Garouste and Bonetti Furniture
French, Swiss
Design duo Garouste and Bonetti is best known for concocting Surrealist, avant-garde, romantic furniture and lighting that merge whimsy and wonder with luxury and sophistication.
Born in Paris in 1946, Élizabeth Garouste studied interior design at the École Camondo and worked as a theater set designer before meeting Mattia Bonetti in the late 1970s. Bonetti, born in Lugano, Switzerland, in 1952, attended Lugano’s Centro Scolastico per L’Industria Artistica, where he studied textile design and got into photography.
Their first collaboration came in 1981, after Garouste’s husband, interior designer Gérard Garouste, asked them both to produce designs for the Paris restaurant Le Privilège. They devised a collection of Art Brut–inspired furniture called Barbare, which debuted at the Jansen House of Interior Design, earning them the nickname Les Nouveaux Barbares (the New Barbarians).
Garouste and Bonetti achieved international acclaim in 1987 when French couturier Christian Lacroix hired them to design for his maisons de couture in Paris and London. Instead of the staid decor used by other haute couture houses, Garouste and Bonetti’s furnishings were rebellious and daring. As described in Architectural Digest, “rooms and carpets were acrid ochers, edged with black baroque swirls Louis XVI-inspired chairs upholstered in fruit tones. Tree stump stools topped with ivory tufted cushions. White curtains were trimmed with black polka dots the size of pancakes.”
Following their success with Lacroix, Garouste and Bonetti designed interiors for illustrious clients such as German socialite Princess Gloria von Thurn und Taxis and Bernard Picasso, a French art collector and grandson of Pablo Picasso.
Throughout the late 1980s and ’90s, Garouste and Bonetti designed several modern pieces such as rainbow-colored console tables, the wavy, high-backed Koala sofa, ceramic tableware, table lamps and decorative objects. In 2002, the duo parted ways.
Bonetti continues to create furniture, finding inspiration in everything from ancient Greece to children’s toys to UFOs. His works have been shown at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and the Centre Pompidou in Paris.
Garouste also continues to design and is inspired by the natural world for her “quirky pieces,” Élisabeth Delacarte, owner of the Paris gallery Avant-Scène, says of her designs: “You feel like you’re in a dream rather than in reality. She very much has her own universe.”
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Creator: Garouste and Bonetti
Garouste & Bonetti Koala Bench, France 1980's
By Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti
Located in New York, NY
Koala Bench from the "En attendant les barbares" era, on bronze feet and upholstered in faux shearling.
Category
Late 20th Century French Post-Modern Garouste and Bonetti Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Garouste & Bonetti Koala armchairs and stools bronze mohair velvet 1995
By Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti
Located in Paris, IDF
This is a beautiful pair of armchairs with their ottomans by Elizabeth Garouste & Mattia Bonetti, model Koala, with solid bronze feet, fully restored and reupholstered. Garouste & Bo...
Category
1990s French Modern Garouste and Bonetti Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Garouste & Bonetti solid oak and wrought iron gueridon tables 1995
By Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti
Located in Paris, IDF
Beautiful pair of gueridon tables by Elizabeth Garouste & Mattia Bonetti, model named crochets, designed in 1995 by the iconic duo, and edited by the galerie En Attendant les Barbare...
Category
1990s French Modern Garouste and Bonetti Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
Garouste et Bonetti Rare Black Screen for Christian Lacroix, 1987, France.
By Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti
Located in Brussels, BE
Rare Elisabeth Garouste & Mattia Bonetti little black screen, designed and only produced in 1987 for Maison de Haute Couture Christian Lacroix, Faubourg Saint-Honoré, Paris, France.
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1980s French Post-Modern Vintage Garouste and Bonetti Furniture
Materials
Metal
Original 'Koala' Sofa by Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti Stamped 'BG'
By Mattia Bonetti, Élizabeth Garouste, Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti
Located in PARIS, FR
Iconic 'Koala Sofa' circa 1985 by Elizabeth Garouste & Mattia Bonetti. Stamped 'BG' on one of the sofa's bronze feet. New fabric.
Category
1980s French Minimalist Vintage Garouste and Bonetti Furniture
Materials
Bronze
A Set Of Four Chairs by Elisabeth Garouste & Mattia Bonetti France 1990's
By Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti
Located in HYÈRES, FR
A set of four chairs by Garouste & Bonetti.
France 1990s
Editor : Ligne Roset ( signed )
Colours : 2 Yellow, 1 Red and 1 Salmon Color
In original good condition, small trace of d...
