Carlo Bugatti velum, inlaid side chair, circa 1910, inlaid with copper, pewter & ebony
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Carlo Bugatti (1856-1940) A repoussé copper, stained wood, walnut and polychrome decorated vellum double-sided chair
circa 1910
with vellum rectangular back and seat decorated with a geometrical frieze of flowers, with applied repoussé and pierced copper, one leg with a medallion to the side inscribed MARCA DEPOSITATA/BUGATTI CARLO, 43.5cm wide, 41cm deep, 91cm high (17" wide, 16" deep, 35.5" high).
Sold for £8,500 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • A pair of very similar chairs sold Sotheby's New York, 14 December 2007, for $37,000.

Category: Furniture / European Furniture and Works of Art

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