Tomaso Buzzi - Design Day Sale London Monday, April 27, 2015 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Senator Alessandro Contini-Bonacossi, Villa Vittoria, Florence, Italy, 1930
    Private collection, Florence
    Galleria Adriana Chelini, Firenze, 1990s
    Thence by descent to the present owner

  • Exhibited

    IV Triennale di Monza, July 1930

  • Literature

    'Triennale di Monza', Domus, no. 34, October 1930, illustrated front cover for the cocktail bar and stools, illustrated p. 37 for the washbasin with niche
    Irene de Guttry and Maria Paola Maino, Il mobile déco italiano, Bari, 1988, illustrated p. 112

  • Catalogue Essay

    Phillips wishes to thank Marco Solari from the Buzzi Archive for his assistance with cataloguing the present lot.

164

Unique and important cocktail bar with three stools and wall-mounted washbasin with niche, designed for the IV Triennale di Monza

1930
Cherry wood, copper, brass, painted wood, fabric.
Cocktail bar: 318 x 143 x 70 cm (125 1/4 x 56 1/4 x 27 1/2 in.)
Each stool: 77.5 cm (30 1/2 in.) high, 35 cm (13 3/4 in.) diameter
Washbasin with niche: 185 x 89 x 47 cm (72 7/8 x 35 x 18 1/2 in.)

Produced by Turri Stefano e Figli and Turri, Bovisio-Masciago, Italy.

Estimate
£8,000 - 12,000 

Sold for £22,500

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Design Day Sale

London Day Sale 28 April 2015 2pm