Custom Modern White Lacquer Double Daybed, 1990s, Bonetti & Garouste, UK. Custom ordered from David Gill Gallery in London and attributed to Elizabeth Garouste & Mattia Bonetti (France), early 1990’s. Lacquered wood with stainless steel foot, curved plate.

For the past 35 years, David Gill Gallery has been a pioneer in the world of collectible design and art. Founded in 1987 on the Fulham Road, Chelsea, the gallery first exhibited the works of historic masters such as Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann, Jean-Michel Frank and Line Vautrin soon adding contemporary artists, including Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti, Grayson Perry and Donald Judd. From the outset, David Gill Gallery invigorated the London and global art scene with an original taste and perspective on art and design.

Works from David Gill gallery can be found in esteemed private and public collections globally, including the Victoria & Albert Museum in London and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. David Gill has been honoured both with the Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts & des Lettres and as Officier of the Ordre des Arts & des Lettres.

Celebrated for inventing a new romanticism, the Paris-based design duo Garouste & Bonetti became recognised as international players in the art/design market from the 1980s to the late 90s. Their furniture is extraordinarily inventive, unconventional and quirky but with grandeur, wit and a subtle brilliance. There is a history of furniture woven into their designs, but they remain uniquely avant-garde – revolutionary in their disregard for many of the leading principles of 20th century decorative arts.

Elizabeth Garouste studied interior architecture at the École Camondo, Paris. She designed stage sets and costumes for Jean-Michel Ribes and worked in the fashion business before partnering with Bonetti in 1981. Swiss-born designer Mattia Bonneti received his formal training in textiles at the Centro Scolastico per l’Industria Artistica in Lugano. He has worked as an interior and product designer, as well as a photographer, and has a studio in Paris. After joining David Gill Gallery in 1988, Garouste & Bonetti designed a series of impressive collections – showing a creative vision that was surprising and magnificent. In 1991 they were named Designers of the Year at the International Furniture Fair.

Dimensions:

Not Including Bolster Pillows - 16 x 78 x 53.

Bolsters - 8 x 53.”

Provenance: Commissioned directly from David Gill Gallery by owner.