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The decorative arts auction comprises two sessions and additionally features a diverse consignment of furniture, glassware and painting from Wilbur and Niso Smith Foundation, as well as a highly attractive offering of English, Continental and South African interior pieces.
“South African collectors have shown strong appetite for modern and contemporary design furniture, with significant sales recorded at auction locally in the past three years,” says Vanessa Phillips, Strauss & Co’s joint managing director and head of the decorative arts department. “This auction includes a cross-section of furniture pieces by African, American, Asian and European designers, which we have complemented with outstanding pieces in silver, glass and ceramic.”
Other noteworthy furniture pieces in this session include a Cassina-edition set of six ebonised ash and mother-of-pearl inlaid DS3 chairs based on a 1918 design of Scotsman Charles Rennie Mackintosh (estimate R20 000 – 25 000) and set of three Panton polyurethane chairs by the esteemed Danish designer Verner Panton (estimate R10 000 – 15 000). Japanese designer Masayuki Kurosawa’s Lavinia table lamp (estimate R30 000 – 35 000) forms part of a cheerful grouping of decorative pieces. They include three pieces by French glass designer René Lalique, among them a gorgeous ‘Sirènes’ (1920) perfume burner and cover (estimate R6 000 – 8 000).
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