Essential Design 
3 August 2023
Essential Design 
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Joe Colombo

Elda chair, model 1005

Comfort
Italy, 1963
leather, lacquered fiberglass 36 h × 37¾ w × 38 d in (91 × 96 × 97 cm)
estimate: $5,000–7,000
result: $11,135
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Colombo was inspired by the shape of a ship’s hull and shipbuilding technology when he created the present model.
Printed manufacturer's mark to decking ‘Comfort’.
literature: Joe Colombo and Italian Design of the Sixties, Favata, ppg. 36-37 Joe Colombo: Inventing the Future, Kreis and von Vegesack, ppg. 144-145

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