There is a design auction at Phillips in NYC on December 13, 2016. Lot 110 is this Gio Ponti 489 armchair for Cassina. Estimated $15,000 – 20,000 for the two.
Update: Sold for $37,500
Chairs, Chair Design and Chair Designers
There is a design auction at Phillips in NYC on December 13, 2016. Lot 110 is this Gio Ponti 489 armchair for Cassina. Estimated $15,000 – 20,000 for the two.
Update: Sold for $37,500
August Thonet, reclining couch, model no. 2 chaise longue, 1888. Beech, wicker.
It started as a question on our FB page. I run the photo through Google Image Search and found Taylor Llorente Furniture and on the basis of the photo there a further search unveiled the Indexhibit based site of Swiss designer Philippe Bestenheider who designed the Lui collection for Fratelli Boffi in 2009.
Via bugholzmoebel:
Thonet armchair No 752 Josef Frank
bugholzmoebel:
Thonet armchair No 752 in original unrestored condition.