One of the highlights of International Design to be auctioned on 3 March is the armchair designed by Eckhard Muthesius in 1931 for the library of the Maharajah of Indore, which was re-edited in a limited edition by Vereinigte Werkstätten in 1989. The armchair is not only an eye-catcher with its red leather upholstery, but also functionally well thought-out with the milk glass lamps embedded in the headrest on both sides (estimate €10,000 - 14,000). Inspired by a classic of modern art history is the 'Mondrian' cabinet by Koni Ochsner. The Swiss designer created the piece of furniture in 1976 for Röthlisberger, who reintroduced the cabinet into their programme in the 1980s in two re-editions of twenty numbered pieces each (estimate €4,000 - 6,000).
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