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CARLO MOLLINO (1905-1973)
Lot 104

CARLO MOLLINO (1905-1973)

A SET OF EIGHT OAK SIDE CHAIRS FOR THE CASA DEL SOLE, 1953

Closed26 September 2007

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CARLO MOLLINO (1905-1973)
A Set of Eight Oak Side Chairs for the Casa del Sole, 1953
executed by Apelli & Varesio, Turin, and Ettore Canali, Brescia, Italy
each 36 7/8 in. (93.7 cm.) high (8)

Casa del Sole, Cervinia, Italy.
Sotheby's, New York, The Collection of Barry Friedman, 19 November 1992, lot 242.
Private collection, USA.
Phillips, de Pury & Luxembourg, New York, 12 December 2001, lot 173.

Specialist note

cf. N. Ferrari, Mollino. Casa del Sole, Turin, 2007, for information about Mollino's Casa del Sole project in Cervinia.
F. and N. Ferrari, The Furniture of Carlo Mollino, London, 2006, pp. 204-205, 230.
F. Ferrari, Carlo Mollino Cronaca, Turin, 1985, p. 137, fig. 229.

Casa del Sole, Cervinia, Italy.

Drawing of the chairs