Carlo Mollino, Unique Copenhagen chair

Carlo Mollino
Unique Copenhagen chair

Apelli & Varesio
Italy, 1951
carved and bent ash plywood, brass
41 h x 15 w x 16.5 d in (104 x 38 x 42 cm)

This unique chair was created for the Dansk Kunsthaandvaerk's Spring Arts & Crafts exhibition Kunsthandvaerkets Forarsudstilling held in Copenhagen in 1952.

Metal manufacturer's label to underside 'Apelli & Varesio Mobili - Arredamenti Ambientazioni'. This work is registered in the Museo Casa Mollino, Turin archive as number CM 330-1.

Provenance: The Artist | Acquired from the previous in 1954, Private Collection, Milan | Sotheby's, New York, Important Design, 14 December 2016, Lot 313 | Private Collection

Exhibited: Kunsthandvaerkets Forarsudstilling, 1952, Dansk Kunsthaandvaerk, Copenhagen | Carlo Mollino: Maniera Moderna, 16 September 2011 - 8 January 2012, Haus der Kunst, Munich

Literature: The Furniture of Carlo Mollino, Ferrari & Ferrari, pg. 174 Domus, no. 270, May 1952, pg. 50 Domus, no. 294, May 1954, pg. 34

This work will ship from Rago in Lambertville, New Jersey.
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