Important Design 
8 December 2009
Important Design 
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Pierre Paulin

Élysée light table

Alpha International
France, 1971
acrylic, glass 12 h × 47¼ dia in (30 × 120 cm)
estimate: $30,000–40,000
result: $33,750
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Originally commissioned by Mobilier National for the Palais de L'Élysée, fewer than fifteen examples of this table were produced.
literature: Pierre Paulin: Un Univers de Formes, Chapoutot, ppg. 91, 94-95 Pierre Paulin: Le Design au Pouvoir, Albanel, pg. 25, 51, 53 Mobilier National 1964-2004: 40 Ans de Creation, de Vabres, ppg. 52-53 Pierre Paulin: Designer, Geel, pg. 214

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