$990 · 3-Piece Percival Lafer Designed Coffee and End Tables

Market value: over $4000! Estate sale for only $990! These three vintage mid-century tables have been in my family since the mid 1960’s. They were designed and built by Percival Lafer, the renowned Brazilian designer. Each table has its original smoked glass top. Over their 60 year life they have proven to be extremely durable and have maintained a sense of the contemporary throughout the years. Understandably, there are a few minor blemishes that are not very noticeable, otherwise they are in near new condition. One Coffee table: 47”X25”X16” high Two Side tables: 25-1/2”X20”X16” high To give you a sense of their market value, I attach a link to a posting from a commercial vintage furniture seller showing the same four tables for sale for $4680. https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/tables/coffee-tables-cocktail-tables/3-piece-percival-lafer-designed-coffee-end-tables-jacaranda-rosewood/id-f_18430902/ They may be viewed and purchased in Sidney BC. Payment by cash or certified cheque. I am not in a position to ship these pieces but am open to suggestions if an absolutely secure method of both payment and shipping can be arranged. Percival Lafer Furniture BRAZILIAN, B. 1936 When it comes to mid-century furniture, the innovative work of the Brazilian Modernists has often been overlooked, including the designs of prolific maker Percival Lafer. Lafer studied architecture at São Paulo’s Universidade Mackenzie. After he graduated, his father passed away suddenly, leaving a furniture business that Lafer took over with his brothers. Taking up the mantle, Lafer made the jump from architecture to furniture design in 1961, putting a focus on thoughtfully designed pieces available at affordable prices. That year, Lafer introduced his supremely popular MP-1 chair, a plush piece of furniture made with iron and wood that he has riffed on throughout his entire career. The silhouettes of Lafer lounge chairs, armchairs and other seating were distinct from streamlined American and European mid-century modernism, taking on casual, puffed forms thanks to his use of polyurethane layers as padding. He combined such contemporary industrial materials with local natural ones, namely Brazilian hardwoods, which delighted customers around the world as Lafer became one of the country’s leading exporters of furniture. Lafer has continued to design furniture throughout his career, branching into sofas, tables and lighting. He was at the forefront of mechanical furniture movements, debuting the MP-7 sofa, which could turn into a twin bed, in 1965, the first such piece on the market. One of his most intriguing projects was the MP Lafer, a two-seat fiberglass roadster designed to emulate British sports cars. Some 4,300 units were produced over its 16-year manufacturing run in the ’70s and ’80s, with several ending up in the collections of major car museums. Still, Lafer’s biggest claim to fame is his seating, which he continues to design, drawing inspiration from modern shapes and local materials.