Details
CARLO MOLLINO (1905-1973)
Set of Twelve Chairs for the Lutrario Ballroom, circa 1959
produced by Doro, Cuneo, Italy
painted steel, brass, walnut-veneered bent plywood, leather and fabric upholstery
each: 29 ½ in. (74.9 cm.) high, 21 3/8 in. (55.2 cm.) wide, 23 in. (58.4 cm.) deep
each with producer's partial label
Provenance
Napoleone Doro, Cuneo, Italy
Pietro Cussino, Cuneo, acquired from the above, 1960
Thence by descent to the present owner
Literature
F. Ferrari, Carlo Mollino Cronaca, Turin, 1985, p. 140, fig. 234 for another example of this model
F. Ferrari, N. Ferrari, The Furniture of Carlo Mollino, New York, 2006, pp. 153, 231 for other examples of this model, pp. 154-155 for other examples of this model in the Lutrario Ballroom, Turin
F. Ferrari, N. Ferrari, Carlo Mollino Arabesques, exhibition catalogue, Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Milan, 2007, pp. 95-96 for other examples of this model
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