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Bookshelf in Hardwood & Metal by Michel Arnault for Mobilia Contemporanea, 1960s - Lot 742

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This wonderful bookshelf is made in Ivory wood, Rosewood and metal. It features 4 large shelves, 5 exposed shelves, 2 doors and 6 shelves. The wood has been refinished displaying colorful veins and the metal handles have been polished. Michel Arnault designed this piece during the sixties for the growing office market

Creator

Michel Arnoult (Designer)

Dimensions

Height: 210 cm, 83"

Width: 145 cm, 57"

Depth: 44 cm, 17"

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Set of 1

Style

Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)

Materials and Techniques:
Pau marfim
Rosewood
Metal painted in black
Condition

Good. The wood has been refinished and the metal has been polished.

Place of Origin

Brazil

Date of Manufacture

Circa 1960s

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About the Designer

Michel Arnoult

Michel Arnoult was a French-born designer who later became an adoptive Brazilian, and he is widely regarded as one of the pioneers of the Ready-To-Assemble furniture (RTA) and flat-packaging. In the early 1950s, he arrived in Brazil and quickly made friends with some of the leading figures in modern architecture, such as Oscar Niemeyer and Cândido Portinari. At the time, there was a shortage of furniture suitable for the smaller spaces in social housing, which prompted Michel Arnoult to design simple but functional RTA furniture with his company Mobilia Contemporanea

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