Zanzibar Sideboard. Wenge wood. White gold leaves. Garouste and Bonetti.
View Similar Items
Zanzibar Sideboard. Wenge wood. White gold leaves. Garouste and Bonetti.
About the Item
- Creator:Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti (Designer)
- Dimensions:Height: 35.44 in (90 cm)Width: 55.12 in (140 cm)Depth: 22.45 in (57 cm)
- Materials and Techniques:
- Place of Origin:
- Period:1990-1999
- Date of Manufacture:2015
- Condition:
- Seller Location:Paris, FR
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU136225604783
Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti
Design duo Garouste and Bonetti is best known for concocting Surrealist, avant-garde, romantic furniture and lighting that merge whimsy and wonder with luxury and sophistication.
Born in Paris in 1946, Élizabeth Garouste studied interior design at the École Camondo and worked as a theater set designer before meeting Mattia Bonetti in the late 1970s. Bonetti, born in Lugano, Switzerland, in 1952, attended Lugano’s Centro Scolastico per L’Industria Artistica, where he studied textile design and got into photography.
Their first collaboration came in 1981, after Garouste’s husband, interior designer Gérard Garouste, asked them both to produce designs for the Paris restaurant Le Privilège. They devised a collection of Art Brut–inspired furniture called Barbare, which debuted at the Jansen House of Interior Design, earning them the nickname Les Nouveaux Barbares (the New Barbarians).
Garouste and Bonetti achieved international acclaim in 1987 when French couturier Christian Lacroix hired them to design for his maisons de couture in Paris and London. Instead of the staid decor used by other haute couture houses, Garouste and Bonetti’s furnishings were rebellious and daring. As described in Architectural Digest, “rooms and carpets were acrid ochers, edged with black baroque swirls Louis XVI-inspired chairs upholstered in fruit tones. Tree stump stools topped with ivory tufted cushions. White curtains were trimmed with black polka dots the size of pancakes.”
Following their success with Lacroix, Garouste and Bonetti designed interiors for illustrious clients such as German socialite Princess Gloria von Thurn und Taxis and Bernard Picasso, a French art collector and grandson of Pablo Picasso.
Throughout the late 1980s and ’90s, Garouste and Bonetti designed several modern pieces such as rainbow-colored console tables, the wavy, high-backed Koala sofa, ceramic tableware, table lamps and decorative objects. In 2002, the duo parted ways.
Bonetti continues to create furniture, finding inspiration in everything from ancient Greece to children’s toys to UFOs. His works have been shown at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and the Centre Pompidou in Paris.
Garouste also continues to design and is inspired by the natural world for her “quirky pieces,” Élisabeth Delacarte, owner of the Paris gallery Avant-Scène, says of her designs: “You feel like you’re in a dream rather than in reality. She very much has her own universe.”
On 1stDibs, find a range of vintage Garouste and Bonetti tables, seating and serveware.
- Moucharabieh Sideboard by Garouste & Bonetti for Christian Lacroix, 1987By Christian Lacroix, Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia BonettiLocated in Paris, IDFVery rare off white satin and black wood sideboard by Elizabeth Garouste & Mattia Bonetti designed for Christian Lacroix boutique opening rue du Faubourg Saint Honoré in 1987. The ic...Category
Vintage 1980s French Modern Sideboards
MaterialsBronze
- Pair of Garouste and Bonetti Style CabinetsBy Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia BonettiLocated in Miami, FLFrom A St Tropez estate totally furnished in Garouste and Bonetti. That fantastic pair of cabinets is in perfect condition Please see video.Category
Vintage 1980s French Baroque Cabinets
MaterialsWrought Iron
$12,900 / set - Materia Ventaglio Solid Wood Sideboard, Walnut & Wengè, ContemporaryBy Dale ItaliaLocated in Cadeglioppi de Oppeano, VRCompletely designed and made in Italy, this sideboard it’s an expression of fine Italian craftsmanship. Handcrafted with passion and skills and finished by hand in every detail. The ...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
MaterialsWalnut, Wenge
- Materia Ventaglio Solid Wood Sideboard, Walnut & Wengè, ContemporaryBy Dale ItaliaLocated in Cadeglioppi de Oppeano, VRCompletely designed and made in Italy, this sideboard it’s an expression of fine Italian craftsmanship. Handcrafted with passion and skills and finished by hand in every detail. The ...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
MaterialsWenge, Walnut
- Woodsport Handcrafted Wenge and Oak SideboardBy WOODSPORTLocated in St. Paul, MNSleek sideboard made of wengé, ebonized rift-sawn oak and steel. The doors are constructed of hand-sliced African wengé veneer and then media blasted t...Category
2010s American Modern Sideboards
MaterialsSteel
- Exceptional Flemish Sideboard in Wengé and CeramicsLocated in Waalwijk, NLSideboard, wengé, mahogany, brass, melamine, ceramic, Belgium, 1950s/1960s. This unique custom made sideboard is constructed in the finest mann...Category
Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
MaterialsBrass