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CARLO MOLLINO (1905-1973)
Lot 103 Interior of the offices, Casa Editrice Lattes, Milano

CARLO MOLLINO (1905-1973)

AN OAK WRITING DESK FROM THE CASA EDITRICE LATTES, TURIN, ITALY, 1951

Closed26 September 2007

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CARLO MOLLINO (1905-1973)
An Oak Writing Desk from the Casa Editrice Lattes, Turin, Italy, 1951
with fibrosil top
75¼ in. (181 cm.) high, 35 3/8 in. (90 cm.) wide, 30 in. (76 cm.) deep

Casa Editrice Lattes, Turin.
Christie's London, 15 April 1987, lot 221.
Private collection, Europe.
Phillips, de Pury & Luxembourg, New York, 12 December 2001, lot 175.

Specialist note

F. and N. Ferrari, The Furniture of Carlo Mollino, London, 2006, pp. 138-139, 227.
G. Brino, Carlo Mollino Architecture as Autobiography, London, 2005, p. 109, pl. 241 for the offices of the Lattes publishing house.
F. Ferrari, Carlo Mollino Cronaca, Turin, 1985, p. 118.

The material fibrosil - wood fibre with a layer of ureic resin - was introduced to Italy in 1951. Mollino used it for the first time on the tables in the Lattes publishing house.