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Antiquities Silver Glass Works of Art Textile Ceramics Furniture Lighting

"Tulip Chair", designed by Eero Saarinen in 1955 for Knoll. Photo © Bukowskis (detail)

FurnitureNovember 17, 2025

Design in Focus: The Tulip Chair

A custom-made shelf from 1963 created in Münsingen by USM Haller. Built from chrome-plated steel tubes and perforated green-painted sheet metal, an early example of the modular design language that became a design classic. Photo © Quittenbaum (detail)

FurnitureOctober 13, 2025

USM Haller: Timeless Design for a Changing Life

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, two MR 20 chairs, Berliner Metallgewerbe Josef Müller or Bamberger Metallwerkstätten, 1920s, chrome-plated tubular steel, black leather. Photo © Bukowskis (detail)

FurnitureJune 16, 2025

12 Groundbreaking Chairs Across Three Centuries

Karl Lagerfeld's Paris apartment with Eileen Grey screen, Dunand painting and vases, and sofa and chairs from a house decorated by Elsie de Wolfe (Lady Mendl). September, 1974. Photo by Horst P. Horst/Conde Nast via Getty Images.

FurnitureFebruary 10, 2025

Barnebys' Guide to Buying Furniture

Two-part Duchesse brisée in the Musée Nissim de Camondo, Paris. Public domain photo (detail)

FurnitureSeptember 23, 2024

What Is the Broken Duchess?

Gillis Lundgren's sofa and armchair 'Impala' are a couple of favourites from Ikea, which are sold for high amounts at auction. Photo © Bukowskis

FurnitureAugust 2, 2024

Ikea's Most Expensive Designs

The Togo sofa by Ligne Roset, designed by Michel Ducaroy, on display in the Spazio Pontaccio showroom. Milan, Italy. 2013 (Photo by Federico Magi/Mondadori via Getty Images) (details)

FurnitureApril 2, 2024

Togo: The Social Media Sensation

Palazzo Volpi's entry hall. Image © Sotheby's (detail)

FurnitureJanuary 18, 2024

The Interiors of Venice's Famed Palazzo Volpi Go to Auction

Collage: François-Hubert Drouais (1727-1775), Countess du Barry as Flora, 1769, oil/canvas, 70.5 x 58 cm, Château de Versailles. Public domain image (detail). Two late Louis XV armchairs by Louis Delanois, with carving by Joseph-Nicolas Guichard and painting by Jean-Baptiste Cagny, gilded walnut, around 1770/71. Photos © Christie's (detail)

FurnitureOctober 20, 2023

Madame du Barry's Chairs Set a New Record

The Palace of Assembly located at the Capitol Complex of Chandigarh designed by Le Corbusier, originally meant to serve as the building for Legislative Assembly of bicameral East Punjab state. By UnpetitproleX - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0 (detail)

FurnitureSeptember 8, 2023

Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret and the Silver City

Jean Royère (1902-1981), chaise longue, variation of the "Boule" model sofa also known as "Polar Bear", designed especially for MF Malgat in November 1956 (execution copy n° 6.364 dated and named; kept at MAD), very Probably a unique piece, the only known example to date. Photo © Briscadieu Bordeaux (detail)

FurnitureJune 1, 2023

A One-of-a-Kind Sofa by Jean Royère at Auction

Bruno Mathsson, armchair with footstool, 'Jetson', DUX. Photo © Uppsala Auction House

FurnitureJanuary 27, 2023

Bruno Mathsson's Jetson: The Space Age Swivel Chair

Charles & Ray Eames, "Lounge Chair with Ottoman", Herman Miller, USA. Photo © Bukowskis (detail)

FurnitureSeptember 20, 2022

10 Ingenious Chairs: Design Classics of the 20th Century

Claude-Guy Hallé (1652-1736), Louis XIV receiving the Doge of Genoa at Versailles on 15 May 1685, Palace of Versailles. Photo public domain (detail)

FurnitureJuly 12, 2022

Baroque Silver Furniture: A Symbol of Power

Bengt Ruda's armchair 'Cavelli' was designed for Ikea in 1958-1959. The armchair set a new world record when it was sold at Bukowskis on May 17, 2022. Photo © Bukowskis (detail)

FurnitureMay 18, 2022

This Is the Most Expensive Piece of Ikea Furniture

Hans Brockhage & Erwin Andra, rocking cart, designed in 1950 for Siegfried Lenz, Berggießhübel/Pirna, Germany (detail). Photo © Dorotheum

FurnitureFebruary 25, 2022

The Fascinating Marketing for Children’s Chairs

Image by Eugene Chystiakov

FurnitureFebruary 17, 2022

How to Furnish Your Modern Home with Antiques

Bengt Ruda, 'Cavelli' armchair for IKEA, 1958-59 (detail). Photo © Stadautkion Sundsvall

FurnitureDecember 1, 2021

A New Auction Record for IKEA Furniture

Photo by Rob Brink

FurnitureMay 8, 2021

Out with the New, in with the Old

Gio Ponti, pair of ‘Distex’ armchairs, 1953, brass and fabric upholstery, 81.3 x 78.7 x 101.6 cm. Image © Phillips

FurnitureApril 26, 2021

6 Giants of Mid-Century Modern Design

A pair of Prince of Wales investiture chairs designed by Lord Snowdon in 1969, ash painted red, image © Christie's

FurnitureOctober 6, 2020

World Record for Prince Charles' Chairs

Harry Callahan, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, c. 1952, silver gelatin print, 12.7cm x 10.2 cm. Photo: PHILLIPS

FurnitureApril 19, 2020

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe: From Traditionalism to Modernism

Finnish architect Alvar Aalto in 1960. Photo public domain

FurnitureFebruary 20, 2020

Alvar Aalto: A Finnish Hero

Hans J. Wegner with his model chairs, Image © PP MØBLER

FurnitureOctober 2, 2019

Hans Wegner: Master of Nordic Design

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