Lot 117
  • 117

Filippo Panseca

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Filippo Panseca
  • Pair of `Sphere' table or floor lamps
  • model no. 4043 - 4044, for Kartell, chromed metal, clear perspex and mirrored glass

  • 44cm x 36cm

Literature

Gunter Sachs, Mein Leben, Munich, 2005, pp. 384 & 410
Leipzig, Museum der Bildenden Künste, Gunter Sachs, 2008, p. 25

Condition

Perspex generally with areas of scratching and slightly cloudy in places. One lamp with 5cm loss to white strip which covers the join at the widest point of the shade. Cream collars to top of base dried and cracking, with rust showing through at the join. Metal bases slightly scratched and marked overall with rust showing through at the top, though this is partially hidded by collar. The undersides scratched and marked commensurate with age. Not tested or guaranteed for electricity.
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