Category
1990s French Garouste and Bonetti Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Garouste & Bonetti tulip sconce
By Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti
Located in PARIS, FR
This ceramic sconce has been designed by Élisabeth Garouste & Mattia Bonetti for David Gill Gallery and made by Marioni Paolo.
Signed “B.G.” under the stem.
Price is for one, a second one available in yellow.
Mattia Bonetti & Élisabeth Garouste, Tulip sconces...
Category
Late 20th Century French Modern Garouste and Bonetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Garouste & Bonetti Koala Bronze Leg Stools, France 1980's
By Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti
Located in New York, NY
Classic Garouste & Bonetti Koala stool from the "En attendant les barbares" era, on bronze legs and upholstered in faux shearling.
Category
Late 20th Century French Post-Modern Garouste and Bonetti Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Garouste & Bonetti Isis wrought iron side table 1987
By Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti
Located in Paris, IDF
Beautiful brutalist side table table by Elizabeth Garouste & Mattia Bonetti, model Isis, designed in 1987 by the iconic duo, and produced by the famous gallery En attendant les Barba...
Category
1980s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Garouste and Bonetti Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
Garouste & Bonetti solid oak and patinated bronze gueridon table 1987
By Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti
Located in Paris, IDF
Nice gueridon table by Elizabeth Garouste & Mattia Bonetti, designed in 1987 by the iconic duo, and edited by B.G.H. Editions. The three large feet are made in solid patinated bronze...
Category
1980s French Modern Vintage Garouste and Bonetti Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Pair of stools Garouste & Bonetti Koala bronze mohair velvet 1995
By Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti
Located in Paris, IDF
This is a beautiful pair of stools by Elizabeth Garouste & Mattia Bonetti, model Koala, with solid bronze feet, fully restored and reupholstered. Garouste & Bonetti began their colla...
Category
1990s French Modern Garouste and Bonetti Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Zebrawood Canapé by Garouste et Bonetti
By Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti
Located in NYC, NY
A unique canapé (originally part of a suite) by Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti with a curvaceous frame in Zebrano (Zebra wood) veneer with drop-in seat and two bolster cushion...
Category
Late 20th Century French Garouste and Bonetti Furniture
Materials
Upholstery
Garouste And Bonetti coffee table Model Quator
By Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti
Located in Miami, FL
Garouste And Bonetti coffee table Model Quator.
Bronze , glass and mahogany.
Signed and stamped BG on the bronze.
Category
1990s French Baroque Garouste and Bonetti Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Isis Table by Garouste and Bonetti
By Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Patinated wrought iron gueridons "Isis" by Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti. Produced by En Attendant Les Barbares in France circa 1987....
Category
1980s French Vintage Garouste and Bonetti Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
Koala armchair by Garouste & Bonetti, France, 1990's
By Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti
Located in Paris, FR
Red velvet Koala by Garouste & Bonetti, created circa 1995
Bronze feet, signed BG, with its cushion
Exceptional condition of the fabric which is original
Category
1990s French Modern Garouste and Bonetti Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Garouste & Bonetti Unique Frame for Christian Lacroix, 1987, France.
By Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti
Located in Brussels, BE
Rare Elisabeth Garouste & Mattia Bonetti frame, designed and only produced in 1987 for Maison de Haute Couture Christian Lacroix, Faubourg Saint-Honoré, Paris, France.
Black painted perforated frame with Christian Lacroix signature on a gold metal square...
Category
1980s French Post-Modern Vintage Garouste and Bonetti Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Garouste & Bonetti style , Wrought Iron Chair
By Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti
Located in Miami, FL
In the style of Garouste & Bonetti , wrought iron chair.
Category
1990s French Mid-Century Modern Garouste and Bonetti Furniture
Materials
Brass, Wrought Iron
Two Garouste and Bonetti Bronze Boxes for the Collection of Herbert Blome 2001
By Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti
Located in Milan, IT
Two Garouste and Bonetti Bronze Boxes for the Collection of Herbert Blome 2001
Both are fully signed
Category
Early 2000s French Modern Garouste and Bonetti Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Rare Emaux de Longwy Ceramic Boule Vase by Garouste and Bonetti Limited 1 of 5
By Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti
Located in Miami, FL
This Boule vase “Ornament “ is a rare limited edition numbered 1/5 by Elizabeth Garouste was born in 1949 in Paris and Mattia Bonetti in 1952 in Lugano (Switzerland). They pooled their work from 1980 to dedicate themselves to the creation of pieces of furniture and interior decoration. They start with the decoration of the Palace that Fabrice Eamer asks them to design. Then shortly after, the Néotu Gallery publishes them. Their furniture, baroque and barbarian, surprises, made up of heterogeneous and unusual materials, such as rock, hammered bronze, raffia, leather, skin, logs and glass ... They are at the instigation of fashion "barbaric". For their work, they use references such as the Middle Ages, Africa, through the poetry of Cocteau, the Venetian baroque and neoclassicism. They have also been edited by the “Waiting for the Barbarians” galleries, David Gill, Kréo, Lou Fagotin...
