$50,400
Haskelite Corporation/Heywood-Wakefield USA, 1940 Honduran mahogany, upholstery 18 w x 22 d x 32½ h in (46 x 56 x 83 cm)
Among the most important furniture designs of the 20th century, Eames' and Saarinen's prize-winning entry for seating in the famous Organic Design in Home Furnishings competition held at the Museum of Modern Art, New York in 1941 was comprised of various armchairs, a sectional sofa and the present side chair.
With their single-piece compound-moulded plywood seat shells, the chair designs were exceptionally innovative and signalled a totally new direction in modern furniture. continue Signed with applied manufacturer's label to underside: [Fine Furniture Heywood Wakefield Est. 1826]. exhibited: Organic Design in Home Furnishings , September 1941, Museum of Modern Art, New York literature: Organic Design in Home Furnishings , Noyes, ppg. 15, 29 illustrates this example more
result: $50,400
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Auctioneer:
Wright Auctions
Date:
2008-10-07
