Design 
23 October 2014
Design 
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Erwine and Estelle Laverne

Lily chair from the Invisible Group

Laverne Originals
USA, 1959
acrylic, leather 37 h × 29½ w × 33½ d in (94 × 75 × 85 cm)
estimate: $2,000–3,000
result: $3,750
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provenance: Collection of Robert Swope and Michel Hurst
literature: Laverne: Furniture, Textiles & Wallcoverings, Krzyzanokski, ppg. 110-112, 140

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Invisible Group

The Lily Chair

The Laverne’s Invisible Group was introduced in 1959. During the 1960s, the Lily chair, with its high clear back, was widely publicized in magazines and advertisements for a variety of products garnering added publicity for this ground-breaking design.


On the cover of Bazaar magazine, January 1960. (Krzyzanowski, pg. 109)


Chemstrand Nylon advertisement in the NYT, 1962. (Krzyzanowski, pg. 110)


Syl-mer advertisement. (Krzyzanowski, pg. 139)


A Laverne advertisement. (Krzyzanowski, pg. 140)


A Laverne advertisement. (Krzyzanowski, pg. 140)

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