Important Design: from Noguchi to Lalanne

Important Design: from Noguchi to Lalanne

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Property From a Private Manhattan Collection

Maria Pergay

"Flying Carpet" Daybed

Auction Closed

May 25, 06:32 PM GMT

Estimate

70,000 - 100,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property From a Private Manhattan Collection

Maria Pergay

"Flying Carpet" Daybed


circa 1970

stainless steel, leather upholstery

16 1/4 x 117 3/4 x 39 3/8 in. (41.2 x 300 x 100 cm)

Private Collection, New York
Sotheby's New York, July 30, 1996, lot 657
Private Collection, New York
Sotheby's New York, November 16, 2007, lot 110
Acquired from the above by the present owner
"Un événement dans le mobilier contemporain, l'acier inoxydable," Plaisir de France, January 1969, p. 45
"Market Spotlight:  Beautiful Steel," Interior Design, July 1970, p. 62
Suzanne Demisch, Maria Pergay: Between Ideas and Design, Verona, 2006, pp. 29, 32, 37, 140, and 142
Patrick Favardin and Guy Bloch-Champfort, Les Décorateurs des années 60-70, Paris, 2007, p. 12
Suzanne Demisch and Stephane Danant, Maria Pergay: Complete Works 1957-2010, Bologna, 2011, cover, pl. 15 and preceding double page and pl. 30