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Piero Fornasetti set: desk cm 92 h. x 85 x 48, bin cm 28 h. x 26 diam, lamp cm 35 h. x 10 diam., 1950 image 1
Piero Fornasetti set: desk cm 92 h. x 85 x 48, bin cm 28 h. x 26 diam, lamp cm 35 h. x 10 diam., 1950 image 2
Piero Fornasetti set: desk cm 92 h. x 85 x 48, bin cm 28 h. x 26 diam, lamp cm 35 h. x 10 diam., 1950 image 3
Lot 26TP

Gio Ponti and Piero Fornasetti, A desk designed c.1950 decorated with the 'Coromandel' pattern introduced in the 1960's
Lithographed wood, mahogany, bakelite and brass, with maker's disc to one drawer 'Fornasetti Milano'; a metal and brass waste paper bin and a metal and brass table lamp, both decoorated in the 'Cormomandel' pattern and with maker's insignia Desk 90cm x 44cm x 79.5cm

25 October 2017, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £18,750 inc. premium

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Gio Ponti and Piero Fornasetti, A desk designed c.1950 decorated with the 'Coromandel' pattern introduced in the 1960's

Lithographed wood, mahogany, bakelite and brass, with maker's disc to one drawer 'Fornasetti Milano'; a metal and brass waste paper bin and a metal and brass table lamp, both decoorated in the 'Cormomandel' pattern and with maker's insignia
Desk 90cm x 44cm x 79.5cm

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Provenance:
A Milanese private collection, purchased around 1966. Fornasetti Atelier has kindly confirmed the authenticity of the desk, lamp and waste paper bin.

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