Mario Bellini
Five-Piece Tea and Coffee Service
Auction Closed
April 20, 07:56 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Mario Bellini
Five-Piece Tea and Coffee Service
Executed in 1989.
comprising five pieces including one coffee pot, one teapot, one covered sugar bowl, one creamer and one tray
number 7 from an edition of 99
designed for Cleto Munari and produced by Rossi & Arcandi, Italy
silver, rose quartz
three pieces impressed Mario Bellini/per/cleto munari/ROSSI & ARCANDI, dated 1989 and numbered 7/99 with Italian silver hallmarks; the tray impressed Mario Bellini/per/cleto munari/ROSSI & ARCANDI, dated 1989 and numbered 20/99 with Italian silver hallmarks
tray: 1 1/4 x 24 3/8 x 15 in. (3.2 x 61.9 x 38.1 cm.)
Private Collection
Christie's New York, December 11, 1992, lot 1
Wolf Family Collection No. 1058 (acquired from the above)
Christie's New York, December 11, 1992, lot 1
Wolf Family Collection No. 1058 (acquired from the above)
Robert A.M. Stern, ed., International Design Yearbook 1985/86, New York, 1986, p. 170, fig. 399
Alessandro Vezzosi, Il Tesoro dell'Architettura 1980/1990 Cleto Munari, Florence, 1990, p. 26
R. Craig Miller, Modern Design 1890-1990 in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1990, pp. 220-221
Alessandro Vezzosi, Il Tesoro dell'Architettura 1980/1990 Cleto Munari, Florence, 1990, p. 26
R. Craig Miller, Modern Design 1890-1990 in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1990, pp. 220-221