Rare modernist furniture, art & design
Beech & maple wood cabinet/ sideboard. Manufactured by a small Uk company making furniture just after WWII for the retailer Heals. It has attractive curved interior drawers and a small compartment to the back of the door. A rare example of early British modernism and the emerging spirit of the 1950s.
Price: 1,400 euro
Erik Ole Jørgensen (Denmark 1925-2002)
J361 lounge chair. Manufactured by Bovirke, Denmark. Circa 1960s
Aluminium frame and slung suede and canvas upholstery.
Price: 3,150 euro
Carlo Pagani (Italy mid-c20th)
Dining table/ Lacquered steel, glass and wood.
Rare dining table / desk designed by Italian architect Carlo Pagani for Metz & Co., Netherlands. circa 1950.
The table is pictured in Metz & Co de Creatieve Jaren, Petra Timmer, 1995
Price: 4,250 euro
French mid-century metal & glass coffee table.
A 1950s French table with a circular metal base with hairpin legs and a stunning thick handmade glass top.
Price: 985 euro
Charlotte Perriand Les Arcs stool
Charlotte Perriand (France 1903-1999)
A rare pine stool for Les Arcs. Circa 1960s.
Literature: Mary McLeod, ed., Charlotte Perriand: An Art of Living, New York, 2003, p.192 (for the model in the Résidence des Trois Arcs, Arc 1600)
Price: 2,500 euro
Ilmari Tapiovaara (Finland 1914-99)
Solid lacquered pine and beech wood.
A mid-century Scandinavian design set by Illmari Tapiovaara for Laukaan Puu, Finland. This classic ‘Pirkka’ set is composed of a large table, a bench and three chairs.
Designed in 1955 this set is an early production from around the late 1950s-early 1960s. Each piece carries the makers burnished marks alongside the designer’s name.
Price: 4,250 euro
Mid-century armchair
Designer/maker unknown. Circa 1960s high back chair with teak frame and woven rattan seating and back.
The chair has a refined elegance and light weight: Condition is superb.
h.103.5cm x w.56.5cm x d.74cm
Price: 1,100 euro
Werkstätten Hagenauer.
Circa 1950s. Double sided carved head of an African woman.
33.5 x 25 x 9cm
It has a warm patina and is mounted onto a 3mm brass base plate. [more images available on request]
Price: 950.00 euro
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