Category
20th Century French Modern Garouste and Bonetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of solid bronze table lamps By E. Garouste & M. Bonetti.
By Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti
Located in Brussels, BE
Rare pair of solid bronze table lamps, France (1980')
By Elisabeth GAROUSTE & Mattia BONETTI.
Stamped "BG".
Very good condition.
Category
1980s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Garouste and Bonetti Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Garouste and Bonetti Bronze Vide Poche for the Collection of Herbert Blome
By Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti
Located in Vienna, AT
Cust bronze bowl designed in the 1990s by French artists Elisabeth Garouste et Mattia Bonetti for Herbert Blome signed B.G. BLOME B.G.H. EDITIONS/BLOME.
Category
1990s French Mid-Century Modern Garouste and Bonetti Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Garouste & Bonetti Cabinet, forged by Diego Giacometti's ironworker
By Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti
Located in Encino, CA
Elizabeth Garouste (Born in 1949) & Mattia Bonetti (Born in 1953)
Elegant oak cabinet with two doors framing a gilt wrought iron grid on a gilt wrought iron base
Collection " En attendant les barbares " France, circa 1990
Ironwork made by Pierre Basse...
Category
1990s French Garouste and Bonetti Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
Extraordinary side table by Elizabeth Garouste + Mattia Bonetti, 1992
By Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti
Located in Berlin, DE
Side table, hickory (North American walnut), ash, hazelnut wood, steel
Design / Elizabeth Garouste + Mattia Bonetti 1992
ISBA Collection
Dimensions / H.58cm ø 59cm
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Designer Mattia Bonetti was born in Lugano, Switzerland, in 1952 and trained at the Centro Scolastico per l'Industria Artistica in Lugano. He moved to Paris in 1973 and began working as a photographer and textile designer before starting to focus on furniture and interior design in 1989. Since then, he has designed limited editions, unique pieces and a selection of industrial products for private and public environments in France and abroad. His works are characterised by a fantastic and dramatic nature and always begin with a freehand sketch. They are then realised by craftsmen with whom Bonetti has worked for decades. The designer's most notable projects include liturgical furniture for the Metz Saint-Etienne Cathedral in France (2007), furniture for the decorator Jacques Grange for the Mark Hotel...
Category
1990s French Post-Modern Garouste and Bonetti Furniture
Materials
Steel
Flower Cabinet by Garouste et Bonetti for BGH
By Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Flower Cabinet by Elisabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti in Zebrano wood and Aluminum. Edited by BGH. Made in France circa 1999.
Category
1990s French Garouste and Bonetti Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Large Signed Resin Glass Coffee Table by Garouste & Bonetti 1990s
By Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti
Located in Paris, IDF
Cool deep colour and a fanciful design make this 1990s coffee table a statement piece, especially for those that believe passionate expressions of creativity go hand-in-hand with int...
Category
1990s French Modern Garouste and Bonetti Furniture
Materials
Glass, Resin
Trapani Console Table by Elizabeth Garouste & Mattia Bonetti
By Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti
Located in New York, NY
Three orange-tinted resin forming naturalistic coral branches with a freeform glass top.
Category
20th Century Garouste and Bonetti Furniture
Materials
Glass, Resin
"Etoile" Sofa by Garouste & Bonetti, BGH editions, 1990, France
By Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti
Located in Paris, FR
"Etoile" Sofa by Garouste & Bonetti, BGH editions, 1990, France
Category
1990s French Garouste and Bonetti Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Garouste & Bonetti - Arabesque carpet
By Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti
Located in PARIS, FR
This Arabesque carpet was designed by Garouste & Bonetti c. 1994 and edited by Sam Laik.
Category
Late 20th Century French Modern Garouste and Bonetti Furniture
Materials
Wool
Garouste & Bonetti desk chair Palace Privilege Rubelli fabric 1980
By Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti
Located in Paris, IDF
Rare desk chair or side chair by Elizabeth Garouste & Mattia Bonetti, model Palace, made in solid oak painted in matte black panted. Garouste & Bonetti began their collaboration and ...
