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 55

Their 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…

CARLO BUGATTI (1856-1940) | Fine Art Auction | Lot Details | Christie's

CARLO BUGATTI (1856-1940)
THRONE CHAIR, CIRCA 1902
Estimate * £2,000 – £3,000 ($3,704 – $5,556)

Sale 7620
20th century decorative art and design
28 October 2008
London, King Street

walnut, painted vellum, copper, inlaid pewter, silk tassels
51¾ in. (131.5 cm.) high
hand-painted signature Bugatti

CARLO BUGATTI (1856-1940) | Fine Art Auction | Lot Details | Christie’s

CARLO BUGATTI (1856-1940) | Fine Art Auction | Lot Details | Christie's



CARLO BUGATTI (1856-1940)
CHAIR, CIRCA 1902
Estimate * £3,000 – £4,000 ($5,556 – $7,408)

Sale 7620
20th century decorative art and design
28 October 2008
London, King Street

walnut, vellum, copper, silk tassels
39 in. (99 cm.) high
hand-painted signature Bugatti

CARLO BUGATTI (1856-1940) | Fine Art Auction | Lot Details | Christie’s

CARLO BUGATTI (1856-1940) | Fine Art Auction | Lot Details | Christie's

carlo-bugatti-asymmetric-chair

CARLO BUGATTI (1856-1940)
ASYMMETRIC CHAIR, CIRCA 1902

Estimate * £10,000 – £15,000 ($18,520 – $27,780)

Sale 7620
20th century decorative art and design
28 October 2008
London, King Street

CARLO BUGATTI (1856-1940)
ASYMMETRIC CHAIR, CIRCA 1902
walnut, copper applications, pewter, mahogany and copper inlay, hand- painted vellum, silk tassels
53 in. (135 cm.) high
hand-painted signature Bugatti

CARLO BUGATTI (1856-1940) | Fine Art Auction | Lot Details | Christie’s

CARLO BUGATTI | Fine Art Auction | Lot Details | Christie's

CARLO BUGATTI
INLAID AND PAINTED VELLUM ‘MARRIAGE’ CORNER CHAIR
Price Realized * £3,000 * ($6,279)
Estimate * £1,500 – £2,000 ($3,140 – $4,186)

Sale 5164
art nouveau & art deco
7 November 2007
London, South Kensington

having painted roundels backed by copper panels on turned supports with vellum seat, inlaid with pewter and brass, and clad with copper
28in. (71.2cm.) high, 25¼in. (64.2cm.) wide

CARLO BUGATTI | Fine Art Auction | Lot Details | Christie’s

Just to compare with the chair on auction tomorrow.