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Modern + Contemporary + Design | October 13, 2022

Thu, Oct 13, 2022 09:00AM EDT
Lot 159

John Dunnigan Settee in Bleached Curly Maple

Estimate: $500 - $700

Bid Increments

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late 20th century, maple frame with striped chenille blue upholstery, flared sides and feet with double arched back, with four bolster pillows, 35 x 72 x 33 in.

Note: John Dunnigan is a designer, maker and educator. His work has been shown in over 100 exhibitions, including 10 solo exhibitions, and is included in several private and public collections such as the Museum of Fine Arts Boston and the National Museum of American Art at the Smithsonian in Washington, DC. Dunnigan's refined and elegantly crafted studio furniture has been inspired by seventeenth-and eighteenth-century American pieces. His work displays a sensitivity to the wood he sculpts for his furniture, which is embellished with beautifully upholstered fabrics or inlaid wood..

Provenance: Pritam & Eames, 1980s; Private Collection, New York

Condition

minor wear to upholstery, minor scuffs to wood, overall in good condition