Ralph Pucci Side Tables

A stainless steel (18" cubed) "Concave Pedestal" was designed by Chris Lehrecke and retailed by Raplh Pucci. Mr. Lehrecke informed me that this pedestal, side-table or stool, is no longer in production due to the high manufacturing costs, forcing a high retail asking cost of over $4,000. This example is in very good original condition showing little to no wear. roughly 40lbs. Sturdy and attractive! Chris Lehrecke’s talent as a designer and his exquisite skill as a craftsman have firmly established him within the New York design community. Although a member of a generation of furniture designers who came of age in the 1980s, he has pursued a stylistic direction antithetical to the highly individualistic and often intentionally provocative work that characterized much of the innovative design of that decade. Marked by clarity and restraint, his furniture exemplifies a rational yet organic approach to design. His latest “Weimar” collection, noticeably different for Lehrecke because of its strong colors, was inspired by the architecture of his youth, as built by his father, and the shapes and palette of the Bauhaus. All of his woodwork is made in his studio in upstate New York. He frequently collaborates with his wife, jewelry designer Gabriella Kiss, who fabricates bronze hardware, as on their “After the Storm” collection utilizing trees felled...