Offered by Emmanuel Redon Silver Fine Art
Silverware and Silversmith of the 19th and 20th centuries
CHRISTOFLE-CARDEILHAC & Lino SABATTINI (born 1925), designer. COMO model, created circa 1956-1957. Modernist tea and coffee set in solid silver comprising four pieces: coffee pot, teapot, sugar bowl, and milk jug. Plain silver, and a rectangular tray with handles covered in imitation raffia fibers.
Dimensions: Teapot: Length: 30 cm - Base: 7 x 10 cm - Height: 13.5 cm
Coffee Pot: Length: 16 cm - Base: 6.5 cm - Height: 21.5 cm
Cream Jug: Length: 9 cm - Base: 4.5 cm x 3.5 cm - Height: 12 cm
Sugar Bowl: 10 x 10 cm - Base: 5.5 cm - Height: 7 cm
Tray: 49 x 30 cm - Height: 7 cm
Material: 1st grade 940/1°°° silver
Weight: 3 kg 606
Hallmark: ARGENTO 940/1000
Silversmith: CHRISTOFLE
Origin: In the mid-1950s, Lino Sabattini opened a silversmith's workshop in Milan, which quickly attracted the attention of Gio Ponti. The latter wrote an article about him in Domus magazine and presented his works in 1956 in Paris at an exhibition devoted to Italian design. Sabatini subsequently achieved international recognition and became design director for Christofle Orfèvrerie (which had acquired Cardeilhac in 1951).
He breathed new life into the house, founded in 1830, by designing flatware, shaped pieces, and candlesticks with modernist lines for the "Formes Nouvelles" collection.
The Como model is most often made in silver-plated metal by Christofle for the Gallia collection. This silver edition by Christofle-Cardeilhac is therefore particularly rare. Provenance: - Acquired directly from Christofle on June 12, 1957.
Bibliography: Bibliography: - Connaissance des Arts, May 1999, No. 561, p. 71 for an identical model in silver.
Delevery information :
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