Claude Lalanne & François-Xavier Lalanne

A Unique "Grains de Café" Dining Suite

Import Tariff

Auction Closed

April 22, 07:10 PM GMT

Estimate

500,000 - 700,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Collection of Jean and Terry de Gunzburg: Design Masters

Claude Lalanne & François-Xavier Lalanne

A Unique "Grains de Café" Dining Suite

circa 1970

comprising a five-piece modular table with lazy susan at center and twelve chairs

stained beech, polished steel, bronze, leather upholstery

table: 29 ⅞ x 85 ⅞ x 62 ¾ in. (75.9 x 218.1 x 159.4 cm)

chairs: 29 ⅜ in. (74.6 cm) high, each

Private Collection, United Kingdom, commissioned directly from the artists, circa 1970

Christie's Paris, May 28, 2010, lot 247

Galerie du Passage, Paris

Acquired from the above by the present owners, 2011

Daniel Abadie, Lalanne(s), Paris, 2008, p. 304 (for a related example)

Les Lalanne, exh. cat., Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 2010, p. 90 (for a related example)

Because this lot was imported into the United States after April 5th, 2025, it is subject to an import tariff based on the value declared upon entry into the United States. The cost of the tariff, $90,000, plus applicable sales tax will be included on your invoice unless you instruct Sotheby's to arrange shipping of the lot to a foreign address. For more information on the import tariff, please review the Symbol Key in the back of the catalogue.