Claude Lalanne’s bronze armchair with monkeys, vines, and an ostrich-leather seat sold for $1.079 million after reaching Sotheby’s through its online consignment portal
- PC: Sotheby’sA unique gilt-bronze armchair by French designer Claude Lalanne sold for $1,079,500 in December 2025 after arriving through the auction house’s consignment portal.
- The chair features a frame wrapped in vines and monkeys cast in patinated bronze, paired with a seat made from ostrich leather.
- According to Sotheby’s, the armchair was made in 1998 and numbered one from an edition of one.
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- PC: Sotheby’sA unique gilt-bronze armchair by French designer Claude Lalanne sold for $1,079,500 in December 2025 after arriving through the auction house’s consignment portal.
- The chair features a frame wrapped in vines and monkeys cast in patinated bronze, paired with a seat made from ostrich leather.
- According to Sotheby’s, the armchair was made in 1998 and numbered one from an edition of one.
Sources: Times of India