Fig Leaf, Tord Boontje, 2008
Designed for Meta, Hand-painted enamel and Bronze (H 236 × W 164 × D 85 cm).
Photography by Lee Mawdsley, Courtesy of Meta.
An exhibition of works by designer Tord Boontje and sculptor Emma Woffenden runs at Sotheby’s New Bond Street Galleries in London from January 6-18. Originals, curated by Janice Blackburn, will showcase furniture, lighting, jewellery and textiles from the internationally acclaimed designer and sculpture and drawings by his wife Emma Woffenden.
The centrepiece of the show is Boontje’s monumental Fig Leaf wardrobe, considered a masterpiece of 21st century design. No fewer than 11 ateliers across England and France worked on the wardrobe, which celebrates craft. The doors are encrusted with 616 hand painted enamel leaves. It was exhibited at the V and A in 2009, nominated the Best Furniture Design at the Brit Insurance Design Awards and Design of the Year 2008 in the Financial Times’ top ten design pieces of the 2000’s.
“Originals” is the first retrospective exhibition dedicated to the work of Boontje, whose work can be found in leading institutions like the V and A, Tate Modern and the Design Museum in London, MoMA and the Cooper Hewitt Museum in New York and the Stedelijk Museum and the Groninger Museum in The Netherlands.