Furniture inspired by surrealist artist Salvador Dalí


A side table made out of a sheep, the latest surreal item in BD Barcelona Design's Dalí Furniture Collection, will go on show at this year's Salone Internazionale del Mobile furniture fair in Milan


By Jamie Mitchell

If he were still living, the Spanish surrealist artist Salvador Dalí would be looking forward to his 110th birthday this year, and one would hope he would appreciate this rather fetching sheep-table as a birthday present.

Salvador Dali Xai BC Barcelona Design

This love-it-or-run-screaming-from-it item of furniture is the latest piece in the Dalí Furniture Collection, a range started in 1972 by architect and friend of Dalí's Oscar Tusquets, and sold by Spanish brand BC Barcelona Design. Each piece is inspired by the ideas Dalí explored in his surrealist paintings sketches and sculpture.

Salvador Dali Xai BC Barcelona Design

Dalí himself was known to be a fan of taxidermy - owning, among other macabre items the skeleton medium-sized gorilla, which he purchased in Barcelona.

Salvador Dali Xai BC Barcelona Design

In a sense this table was actually designed by Dali himself: something very similar - a lamb with a drawer in its side appears in the painting 'Interpretation Project for a Stable-Library' (1942).

Salvador Dali Xai BC Barcelona Design

The tables are made by Paris taxidermist Deyrolle and are in available in seriously limited edition: with only 20 white lambs and a black one having been made.

Salvador Dali Xai BC Barcelona Design

The lambs also have finely crafted wooden tables and hoofs in bronze.

Well, we like it - how about ewe?

Meanwhile, here are some of our other favourite pieces from the surreal Dalí Furniture Collection

Salvador Dali Xai BC Barcelona Design

Black Label Bracelli lamp-sculpture. Photo: BD Barcelona Design

BC Barcelona Design Dali Lips

Dalilips Sofa. Photo: Barcelona Design

BC Barcelona Design Lida Chair Salvador Dali

The Black Label Leda chair-sculpture. Photo: Barcelona Design

Oscar Tusquets and one XAI will be at BD Barcelona Design Hall 16 Stand C39 on Tuesday 8 April at 1pm








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