Modern Design 
24 March 2009
Modern Design 
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Mario Bellini

Le Bambole sofa

B&B Italia
Italy, 1972
buffalo leather 28 h × 98 w × 38 d in (71 × 249 × 97 cm)
estimate: $6,000–8,000
result: $10,000
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Bellini's Le Bambole series received the Compasso d'Oro in 1979.
This example and the following lot feature custom-ordered buffalo leather. Signed with stamped manufacturer's mark to underside: [B & B Italia Le Bambole Mario Bellini].
literature: Mario Bellini: Designer, McCarty, ppg. 58-59 illustrates series Repertorio 1950-1980, Gramigna, pg. 359 illustrates series

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