'Fiorenza' lounge chair, prototype | Phillips, de Pury & Company
Estimated value: 5000-8000 US$
Auction:
19-20th Century Design Art
Sales date: 2002-12-11
Location:
New York
Lot number: 34
Design
Franco AlbiniManufacturer Poggi
Architonic id
4104464
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)
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)
