Peter Ghyczy Brass Occasional Table

From the Biri range, with brass accents and figures supporting the thick glass top. Peter Ghyczy, child of a widespread aristocratic family, grew up in Buda, a fine district of Budapest. After the invasion of the Red Army 1945, in which his father was killed, he was sent to the family's property Vásárosnameny in the Puszta plains, where he also visited the village school. In 1947 he was brought to Belgium by the International Red Cross for one year, where he learned French. After the family was expropriated of their estate, he returned to his mother in Budapest, where he finished primary school. From 1954 on he attended the Benedictine Secondary School in Pannonhalma connected to a famous monastery. 1956, after the crushing of the Hungarian uprising against the communist regime, he fled with his mother and brother via Vienna to Bonn. In 1960 he attained his "Abitur" (A level) and started to study architecture at the Technical University of Aachen specializing on constructional engineering. Beginning in 1961 he assisted professor Rudolf Steinbach, a renowned German architect, and later worked at the institute of plastic research. In between he took jobs in Paris and at a Unesco project in Kalabsha, Egypt, which was saving antique ruins...

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Stunning bronze and glass side or cocktail table by Peter Ghyczy, circa early 1970s. This example handsomely wraps around the glass top with solid bronze legs with architectural deta...

Beautiful side table or small coffee table, Design Peter Ghyczy 1970s. Bronze and nickel. Comes with a thick cut glass top. Adjustable in height. Timeless design by this great design...

Square coffee table by Peter Ghyczy. Solid brass legs and a thick glass plate. Architect and designer Peter Ghyczy, born in Hungary in 1940, graduated at the Technical University of...

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Wonderful and Minimalist Brass and Glass Pedestal Table designed by Peter Ghyczy in the early 1970s in the Netherlands. Born in Budapest, Peter Ghyczy started his career as an archit...

This coffee table was manufactured by Peter Ghyczy in the Netherlands, circa 1970s. It features four brass legs, and a thick glass surface. The piece remains in wonderful condition w...