Modern Furniture: The Extraordinary and the Affordable

Twentieth-century furniture made headlines in June when a 1949 oak and glass table by Italian designer Carlo Mollino sold at Christie’s. It brought $3,824,000, a world auction record for 20th-century furniture. (Presale estimate was only $200,000.) Mollino (1905-1973) was a media star who designed everything from furniture to cars, and there was hot competition for […]