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12:30 PM PT - May 24th, 2005

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Lot 163
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SORI YANAGI PAIR OF BUTTERFLY STOOLS, 1950s d

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SORI
YANAGI
PAIR OF BUTTERFLY STOOLS, 1950s
designed 1954, manufactured by Tendo Mokko Co., Ltd., Japan
rosewood veneered plywood, brass, with the manufacturers foil decal on the underside of one stool (2)
15⅝ x 18½ x 13¼ in. (39.7 x 47 x 33.7 cm)
Literature
Kathryn B. Hiesinger and Felice Fischer, JAPANESE DESIGN: A SURVEY SINCE 1950,PHILADELPHIA and NEW YORK, 1995, p. 64, pl. 27 Charlotte and Peter Fiell, MODERN CLASSICS, POSTWAR TO POSTMODERNISM, LONDON, 2001, p. 74, fig. 37

This design won a gold metal at the 1957 Milan Triennale.

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