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Ignazio Gardella

Rare Digamma Settee

Gavina
Italy, 1957
enameled steel, original vinyl upholstery, brass 33½ h × 52½ w × 33 d in (85 × 133 × 84 cm)
estimate: $8,000–12,000
result: $6,048
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provenance: Casati Gallery, Chicago | Private Collection
literature: Gardella, Argan, pg. 193 illustrates series Design in Italia Dell'Arredamento Domestico, Gramigna and Biondi, pg. 220 illustrates related form Design Italiano Degli Anni 50, Branzi and De Lucchi, pg. 122 illustrates related form

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Digamma

A Rare, Special-Order Sofa

While the Digamma chairs were designed for mass production, sofas and settees were only available from Gavina by special-order. Few examples of the sofas and settees are known.

A Milanese interior featuring a special-order Digamma settee, 1957.
Photo reproduced from Gardella, by Giulio Carlo Argan
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