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Robert Venturi with Denise Scott Brown

prototype Chippendale chair

Knoll International
USA, c. 1983
laminate over plywood, upholstery 38 h × 23½ w × 23½ d in (97 × 60 × 60 cm)
estimate: $2,000–3,000
result: $4,063
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In the early stages of production, Robert Venturi and Denise Scott brown experimented with a series of laminates and finishes for their series of historically inspired chairs for Knoll. This prototype Chippendale chair features a variation of Ettore Sottsass' Bacterio 2 pattern developed in the early 1980s with Abet Laminati.
provenance: Estate of Marion Boulton Stroud, Philadelphia

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