Tag: postmodernism

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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: 1.150 euro

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Jochen Kirschstein (Germany c20th-now)

Model 29 Chair. 1980s/90s

painted wood & plywood construction.

98.5 x 51 x 87.5cm high

This chair is as close to a sculpture as it is a radical design piece – It is a unique piece, seamlessly blending modern minimalism with artisanal woodwork to create a bold, architectural form. An eye-catcher for any experimental interior.

Price: 2.350 euro

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Art Deco stool

A 1930s Art Deco vanity stool. Unknown origin. (unrestored)

Mahogany and maple wood veneers around a wooden constructed base.

We have left the period linen upholstery – A possible upholstery project or just left as it is.

Price: 1.250 euro

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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: 900 euro

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Martin Visser (Nl. 1922-2009)

Rare SE20 chair manufactured by ’t Spectrum Bergeyk 1980s. This late experimental Visser design from 1988 was only manufactured as a very limited production (20 or so?) making it a real collector or museum piece and prime example of Dutch postmodern design. It was manufactured in various colourways – this chair is a vibrant cobalt blue.

In superb hardly used condition.

See: Boijmans Museum collection / literature: ‘tSpectrum Moderne meubelvormgeving en naoorlogs idealisme. Uitgeverij 010, Rotterdam 2002.

Price: 3.950 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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Oak constructivist table

Circa 1930s-40s table / desk

99.5 x 62 x 74.5cm high / solid oak construction.

Dutch oak constructivist table. A simple designed small side table (or desk) that combines classical and geometric block components to form a bold design table with quite an architectural feel to it.

There are some old marks and patina from years of use, but overall it is in good solid condition.

Price: 895 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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