass, mirrored glass, acrylic, painted tubular metal, painted metal.169 cm (66 1/2 in) high, 60 cm (23 5/8 in) diameterManufactured by Fontana Arte, Milan, Italy.
Estimate£15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £17,500
26 April 2012 London
1
Koloman Moser
Ceiling light
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £7,500
2
Diego Giacometti
‘L’autruche’
Estimate £40,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £58,850
3
Jean Dunand
Small footed vase
Sold for £10,000
4
Jean-Michel Frank
Important side table with drawer, designed for Nelson Rockefeller residence
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £97,250
5
Folding screen
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 Ω♠
Sold for £43,250
6
‘Bibliothèque au Mexique’
Estimate £300,000 - 400,000 Ω♠
Sold for £361,250
7
Josef Hoffmann
Rare cigarette box
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £5,625
8
Raymond Subes
Pair of stools
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £12,500
9
Jacques Adnet
Rare integrated desk and chair
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £37,250
10
Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann
Monumental uplighter
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
11
Pair of ‘Drouant’ armchairs, model no. 101 NR
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 Ω
Sold for £79,250
12
Desk with articulated lamp
Estimate £220,000 - 280,000 †
Sold for £241,250
13
Small ovoid vase
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 Ω♠
14
Pair of 'Hydravion' armchairs
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 Ω
Sold for £133,250
15
Pair of ‘Tournicol’ side tables, model no. 1009 AR
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 Ω
Sold for £121,250
16
Compote
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 Ω♠
Sold for £8,125
17
Lidded box
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 Ω♠
Sold for £15,000
18
Lucie Rie
Very rare pot from the ‘Vienna Period’
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000 ♠
Sold for £3,000
19
Early squared vase
Sold for £5,250
20
Small vase
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £4,375
21
Small vase with flaring lip
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡♠
22
Bowl
Sold for £11,250
23
Estimate £16,000 - 24,000 ♠
24
‘Knitted’ Bowl
Sold for £13,750
25
Pure white bowl with golden rim
Estimate £12,000 - 16,000 ‡♠
Sold for £32,450
26
Unique bottle
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £18,750
27
Small oval Bowl
Sold for £10,625
28
Footed bowl
Estimate £14,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
Sold for £39,650
29
Large footed Bowl
Estimate £16,000 - 24,000 ‡♠
30
Rare large flower Vase
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
31
Vase with flaring lip
Sold for £20,000
32
Bulb bowl
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
Sold for £6,875
33
Large bowl
34
Vase
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡♠
Sold for £6,250
35
Small bowl with inlaid design
Sold for £9,375
36
Bottle with flaring lip
Estimate £6,000 - 9,000 ‡♠
37
Dish with inlaid design
Sold for £4,000
38
Early rounded bowl with inlay
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500 ‡♠
39
Footed bowl with inlaid lines
40
Squared pot with enclosed rim
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000 ‡♠
Sold for £8,750
41
Large 'Knitted' bowl
42
Rare oval bowl
Sold for £21,250
43
Hans Coper
Spherical pot with disc top
Estimate £10,000 - 14,000 ♠
Sold for £16,250
44
Jean Royère
Armchair
Estimate £30,000 - 45,000 ♠
Sold for £56,450
45
46
'Mille Pattes' standard lamp
Estimate £40,000 - 50,000 Ω♠
Sold for £67,250
47
Alexandre Noll
Shallow bowl
Sold for £4,750
48
Pair of ‘Trefle’ bridge armchairs
Estimate £20,000 - 35,000 ♠
49
50
Waste-paper basket
Sold for £6,000
51
Georges Jouve
Group of three vases
Estimate £6,000 - 9,000 ♠
52
‘Sphere’ coffee table
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ♠
Sold for £217,250
53
Jean Besnard
Table lamp
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠†
54
‘Bouquet’ five-arm wall light
55
Sofa
Estimate £120,000 - 160,000 ♠
Sold for £193,250
56
'Croisillons' wall light
Sold for £115,250
57
‘Bouquet’ chandelier
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
