Estimated between 800 and 4,000 euros, seven pieces of furniture by Carlo Bugatti were rescued from a recycling center in Toulouse.

The furniture of the designer Carlo Bugatti was piled up among the antiques in an old fruit and vegetable warehouse in Toulouse (Haute-Garonne): it was the happy discovery of the auctioneer Jérôme de Colonges who by chance found this set of seven pieces of furniture after a request of the Toulouse family who thought they would throw them away! They will be auctioned on March 8 at the Ivoire-Primardeco study in Toulouse and are estimated between 800 and 4,000 euros, depending on their origin.

“I collected this set in a strange situation because I did not know this family that lives in the district of Compans-Caffarelli when they called me to ask my opinion on this furniture, after reading an article about the days of specialization, says Jérôme de Colonges. When I saw these pieces of furniture in the warehouse This old market garden, I immediately thought of Carlo Bugatti. They are slightly damaged but the fact that they are in their original condition attracts collectors.

The set – which includes two pairs of wall-mounted bedsteads, a walnut bench, a wooden mirror, a leather-covered wall shelf, a pair of wooden chairs and a large wall-mounted sofa – dates from pre-1900 Italian. The designer was born in February 16, 1856 in Milan and died March 31, 1940 in Molsheim (Bas-Rhin). As unconventional as he was a brilliant decorator, Carlo Bugatti used Japanese and Moorish motifs as well as Arabic architecture in many of his works. The designer, who won at the Turin Exhibition in 1902, had two equally famous sons: animal sculptor Rembrandt Bugatti and car manufacturer Ettore Bugatti.

“The owner inherited this set from his uncle and doesn’t know much about its origin,” confides the auctioneer. He knew the name Bugatti but for cars! Beyond the value of this beautiful furniture, it’s a pleasure to rediscover a great name, we don’t always have that under our hammer! »

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