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The Cindy and Jay Pritzker Collection

Aldo Rossi

"Piazza" Tea and Coffee Service

Auction Closed

November 21, 09:32 PM GMT

Estimate

7,000 - 10,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

The Cindy and Jay Pritzker Collection

Aldo Rossi

1931 - 1997


"Piazza" Tea and Coffee Service

each vessel stamped with OFFICINA ALESSI, monogrammed AR, dated 1984, numbered 16/99, stamped ITALY925 and with Milanese maker's mark

vitrine stamped 16/99 ITALY

comprising a vitrine, coffee pot, teapot, sugar bowl, cream jug and spoon

sterling silver, glass, iron, enameled metal, copper, brass, enameled silver, quartz

vitrine: 25 ⅞ by 18 by 11 ⅜ in. 65.7 by 45.8 by 28.9 cm.

coffee pot: 10 ¾ in. 27.3 cm.

Executed in 1984.

Max Protetch Gallery, New York

Acquired from the above in 1984 by the present owner

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

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

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