Contemporary Design 
11 January 2024
Contemporary Design 
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Tom Dixon

Crown chair

United Kingdom, 1988
gold leaf over steel 38 h × 25½ dia in (97 × 65 cm)
estimate: $3,000–5,000
result: $3,528
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Approximately sixty examples of this form were produced.
provenance: Themes & Variations, London | Acquired from the previous c. 1990s, Collection of Jenny Armit
literature: Tom Dixon, Collins, ppg. 36-39 Tom Dixon, Travaux, Galerie Yves Gastou, ed., cover Tom Dixon, Made in England, Galerie Pierre Nouvion exhibition catalog, unpaginated

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I’m slightly more instinctive than cerebral in that way. Doing design—instead of art or sculpture—gives you a formal framework. It’s expected to have a degree of function, and I feel more comfortable with a certain restriction. It’s got to hold you up, it’s got to pour, it’s got to illuminate.

Tom Dixon

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