Live Auction 18984Design
RENA DUMAS (1937–2009) AND PETER COLES (1955-1985)
Lot 119 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION

RENA DUMAS (1937–2009) AND PETER COLES (1955-1985)

'Pippa' Folding Desk, circa 1985

Closed11 December 2020

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USD 16,250

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RENA DUMAS (1937–2009) AND PETER COLES (1955-1985)
'Pippa' Folding Desk, circa 1985
for Hermès, France
pearwood, leather, brass
31 ¾ in. (80.7 cm) high; 33 ¾ (85.7 cm) in. wide; 28 in. (71.2 cm) deep

Private collection, Caracas
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Specialist note

Interior architect Rena Duma and Peter Cole’s campaign-inspired collapsible desk, from their “Pippa” series for Hermès, is in the permanent collection of the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, New York.