Set of four dining chairs / table | Phillips, de Pury & Company

Estimated value: 10.000-15.000 US$

Auction:
20-21st Century Design

Sales date: 2003-06-11

Location:
New York

Lot number: 186

Design

Cesare Casati, Emanuel Ponzio
Manufacturer Guzzini / Comfort

Architonic id

4102926

This design was originally created for the discothèque at the Hôtel Grifone in Bolzano, Italy, in 1968 and it was reproduced in the October 1970 issue of Domus. The discothèque tables and chairs had ultraviolet light in the bases, creating a psychedelic experience.

Plastic, wood, pony-skin upholstery (5)
table: 273/8 in. (69.5 cm) high
431/4 in. (110 cm) diameter
chairs: 23 in. (63.5 cm) high

Literature:
Albrecht Bangert, Italian Furniture Design, Munich, 1988, p. 84