Rare Danny Ho Fong for Tropi-Cal Complete Three Piece Rattan Suite, Circa 1965
Rare Danny Ho Fong for Tropi-Cal Complete Three Piece Rattan Suite, Circa 1965
Designed by Danny Ho Fong for Tropi-Cal circa 1965, this complete suite captures the point at which rattan moved beyond conventional tropical furniture and entered the language of serious modernism. Fong treated the material architecturally, constructing two deeply proportioned lounges and a monumental square coffee table as solid geometric volumes wrapped in dense, precisely worked rattan. A single surviving lounge is significant. Finding the matched pair together with the substantial 110cm table is exceptional, making this a genuinely rare complete ensemble rather than an arrangement assembled from individual pieces. Broad planes, tightly repeated grids and the rich tonal variation of the rattan give the suite enormous visual weight, warmth and authority.
Measures:
Lounges: 180cm W x 90cm D x 90cm H (Seat 45cm H)
Coffee table: 110cm W × 110cm D x 38cm H
Conditioned for presence and atmosphere with age appropriate wear expected of a vintage piece
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