Chairs, Chair Design and Chair Designers
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Buzz Yudell, Sunergy chair
by Art Woodworking & Mfg., Co., USA, 2008
ColorThrue Compact by Formica in Black and Cafe with Velour finish, steel
71.25 w x 26.5 d x 32.5 h inches
This work is number three from the edition of three aside from one artist’s proof.Estimate: $30,000 – $40,000
Result: not sold
via Wright Auctions
Rocking chaise, model no. PS16 by Franco Albini, 1956
Walnut, bent walnut, fabric, rope. 28 x 70 1/2 x 24 3/8 in. (71.1 x 179.1 x 61.9 cm.) Manufactured by Poggi, Italy. Together with original fabric cushion.
ESTIMATE $40,000-60,000
LITERATURE Giuliana Gramigna, Repertorio 1950/1980, Milan, 1985, p. 96
Via Phillips de Pury & Company: FRANCO ALBINI, Rare rocking chaise, model no. PS16
PETER ZUMTHOR Chaise lounge, 2007
Bent mahogany, chrome-plated tubular metal, leather. 25 x 77 3/4 x 20 1/8 in. (63.5 x 197.5 x 51.1 cm.) Produced by Dietiker AG, Switzerland. Number one from an edition of three.
ESTIMATE $6,000-9,000
RON ARAD
Unique and important Wild Crow chaise, ca. 1990
Mirror-polished stainless steel, patinated mild steel. 63 x 45 x 27 1/4 in. (160 x 114.3 x 69.2 cm.) Produced by One Off Ltd., UK.
ESTIMATE $160,000-180,000LITERATURE Deyan Sudjic, Ron Arad: Restless Furniture, New York, 1989, p. 58 for a similar example; Yukio Futagawa, Sticks and Stones. One Offs & Short Runs. Ron Arad 1980-1990, exh. cat., Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, 1990, p. 120-121 for “Wild Crow 2”
“Jeeves, we’ll be having cocktails in the lounge. Make it pitcher of martinis — extra dry!”
Via More Ways to Waste Time: eBay Find of the Day: Velvet Chaise Lounge