A large pineapple form champagne ice bucket by Mauro Manetti, Florence 1960 (300-500) UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 650 AT HAMMER
An auction of 20th century and quality contemporary design furniture by de Veres takes place at the Royal College of Physicians, Kildare St., Dublin at 6 p.m. on October 4. There are Danish and Italian pieces from the 1950’s, ’60’s and ’70’s with work by designers like Finn Juhl, Arne Vodder, Niels Moller, Philippe Starck, Willy Rizzo, C + B Italia and Poltrona Frau. There will be some lots of modern Irish art with work by Hughie O’Donoghue, Patrick Scott, John Noel Smith, Sean McSweeney, Barrie Cooke and Felim Egan.
The catalogue cover lot is this large pineapple form champagne ice bucket by Mauro Manetti. Lot 27 is an unusual cocktail table with hinged burr walnut top that opens to reveal its contents. The catalogue is online. Here is a small selection:
A BURR WALNUT METAMORPHIC COCKTAIL TABLE
IN WILLY RIZZO STYLE, FRENCH, 1970s (1,400-1,800) UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 1,400 AT HAMMER
John Noel Smith b.1952
UNTITLED (3,000-5,000) UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 2,600 AT HAMMER.
A DANISH ROSEWOOD MOBILE BAR,
by CFC Silkeborg, 1960s (400-600) UPDATE: THIS MADE 370 AT HAMMER
A PANTELLA STANDARD LAMP,
BY LOUIS POULSEN (300-500) UPDATE: THIS MADE 350 AT HAMMER
THE MT3 ROCKING CHAIR
BY RON ARAD FOR DRIADE (400-600) UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 500 AT HAMMER
