MARC NEWSON
Set of eight 'Komed' chairs, c. 1996
Brushed tubular steel, leather. Each: 86.4 cm. (34 in.) high
Manufactured by Colber, Italy. Four chairs with paper labels to underside “colber/ITALY” (8).
ESTIMATE £25,000-35,000
SOLD AT £28,750
PROVENANCE Osman restaurant, Komed Media Park, Cologne
LITERATURE Alice Rawsthorn, Marc Newson, London, 1999, pp. 136-141; Conway Lloyd Morgan, Marc Newson, London, 2002, pp. 76, 137 and 187
When Newson was asked to furnish the restaurant at the Komed center in Cologne, he was given carte blanche. He had the L-shaped floor plan and the brief to create two sections with different atmospheres: one that could be used during the day as a café, and a restaurant and...
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