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27 March 2014
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Pierre Paulin

rare armchair

Baker Furniture
France / USA, c. 1982
mahogany, leather, cane 37 h × 30 w × 26 d in (94 × 76 × 66 cm)
estimate: $10,000–15,000
result: $12,500
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This chair design comes from a series of furniture initially created for Francois Mitterand, former President of France. Baker made the form in the 1980s but due to the labor-intensive nature of the design, very few examples were produced.
Signed with applied metal manufacturer's label to underside: [Baker Furniture].
provenance: Wright, Important Design, 14 December 2010, Lot 329 | Important private collection, Chicago
literature: Pierre Paulin: Un Univers de Formes, Chapoutot, pg. 131

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