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Product sheet 'Fiorenza' lounge chair, prototype

Architonic-ID:  4104464
Designer:
Franco Albini
Manufacturer:
Poggi
 
Birch, leather, blue fabric upholstery
39 3/4 in. (101 cm) high

Provenance:
Christie's South Kensington, June 3, 1998, lot 68 Brian Kish, New York

Literature:
Emilio Ambasz, ITALY: THE NEW DOMESTIC LANDSCAPE, New York, 1972, pp. 311-312 (for the earliest version of the model, the latter in the designer's own house, ca. 1940)
Stephen Leet, ed., FRANCO ALBINI: ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN, 1934-1977, New York, 1990, pp. 63, 68 and 112 (for the post-1952 Arflex edition)
estimated value: 
5000-8000 US$
 
Auction: 
19-20th Century Design Art

Sales date: 2002-12-11
location: New York
Lot number: 34
 
Auction House:
Phillips, de Pury & Company
Address:

Phillips, de Pury & Company


United States

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Designer:
Franco Albini

Franco Albini


Product overview