Lot 88
  • 88

Marcel Breuer

Estimate
1,500 - 2,500 GBP
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Description

  • Table, model no. B 10, circa 1927
  • with metal label Thonet
  • steel, lacquered plywood
  • 67 x 75 sq. cm. (25 5/8 x 29 1/2 in.)
manufactured by Gebrüder Thonet AG
chromed steel, lacquered wood

Provenance

Galerij Terence Calleja, Antwerp
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2007

Literature

Magdalena Droste, Manfred Ludewig, Marcel Breuer, Cologne, 1992, p. 88, fig. 24
Alexander von Vegesack, Mathias Remmele, eds, Marcel Breuer: Design and Architecture, exh. cat., 13 September 2003 - 25 April 2004, Weil am Rhein, 2003, pp. 71, 81, 85 for period advertisements

Condition

Overall good condition consistent with age and use. Minor scattered scuffs, scratches and oxidation to the tubular chrome frame. Scattered surface scuffs and scratches to the painted surface, with some minor paint loss concentrated to the exterior edges. One quadrant of the surface with four minor marks which have worn through the paint, each approximately 2 cm in length with a shallow dent which has broken through the paint near one edge, approximately 1 cm in length. Minor crazing and fade marks throughout the painted finish as to be expected of paintwork of this age.
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