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Creator: Isokon
Penguin Donkey Mark 2 Bookcase by Ernest Race for Isokon, 1963
By Isokon, Ernest Race
Located in San Diego, CA
Excited to show you the petite Penguin Donkey Mark 2 bookcase by Ernest Race for Isokon, 1963, England. Originally designed in the late 1930s by Egon Riss an...
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1960s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Isokon Bookcases

Materials

Mahogany

Penguin Donkey Mark 2 Bookcase by Ernest Race for Isokon, 1963
Penguin Donkey Mark 2 Bookcase by Ernest Race for Isokon, 1963

Penguin Donkey Mark 2 Bookcase by Ernest Race for Isokon, 1963

$1,600
Egon Riss for Isokon, Rare Original Vintage Penguin Donkey Mk 1, 1939, Birch Ply
By Isokon
Located in Wargrave, Berkshire
Egon Riss (1901-1964) Penguin Donkey, Mark 1 birch plywood 60cm wide, 43cm high, 42cm deep This original Isokon Penguin Donkey Mark 1 was designed by the architect Egon Riss in 1939 and made by Isokon, probably the most forward-thinking British furniture manufacturer of the 1930s, whose founder Jack Pritchard worked with the leading modernist designers and architects of the day to produce innovative furniture which have become design icons. Isokon furniture exploited the strength and lightness of bent plywood, and the Donkey is no exception. It was named the Donkey because of its organic, curvilinear shape with four legs and two 'panniers'. Books were stacked in the panniers while the space between them could be used for magazines and newspapers. In the late 1930s, the Penguin Donkey bookcase...
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1930s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Isokon Bookcases

Materials

Birch, Plywood

Egon Riss for Isokon, Rare Original Vintage Penguin Donkey Mk 1, 1939, Birch Ply
Egon Riss for Isokon, Rare Original Vintage Penguin Donkey Mk 1, 1939, Birch Ply

Egon Riss for Isokon, Rare Original Vintage Penguin Donkey Mk 1, 1939, Birch Ply

$19,910
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Isokon bookcases for sale on 1stDibs.

Isokon bookcases are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of wood and are designed with extraordinary care. Many of the original bookcases by Isokon were created in the mid-century modern style in united kingdom during the 1960s. Prices for Isokon bookcases can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $1,042 and can go as high as $1,042, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $1,042.

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