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Jewellery
Lot Estimate
ZAR 40 000 - 50 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 79 660
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About this Item
An Italian first edition P40 lounge armchair designed in 1954 by Osvaldo Borsani for Tecno, Varedo
with adjustable padded reclining back, seat and footstool, rubber arms, on tubular black painted steel legs, manufacturer's metal label and paper label
Exhibited
The model was exhibited at the Osvaldo Borsani Retrospective exhibition, Milan Triennale Design Museum, 16.05.2018 - 16.09.2018.
Literature
Charlotte & Peter Fiell (2017) 1000 CHAIRS, Köln: TASCHEN Bibliotheca Universalis, where the later version is illustrated on page 288.
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