58
Set of four side chairs
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
59
‘Toro’ plate
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
60
'Serpentin' wall light
Estimate £20,000 - 25,000 Ω♠
Sold for £25,000
61
Maarten Baas
Unique double doors, from the ‘Smoke’ series
62
Barnaby Barford
'If my father could see me now!', mirror
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡♠
63
Zanini de Zanine Caldas
‘Trapezio’ low chair, from the 'Reclaimed Woods' series
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500 ‡
64
Fernando Campana and Humberto Campana
‘Cake’ stool
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 †
65
Gordon Baldwin
Vessel with spout and flag
Sold for £3,500
66
‘Vessel in the form of a voice’ sculptural form in two pieces
67
Ron Arad
‘Big easy volume 2 for 2' sofa
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡♠
Sold for £73,250
68
Claudi Casanovas
‘Pedra Oberta’
69
Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec
‘ASSEMBLAGE #5’ from the 'Collection Assemblages' series 250, 150, 60
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
70
Ewen Henderson
‘Sack’ form
71
Sold for £2,750
72
Unique ‘B.O.O.P. (Blown Out of Proportion)’ vase
73
Sebastian Brajkovic
Prototype ‘Lathe’ chair, for graduation thesis
74
‘Honda’ vase
Sold for £28,750
75
Orsina Sforza
Unique ‘Bernini’ table lamp
Estimate £1,200 - 1,800 ♠
Sold for £1,625
76
Prototype ‘Lathe III’ chair
77
Large armchair, from the ‘Sculpt’ series
Estimate £9,000 - 14,000 ♠
78
Unique desk, from the ‘Smoke’ series
79
Tall composite totem vessel
80
‘Monad with square’ sculptural vessel
81
Sir David Adjaye
Pair of 'Type IV-Giza’ chaises longues, from the 'Monoforms' series
82
Edmund de Waal
Lidded vessel
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500 ♠
83
Sold for £5,000
84
Tall lidded vessel
85
Lidded jar
Estimate £3,500 - 4,500 ♠
Sold for £7,750
86
Poul Henningsen
Early ceiling light with model no. PH 5/5 shades
87
Kaare Klint
‘Propeller’ folding stool, model no. 8783
88
Ole Wanscher
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
89
Ivar Johnsson
Pair of ‘Venus’ urns
Estimate £12,000 - 15,000 ♠
90
Sylvia Stave
Pair of vases
91
Otto Schultz
Console
92
Bernard Leach
Flask
93
94
Six-arm ‘Academy’ chandelier with model no. 3/2 shades
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
95
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Rare ‘Tugendhat’ coffee table, model no. MR 150/3, produced by Bamberg
Estimate £45,000 - 55,000 ♠
96
Early pair of ‘Tugendhat’ cantilever chairs, model no. MR 60/4, possibly
Estimate £60,000 - 90,000 ♠
97
Pair of ‘Tugendhat’ ceiling lights
98
Wilhelm Wagenfeld
Dish
Sold for £3,750
99
Archizoom Associati
‘Mies’ lounge chair and illuminated ottoman
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
100
Gino Sarfatti
Table lamp, model no. 594
Sold for £2,500
101
Ceiling light, model no. 2042/6
102
Rare standard lamp, model no. 1006
103
Luciano Bertoncini
‘Zattera’ bed
104
Richard Slee
'Pot and sprout'
105
'Rabbit'
106
Günter Beltzig
‘Floris’ stacking chair
107
Verner Panton
Pair of ‘Wonderlamp’ ceiling lights, model no. TYP H
Sold for £22,500
108
Luigi Colani
‘TV-Relax’ recliner
109
Andrea Bellosi
‘Arc en Ciel’ table lamp
110
Alessandro Mendini
‘Wassily’ chair, from the 'Redesign di sedie del movimento moderno' series
111
'Spaziale' chair
112
Rare ‘Kandissa’ mirror
Estimate £7,000 - 10,000 ♠
113
‘Ondoso’ coffee table
114
Early ‘Poltrona di Proust’
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
Sold for £91,250
115
Serge Mouille
Seven-arm wall light
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ♠
Sold for £145,250
116
Charlotte Perriand
Large sideboard
Sold for £49,250
117
‘Cocotte’ desk lamp
118
‘Tokyo’ bench
Estimate £12,000 - 16,000 ♠
119
Coat rack, designed for the Hôtel le Doron, Méribel
120
Estimate £10,000 - 12,000 ♠
121
Charlotte Perriand and Pierre Jeanneret
Pair of three-legged stools, from the l’Equipement de la Maison series
Sold for £11,875
122
Mathieu Matégot
Table
123
Le Corbusier
Cube stool, from la Maison du Brésil, Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris
Sold for £45,650
124
Georges Jouve and Mathieu Matégot
‘Patte d’ours’ ashtray on stand
Estimate £2,000 - 4,000 ♠
