$80,500
Carlo Mollino
Important coffee table, model 1114
Apelli & Varesio for Singer & Sons Italy, c.
1950 Italian walnut, Securit glass, tempered glass, brass 50½ w x 24¾ d x 16½ h in (128 x 63 x 42 cm)
result: $80,500
Carlo Mollino was commissioned by Joseph Singer to produce a line of furniture for his eponymous company Singer & Sons. First introduced by Gio Ponti, Mollino and Singer initially planned on producing a line of avant-garde furniture. Only two designs were ever made and very few examples were produced.
Signed with acid etched manufacturer's mark to upper glass element: [Securit].
literature: Carlo Mollino - Architecture as Autobiography , Brino, pg. 132 Carlo Mollino Cronaca , Ferrari, pg. 129 Il Mobili Italiano degli Anni '40 e '50 , de Guttry and Maino, pg. 213
Auctioneer:
Wright Auctions
Date:
2013-12-12
