fine design
15 January 2025
Adolf Loos (Brno, 10 December 1870 - Kalksburg, 23 August 1933) was an Austrian architect, considered one of the pioneers of modern architecture. He was not only a forerunner of the work of 20th century masters such as Le Corbusier and Walter Gropius, but a true beacon in his time for his originality and his great autonomy from his contemporaries.
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9 June 2024
The most important semi-annual live auction in Cambi Auction House's number one department returns with the most prized Designer Design. A careful selection of rare and unpublished elements and objects of furniture, lighting, masterpieces signed by the most famous masters of Italian and international design.
Absolute protagonist of the auction and catalog cover, is lot 33, a rare chair by Carlo Mollino made for the Gallery of the Lattes Publishing House in Turin. This extraordinary work, dated 1951, features a curved and polished walnut plywood frame, resinflex technical fabric and brass metal details. Only four examples of this chair exist, with an archival number at the Casa Mollino Museum: CM 323-4. This chair is not only an example of high craftsmanship, but also a historic piece that embodies the innovation and elegance of postwar Italian design (Estimate: €80,000.00 - 120,000.00).
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Gio Ponti’s diary dated 1950
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On Monday, Dec. 4 at 4 p.m., at its Milan headquarters on Via S. Marco, Cambi Auction House presents Fine Design. The highly anticipated live, single-round auction with a catalog of nearly 150 extraordinary lots and iconic objects that have made design history.
Among them, a unique and exceptional lot: the personal diary of Gio Ponti dated 1950 able to tell all the wonder and creativity of the immortal architect's world.
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12 June 2023
An architect, designer, photographer, writer, pilot, and skier from Turin, Carlo Mollino was a multifaceted and out-of-the-box visionary artist who, thanks to his research and his continuous curiosity and experimentation, marked the history of architecture and design in Italy.
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