furniture, art & design
Bruno Gatta (Italy c20th)
An elegant pendant light by Bruno Gatta for Stilnovo. Circa 1950s.
36cm wide x 82cm high (including ceiling fitting)
It has three original lamp fittings and a frosted glass diffuser inside a black lacquered metal ring.
Price: 1.000 euro
Gianfranco Frattini (Italy 1926-2004)
Cassina model 780/783 stacking tables. Circa 1960s-70s
76cm diameter x 19.5 – 34cm high. Each table has its original Cassina label to the inside.
Rare set of four nesting/ stacking tables that rarely come up for sale in this large and low size. This playful design tables each have a circular formica top that is black on one side and white on the other that allow for multiple set up possibilities as they can be adapted to any interior design.
The larger and lower scale of this set compared to the higher narrower versions gives the design more of a ’70s lounge feel to the design.
Price: 6.900 euro
Enzo Mari (Italy 1932-2020)
Autoprogettazione Chair ‘Sedia 1’, after a design by Enzo Mari, 1990s.
Pine wood and nails. 50 x 52.5 x 85cm high (seat 47cm high)
In 1974, the Italian designer Enzo Mari published 19 furniture designs that one could make by oneself in his book ‘Autoprogettazione?’. With this programm he created a counter proposal to the paradigm of mass consumption, an alternative to formalism and opening a path to the democratisation of design.
This chair was made by a skilled carpenter according to the original ideas Enzo Mari in the 1990s and has since gained a desirable warm patina.
Nice original condition. Some small scratches and stains commensurate with age.
Price: 1.100 euro
Gerrit Rietveld (Nl 1888 – 1964)
Cassina ‘crate’ table. Early edition – late 70s/early 80s.
beech wood. 174.5 x 97.5 x 71cm high.
The original Crate Series were designed by Gerrit Rietveld in 1934 and sold mainly through the warehouse Metz &Co. The furniture was described in the store’s advertising as “weekend furniture,” suitable for “weekend houses, sunrooms, student and children’s rooms“.
This table or desk is a late 1970s or early 1980s Cassina edition. It has a very low manufacturers number (31) stamped on the underside next to the Cassina mark.
Price: 3.600 euro
Afra & Tobia Scarpa (Italy 1935- Now)
‘Soriana’ Lounge Chair & Ottoman. Cassina 1970s / early edition.
Early edition chair and ottoman. The chair does have a few issues with the upholstery (fading/ one small hole and minor staining) and would benefit from being reupholstered. The ottoman is in better condition with absolute minimal signs of age and use.
Price: Chair 2.900 euro / Ottoman 1.850 euro
Italian oak wood side chair. Circa 1950s.
Italian organic modernist chair. School of Carlo Mollino.
Price: 1,200 euro
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