Estimated value: 5000-7000 US$
Reached Price : 8500 US$
Auction:
Important Italian Design
Sales date: 2006-12-05
Location:
Chicago
Lot number: 621
Design
Carlo Mollino
Manufacturer
Doro
Architonic id
4106783
Pair of armchairs from Lutrario Hall, Torino.
Enameled steel, Italian walnut, vinyl, brass
21.75 w x 21.5 d x 29 h
From the original commission of 200 examples, approximately 120 have survived and only thirty retain the original plywood armrests displayed in this pair. Signed with paper label to underside of one example: [SC-International poltrone & Arredi Marina Di Montemarciano (Ancona)] and signed with manufacturer's decal label to back of each example: [Doro Cuneo].
Literature:
Carlo Mollino: Interni in Piano-Sequenza, De Giorgi, ppg. 146-147 Carlo Mollino, Ferrari, pg. 140, fig. 234 Carlo Mollino: Catalogo dei Mobili, Colombari, pg. 90