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Gaetano Pesce (Italy 1939-2024)

Cassina 1980s. Designed by Gaetano Pesce in the 1980s this is a rare early low back edition feltri (felt) chair which was purchased from its first owner.

113cm wide (at its widest with quilt attached) x 83cm deep x 72cm high (seat height is 44cm)

The feltri chair is a radical 1980s Italian design that brought craft materials and thinking into the realm of product design. Pesce was aware (like the artist Joseph Beuys in the 70s) of the symbolism of felt as an industrial material – serving as a metaphor for warmth, survival and psychological protection. The feltri was manufactured with detachable quilt back and seat covers a variety of colourways  (like many products during the era) in order to appeal to the taste of customers. This chair has a black seat and extra back cushion and a light soft pink detachable quilt (the previous owner used it mostly without the quilt). 

Price: on request / currently on hold

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Gaetano Pesce (Italy 1939-2024)

Designed by Gaetano Pesce in the 1980s this is an early edition feltri (felt) Cassina chair which was purchased from its first owner.

100cm wide x 84cm deep x 113cm high (seat height is 45cm)

The feltri chair is a radical 1980s Italian design that brought craft materials and thinking into the realm of product design. Pesce was aware (like the artist Joseph Beuys in the 70s) of the symbolism of felt as an industrial material – serving as a metaphor for warmth, survival and psychological protection. These chairs were manufactured with detachable back quilts and seats in a variety of colorways  (like many products during the era) in order to appeal to the taste of customers. This chair has a black seat and extra back cushion and a light ‘baby blue’ quilt. (the previous owner used it mostly without the quilt attached).

Price: 3.900 euro

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Shiro Kuramata (Japan 1934-1991)

Lacquered and chromed Metal. 1980s

A rare design classic: An umbrella stand designed by Shiro Kuramata for Pastoe in 1986. In a design typical of the Postmodern period it establishes an effective playful synthesis of art and functionality.

The Dutch company Pastoe only produced this model for two years and not many were manufactured during that period.

Price: 2.300 euro

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Locus Solus chairs

Gae Aulenti (Italy 1927-2012)

Set of 4 ‘Locus Solus’ chairs for Poltronova, Italy 1960s

55.5 x 54 x 66.5cm high

enamelled black tubular metal frames with perforated seats. This set comes with their original loose waxed cotton cushions with dotted black on grey pattern. The design of these chairs was intended to be a playful take on the classic bentwood design.

Price: 4.000 euro (set of 4)

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signed art object 1990s

Unknown artist (1990s)

41 x 31 x 62cm high

An unusual large sculpture made out of waxed fiber and composite material. This stylish work is made by a unknown artist in 1993.
Signed JE and dated 93 on the top sphere. Its natural colouring and materials combined with surreal forms make this a real statement piece….for anyone interested in combining it into an experimental interior.

Price: 875 euro

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Philippe Starck (Fr.1949-Now)

Early edition Wendy Wright chair for Disform, 1986. Grey coated steel.

A balanced architectural chair composed of primary geometric shapes.

Price: 1.875 euro

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1980s side chair

Sido and François Thévenin (France mid-c20th)

metal & buffalo leather side chair. Stamped. 1970s/80s.

An elegant sculptural side chair made by the famous French duo known for working across a range of specialisms including architecture, sculpture and furniture design. Like many imaginative artist/designers who came to the fore in the 1980s, their work combines elements of Postmodernism to create a narrative object : Gothic, baroque and brutalism combined in a theatrical narrative. This 1970s-80s art-chair would look fabulous in any stylish interior. It has the maker’s brandished marks to the back of the leather seat.

Born on the French Riviera in 1931, François Thévenin’s output oscillates between architecture, sculpture, design and poetry using his favourite material, metal. Trained at the Beaux-Arts in Paris in the 1950s, he met his future wife and partner Gisèle Sidoti, known as Sido (1934-86). In 1958, after his military service, François and Sido moved to the south, to Cannes-la-Bocca, where their house-workshop is still located.

Price: 3,200 euro

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