Ribbon Chair by Pierre Paulin
Designed by Paulin in 1966, the Ribbon chair is a foam covered metal frame sheathed in a stretch fabric. This modern lounge chair is featured in the National Gallery of Victoria in Australia.
Via Furnitureseen
Category: famous chair
London Design Festival 2008 (7): Pillips de Pury | Carlo Bugatti Chairs
On auction tomorrow: two Carlo Bugatti Chairs c. 1905
Walnut, ebonised wood, silk, painted parchment, copper, pewter, mother of pearl (2).
Each: 70.5 cm. (27 3/4 in.) high.
ESTIMATE £15,000-20,000.
See Pillips de Pury lot 55Their estimate is a bit stiff if compared with the chairs on auction at Christie’s below.
Update September 26:
Oops, their estimate was correct as the chairs fetched £18,750 including the 25 % buyers premium. Now it will be interesting to see what the Christie’s Bugatti Chairs will do in October…
London Design Festival 2008 (5): Pillips de Pury | Marc Newson Wicker Felt chair
This Wicker Felt chair by Marc Newson is for sale at Phillip de Pury’s upcoming sale of tomorrow, see Lot nr 129. I am curious how much it will fetch at this sale at this side of the pond. The wicker version has the following track record at Christies:
- $3,360 at Christie’s Sale 1749, a mini house sale at New York, Rockefeller Plaza, 28 November 2006.
- $8,400 at Christie’s Sale 1733, important 20th century decorative art & design, in New York, Rockefeller Plaza, 19 December 2006.
- $9,600 at Christie’s Sale 1852, 20th century decorative arts and design (various owners), New York, Rockefeller Plaza, 5 June 2007.
- $11,250 at Christie’s Sale 1950, an important private collection of mid-20th century design, New York, Rockefeller Plaza, 26 September 2007.
- $5,000 at Christie’s Sale 1942, important 20th century decorative art & design, New York, Rockefeller Plaza, 18 December 2007.
Phillips de Pury’s estimate is £4,000-6,000
Update September 26, 2008:
The chair fetched £ 3,750 including 25 % buyers premium.
Corona Chair by Poul M. Volther
AN ALUMINUM AND UPHOLSTERED ‘CORONA’ CHAIR,
DESIGNED BY POUL VOLTHER FOR ERIK JORGENSEN CIRCA 1961, WITH MANUFACTURER’S LABEL
AN ALUMINUM AND UPHOLSTERED ‘CORONA’ CHAIR,
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Estimate $1,000 – $1,500
Sale 2031 christie’s interiors 1 – 2 October 2008
New York, Rockefeller Plaza
Lot Description
AN ALUMINUM AND UPHOLSTERED ‘CORONA’ CHAIR,
DESIGNED BY POUL VOLTHER FOR ERIK JORGENSEN CIRCA 1961, WITH MANUFACTURER’S LABEL
36in. (91.5cm.) high, 33½in. (85cm.) wide, 28in. (71cm.) deep
Via Christie’s
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Joris Laarman’s Bone Chair
About the Gallery:
The Carpenters Workshop Gallery specializes in the converging fields of art and design. Their focus is to promote the careers of contemporary designers through exhibiting unique and limited-edition works in solo and group exhibitions and at international art and design fairs.
The gallery opened in 2004 in an old gasworks factory in Chelsea. The team recently opened their second gallery in Mayfair, bringing their bold aesthetic and adding some youthful zing to the revered Albemarle Street. The gallery maintains an ambitious program of diverse artists to bring functional sculpture to the forefront of contemporary collections. The gallery presents post 1980’s stars such as Jurgen Bey, Ron Arad, Atelier van Lieshout and extends to the current generation of designers such as Ingrid Donat, Tejo Remy, Robert Stadler, Charles Trevelyan, Marcel Wanders, Pablo Reinoso, Demakersvan, Joris Laarman, Xavier Lust, Max Lamb, Sebastian Brajkovic, Vincent Dubourg and Ika Kuenzel.
The Carpenters Workshop Gallery aims to be the destination in London for cutting-edge contemporary design-art.
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They feature Joris Laarman whose Bone Chair became almost instantly famous.
Joris Laarman was born in Borculo, The Netherlands in 1979.
He started his education at the Academy of Fine Arts in Arnhem, after which he attended the Design Academy, Eindhoven. Laarman graduated with cum laude in 2003. His graduation piece, the ‘Heatwave’ concrete radiator brought him a lot of media attention. This rococo piece is now produced by Droog Design in the Netherlands, and has been exhibited world-wide.
Later he established his own studio in Utrecht in an attempt to combine innovation, aesthetics, curiosity, and freedom. It concentrates on architectural interventions and product design with a poetic kind of engineering. Next to a collection of highly unique products Laarman works for several well-known international design companies and galleries. He recently contributed in articles and seminars for Domus magazine and has been a guest teacher at European universities as well as the Architectural Association (AA) in London and the Design Academy Eindhoven in The Netherlands.