Carlo Bugatti 

Throne

Walnut, Ebonised Wood, Cord, Brass, Bone

Manufactured by Carlo Bugatti & C. Milano, Italy, 1900

This Design Masterpiece consists of a large circular backrest disc set between minaret-like backrest posts, shortened on one side and featuring a round tray.

The armrests are moulded to form a semicircle, and the backrest and armrest are connected on both sides by cord with inlays of bone and brass incrusted in the walnut. The ebonised wood with stamped as the backrest, armrests, seat covered with parchment and painted with Japanese floral motifs under influence of the Orientalism of the late 19th and early 20th century that has influenced the European Art Nouveau and Art-Deco movement.

Short Biography:

After studying art at the Brera Academy of arts in Milano, Carlo Bugatti has set up a furniture workshop in 1888. A wooden bedroom suite typified his early designs to celebrate his sister’s marriage in 1880. Blending pseudo-Moorish details with naturalistic painted decorative features reminiscent of Japanese design, his aesthetic typifies his earlier work. Such features were noted in favourable reviews of his furniture at the 1888 Italian Exhibition at the Earl’s Court in London.

H: 156cm x W:74cm x D: 60,5cm

Price upon request