Lot No. 13


A pair of early “Elda” chairs, designed by Joe Colombo,


1963, for Comfort, Italy, fibreglass reinforced and white lacquered polyester seat shell, upholstered and covered with black leather, height 78 cm, width 92 cm, depth 76 cm, height of seat 51 cm. (DRAX)

Lit.: Joe Colombo. Die Erfindung der Zukunft, Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein 2005, pp. 144/45, p. 189 – G. Gramigna, Repertorio del Design Italiano 1950–2000, Turin 2003, I, p. 114 – A. Bangert, Italian Furniture Design, Cologne 1988, p. 103 – Ph. Garner, Sixties Design, Cologne 1996, p. 120.

Provenance: private ownership, Saarbrücken, Germany, purchased shortly after 1965

Specialist: Dr. Gerti Draxler Dr. Gerti Draxler
+43-1-515 60-226

gerti.draxler@dorotheum.at

20.05.2015 - 18:00

Realized price: **
EUR 6,875.-
Estimate:
EUR 5,500.- to EUR 6,500.-

A pair of early “Elda” chairs, designed by Joe Colombo,


1963, for Comfort, Italy, fibreglass reinforced and white lacquered polyester seat shell, upholstered and covered with black leather, height 78 cm, width 92 cm, depth 76 cm, height of seat 51 cm. (DRAX)

Lit.: Joe Colombo. Die Erfindung der Zukunft, Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein 2005, pp. 144/45, p. 189 – G. Gramigna, Repertorio del Design Italiano 1950–2000, Turin 2003, I, p. 114 – A. Bangert, Italian Furniture Design, Cologne 1988, p. 103 – Ph. Garner, Sixties Design, Cologne 1996, p. 120.

Provenance: private ownership, Saarbrücken, Germany, purchased shortly after 1965

Specialist: Dr. Gerti Draxler Dr. Gerti Draxler
+43-1-515 60-226

gerti.draxler@dorotheum.at


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Auction: Design
Auction type: Saleroom auction
Date: 20.05.2015 - 18:00
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 13.05. - 20.05.2015


** Purchase price incl. buyer's premium and VAT

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