Piero Fornasetti - Design Masters New York Tuesday, December 11, 2012 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Private collection, Italy

  • Literature

    Mariuccia Casadio and Barnaba Fornasetti, Fornasetti: L’artista Alchimista: La Bottega Fantastica, Milan, 2009, p. 362, figs. 27–28

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Rare ‘Gran Coromandel’ illuminated trumeau

1956–1965
Lithographic transfer-printed wood and metal, painted metal, painted wood, brass, glass.
85 3/8 x 31 3/8 x 25 1/8 in (216.9 x 79.7 x 63.9 cm) with writing surface fully extended
Interior of top drawer with plastic roundel impressed with artist’s logo and ‘FORNASETTI/MILANO’. From the production of five. Together with a certificate of authenticity from Barnaba Fornasetti.

Estimate
$80,000 - 120,000 

Sold for $98,500

Design Masters

11 December 2012
New York