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Lot 87 PROPERTY OF RUE MICHELLE INTERIOR DESIGN, LA JOLLA
SAM MALOOF (b. 1916)
A WALNUT AND CORD BENCH, CIRCA 1946
Closed26 March 2009
Price Realised
USD 5,250
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Specialist note
This bench is the first example of this model ever constructed. The model became one of his most popular designs in the 1950s and 60s. Later editions were subtituted with leather instead of laced cords and cross stretchers were also added.
cf. J. Adamson, The Furniture of Sam Maloof, New York, 2001, fig. 46, p. 47 for an example of this model with leather lacing.
cf. J. Adamson, The Furniture of Sam Maloof, New York, 2001, fig. 46, p. 47 for an example of this model with leather lacing.