SET OF FOUR DINING CHAIRS, CIRCA 1950

Details

CARLO MOLLINO (1905-1973)
SET OF FOUR DINING CHAIRS, CIRCA 1950
executed by Apelli & Varesio, laminated and solid ash, brass fittings and spacers, with Resinflex upholstery
35 5/8 in. (34 cm.) high; 14¾ in. (37.5 cm.) wide; 17¾ in. (45 cm.) deep
inside rear of seat frames respectively incised I, II, III, and IV (4)

Literature

Fulvio & Napoleone Ferrari, The Furniture of Carlo Mollino, London, 2006, p. 173, pl. 136-137 (Lattes design, construction blueprints illustrated)
Fulvio & Napoleone Ferrari, Carlo Mollino: Arabesques, Turin, 2006, p. 93, pl. 132 (design with red Resinflex upholstery illustrated in-situ, Casa Editores Lattes, Turin)
Rossella Colombari, Carlo Mollino: Furniture catalogue, Milan, 2005, p. 80, pl. 113 (Lattes design illustrated)
Giovanni Brino, Carlo Mollino: Architecture as Autobiography, London, 1987, p. 134 (Lattes design illustrated)

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

This unique set of four dining chairs, which feature off-white Resinflex upholstery, was commissioned by the vendor's father. Acting upon the advice of his friend - then a professor of Architecture at the Politecnico di Torino, a colleague and friend of Mollino, and subsequently the vendor's godmother - Mollino was approached and the set of four chairs executed by Apelli & Varesio.

Examples of this design were primarily utilised in the Casa Editores Lattes, Turin, one of Mollino's most expansive professional commissions of the early 1950s. In keeping with the palette of the Lattes interior, those examples featured red Resinflex upholstery, and as a result of protracted use were subsequently fitted with brass strengthening rails to the legs.

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