Important Design 
13 December 2012
Important Design 
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Ico and Luisa Parisi

custom library

Italy, c. 1951
walnut, glass, brass 115 h × 62 w × 20 d in (292 × 157 × 51 cm)
estimate: $20,000–30,000
result: $25,000
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Library features nine adjustable glass shelves and five adjustable wood shelves; fourteen shelves total. This custom library was built for a showroom in Como. The form is reminiscent of the library system Parisi designed for the IX Triennale di Milano (1951).
provenance: Private collection, Como | Rossella Colombari, Milan | Wright, Italian Design: Colombari Collection, 6 December 2005, Lot 514 | Private collection, New York
literature: Storia del Disengo Industriale Italiano, Pansera, pg. 133 illustrates variation Ico Parisi: La Casa, Gualdoni, pg. 95 illustrates variation

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