LOT DETAILS

Materials:

Bookcase

Size Notes:

Bookcase

Description:

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Markings:

interior drawer with manufacturer's logo paper label BERNINI/ Made in Italy

Literature:

Barbara Plumb, 'America Discovers Colombo', New York Times, September 4, 1966, pp. 160-61 for 'Spider' desk and standard lamp, 'Combi centre' and for a similar drinks cabinet; 'Alcune Nuove Proposte Per L'arredamento', Domus, no. 424, March 1965, p. 42 for a 'Combi centre', p. 43 for a similar drinks cabinet, p. 44 for the folding dressing table; 'Nuove Proposte Di Arredamento', Domus, no. 433, December 1965, pp. 19-20, 22-23, 25 for 'Spider' desk and standard lamps, p. 30 for an image and drawing of the extendable dining table, p. 32 for the folding dressing table; Mateo Kries, Joe Colombo Inventing the Future, exh. cat., Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, 2005, pp. 140-41, figs. 74-76 for a plan and two drawings of the Casa Zancopé, pp. 158-59, fig. 121 for a 'Combi centre', fig. 123 for the folding dressing table, figs. 122, 124 for a similar drinks cabinet, p. 163, fig. 133 for the extendable dining table, p. 174, fig. 158 for the 'Spider' desk lamp, p. 175, fig. 161 for 'Spider' standard lamp

Provenance:

Casa Zancopé, Milan, Italy