125
Jean Prouvé
‘Compas’ cafétéria table, model no. 512
Estimate £5,000 - 8,000 ♠
126
‘C.P.D.E.’ desk
Estimate £25,000 - 45,000 ♠
Sold for £31,250
127
Wardrobe, model no. AP 11
Estimate £20,000 - 40,000 ♠
128
Pair of ‘Tuyau’ lights
129
Child’s desk, model no. 804
130
Bench with drawer, from Cité Cansado, Mauritania
131
‘Nuage’ shelf from the Société Anonyme des Mines de Fer de Mauritanie
Estimate £38,000 - 48,000 Ω♠
Sold for £61,250
132
Sideboard, model no. BA 12/150
Estimate £40,000 - 70,000 ♠
133
Adjustable standard lamp
Estimate £2,800 - 3,500 ♠
134
Pair of low armchairs
135
André Arbus
‘Bateau’ daybed
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
136
137
138
Marc du Plantier
Coffee table
Sold for £99,650
139
Five-arm ceiling light
140
Pair of armchairs
141
Jacques Quinet
142
Martin Olsen
Low chair
143
Carl-Harry Stålhane
144
145
Jennifer Lee
'Dark, lichen speckled stripes' bowl
Sold for £1,750
146
Peter Collingwood
Unique ‘2-Dimensional Macrogauze’, commissioned for the St. James Church, Nayland, Suffolk
147
Hans J. Wegner
Pair of folding chairs with hanging bracket, model no. JH-512
148
Poul Kjærholm
Nest of three tables, model no. PK 71
149
Stig Lindberg
'Tokyo' vase
Estimate £1,200 - 1,500 ♠
Sold for £2,250
150
Pair of armchairs, model no. PK 31
151
Paavo Tynell
Pair of standard lamps
152
Pair of low chairs, model no. PK 22
153
Vilhelm Lauritzen
Pair of desk lamps
154
Arne Jacobsen
‘Egg’ chair, model no. 3316, and later ottoman, model no. 3127
155
Henning Koppel
Sold for £1,500
156
Finn Juhl
Armchair, model no. NV 45
157
Alvar Aalto
Pair of cantilevered low chairs, model no. 21
158
Extendable dining table
159
Set of eight stacking dining chairs, model no. 611
160
Set of three ‘Gnurglor’ vases
161
'Swan' sofa, model no. 3321
162
Timo Sarpaneva
'Claritas' vase
163
‘Angel’s Wing’ standard lamp, model no. A805
164
Ado Chale
Large coffee table
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ♠
Sold for £103,250
165
Emiel Veranneman
Standard lamp
166
Set of six chairs
167
Pair of adjustable table lights
168
Gabriella Crespi
Extendable coffee table, for a private commission, Milan
169
Unique banquette, for the apartment of Christiane d’Estienne, Paris
170
Roberto Aloi
Illuminated glass panel, designed for 'Cristoforo Colombo' ocean liner
171
This lot is no longer available.
172
Gio Ponti
‘L'Amore Dell'Antichità’ plate
173
Carlo Scarpa
Ceiling light, model no. 5417
174
Max Ingrand
Rare mirror
Estimate £14,000 - 16,000 ♠
175
Pair of armchairs from the hotel Bristol, Merano
176
Armchair, model no. 504
177
Venini
Pair of large wall lights
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
178
Antonio Giacche
Tureen
179
Rare plate, from the ‘Venatoria’ series
180
Vittorio Zecchin
Monumental chandelier
181
Pietro Chiesa
182
Pair of table lamps, model no. 2228
183
Standard lamp model no. 2020
184
Pair of table lamps
185
Occasional table
186
Osvaldo Borsani and Lucio Fontana
Rare coffee table
Estimate £32,000 - 38,000 ♠
187
Centrepiece
188
Luigi Genazzi
Pitcher with underplate
189
Pair of wall lights, model no. 2311
190
191
Giotto Stoppino
‘Camera per ragazzo’, modular room for a teenager
192
Attributed to Ico Parisi
Dining table
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠†
193
Rare chandelier, from the Palazzo Gallini, Voghera
194
Pair of wall lights, from the Palazzo Gallini, Voghera
195
Piero Fornasetti
‘Malachite’ folding trolley
196
Osvaldo Borsani
Pair of consoles
197
Set of four wall lights, from the ‘Cheerio’ series
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000
198
199
Rare armchair
200
Double bed with intergrated shelves, drawers, and adjustable lights
201
Standard lamp, model no. 2251
202
Rare dining table
203
Arredoluce
Articulated standard lamp
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
204
205
Attributed to Carlo De Carli
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠†
206
Studio B.B.P.R.
Pair of exterior wall lights, from the Cinema Mediolanum, Milan
207
208
Large extendable standard lamp
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
209
Coffee table, model no. 2341
210
Gio Ponti and Piero Fornasetti
Unique wall-mounted cabinet, designed for the apartment of Ingegner Preti, Milan
211
Angelo Lelii
Six-arm ceiling light