Important Design

Aldo Rossi

Piazza tea and coffee set, including a showcase, a teapot, a coffee pot, a thermos, a creamer and a spoon

Artist's Resale Right (Paris)

Auction Closed

November 25, 06:14 PM GMT

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 EUR

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Description

Aldo Rossi

Piazza tea and coffee set, including a showcase, a teapot, a coffee pot, a thermos, a creamer and a spoon

1989

Silver, glass, lacquered metal, brass, enamel, oxidised copper and clock

Edited by Alessi, Italy

Each piece with the Italian hallmark for silver 925° and master's mark, monogrammed AR, dated 1989, numbered 36/99, stamped ITALY and with the editor's mark on the underside

Showcase : 66 x 43,5 x 29 cm ; 26 x 17 ⅛ x 11 ⅜ in.

Tea-pot : 24 x 14,5 x 15,5 cm ; 9 ½ x 5 ¾ x 6 ⅛ in.

Coffee pot : 27,5 x 12 x 13 cm ; 10 ⅞ x 4 ¾ x 5 ⅛ in.

Thermos : 23,5 x 6,5 cm ; 9 ¼ x 2 ½ in.

Creamer: 8,9 x 7,5 x 13,5 cm ; 3 ½ x 3 x 5 ¼ in.

Spoon : 17,3 cm ; 6 ¾ in.

Private collection, Germany

Officina Alessi, Tea and Coffee Piazza, Italy, 1985, p. 25, 56-57 and 61

Robert A.M. Stern, The International Design Yearbook 1985/86, New York, 1986, p. 166- 167

Juli Capella and Quim Larrea, Designed by Architects in the 1980s, New York, 1988, p. 128

Officina Alessi, Tea and Coffee Piazza, Italy, 1998, p. 150

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