Schätzpreis: 30,000-40,000 US$
Auktion:
Important Italian Design
Verkaufsdatum: 2006-12-05
Ort der Auktion:
Chicago
Los Nummer: 760
Design
Ico and Luisa Parisi, attribution
Architonic ID
4106917
Italian walnut, glass
79 w x 35.25 d x 29.75 h
This desk has numerous details that link the design to Ico and Luisa Parisi. Period documentation of Parisi designs illustrate various desks and cabinets with organically inspired drawer pulls, as displayed in this desk. Aloi's 1952 l'Arredamento Moderno illustrates an asymmetrical writing desk with an overlapping edge support for the glass top above a sculptural base and drawer case with definitive links to this example. This desk has an overhanging glass top with central shelf and two pairs of drawers.
Literature:
Esempi: Studi, Librerie, Scrivanie, Aloi, fig. 224 illustrates drawer pull detail on related Parisi desk Esempi: Sale di, Soggiorno, Camini, Aloi, figs. 75-76, 151, 183, 190, 191 illustrate related details L'Arredamento Moderno, Aloi, fig. 528 illustrates this drawer pull, overlapping glass support