Category
1980s French Modern Vintage Garouste and Bonetti Furniture
Materials
Wood
Signed Mahogany Bronze Glass Coffee Table by Garouste & Bonetti 1995
By Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti
Located in Paris, IDF
Rare and unique signed coffee table by Elizabeth Garouste & Mattia Bonetti, model “Quatuor”, designed and made in 1995 by the iconic duo. The feet are made in beautiful varnished mah...
Category
1990s French Mid-Century Modern Garouste and Bonetti Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Garouste and Bonetti Fourche Table Signed Numbered
By Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti
Located in palm beach, FL
Black gun barrel patinated handwrought iron and glass top. Barbare collection, fourche model, signed and numbered.
Category
1990s French Garouste and Bonetti Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
Elizabeth Garouste & Mattia Bonetti "Concerto" Console
By Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti
Located in PARIS, FR
2 “Concerto” tripod console created in 1995, in wood and gilded bronze, the top in thick glass. The feet decorated with flames signed "B.G".
Category
1990s French Garouste and Bonetti Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Elizabeth Garouste & Mattia Bonetti - Terracotta vase “Clip side down”
By Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti
Located in PARIS, FR
The "Clip Side Down" vase is one of the first vases designed by Garouste & Bonetti. This piece, made in terracotta painted red and partially glazed black, was produced in approximate...
Category
1980s French Vintage Garouste and Bonetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Terracotta
Ceramic Tray by Garouste & Bonetti
By Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti
Located in NYC, NY
A lavender and gold ceramic tray by artists Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti. The tray is part of the Boogie-Woogie collection which includes other ceramic table accessories. Th...
Category
1990s French Organic Modern Garouste and Bonetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Elizabeth Garouste & Mattia Bonetti - Terracotta vase “Clip side down”
By Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti
Located in PARIS, FR
The "Clip Side Down" vase is one of the first vases designed by Garouste & Bonetti. This piece, made in terracotta painted red and partially glazed black, was produced in approximate...
Category
1980s French Vintage Garouste and Bonetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Terracotta
Coral "Trapani" Decanter by Garouste and Bonetti for Daum, France, 1980s.
By Daum, Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti
Located in Lille, FR
A rare decanter by Elisabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti for Daum, from the Trapani serie.
Signed .
Category
1980s French Modern Vintage Garouste and Bonetti Furniture
Materials
Crystal
Garouste and Bonetti Monumental Mirror
By Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti
Located in Chicago, IL
Provenance: This custom mirror comes from a Jacques Grange designed interior.
Made in: France, 1994-1996
Material: plaster over resin, mirrored glass
Size: 49.25 W × 7 D × 9...
Category
1990s French Garouste and Bonetti Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Resin, Plaster
Garouste & Bonetti solid oak and bronze glass console table 1995
By Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti
Located in Paris, IDF
Nice console table by Elizabeth Garouste & Mattia Bonetti, model Concerto, designed in 1995 by the iconic duo, and edited by B.G.H. Editions. The three large feet are made in solid o...
Category
1990s French Modern Garouste and Bonetti Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Garouste & Bonetti Chairs, rare set of 6 forged by Diego Giacometti's ironworker
By Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti
Located in Encino, CA
Garouste et Bonetti
Extremely rare set of six chairs from the couple of designers, Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti.
Ironwork made by Pierre Basse (...
Category
1990s French Garouste and Bonetti Furniture
Materials
Iron
Large signed purple resin glass coffee table Garouste & Bonetti 1990s
By Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti
Located in Paris, IDF
Cool deep purple colour and a fanciful design make this 1990s coffee table a statement piece, especially for those that believe passionate expressions of creativity go hand-in-hand w...
Category
Late 20th Century French Modern Garouste and Bonetti Furniture
Materials
Glass, Resin
Moucharabieh Sideboard by Garouste & Bonetti for Christian Lacroix, 1987
By Christian Lacroix, Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti
Located in Paris, IDF
Very rare off white satin and black wood sideboard by Elizabeth Garouste & Mattia Bonetti designed for Christian Lacroix boutique opening rue du Faubourg Saint Honoré in 1987. The ic...
Category
1980s French Modern Vintage Garouste and Bonetti Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Fine French Wood, Bronze and Glass Console by Garouste and Bonetti
By Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti
Located in Long Island City, NY
Elizabeth Garouste (born 1949) & Mattia Bonetti (born 1952) - A fine 1990s glass top console - Model Concerto - with 3 stained beech legs adorned with cast bronze decorations.
Stampe...
Category
1990s French Modern Garouste and Bonetti Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Table by Elisabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti, circa 1980, France
By Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti
Located in Girona, Spain
Table or console by Elisabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti.
Very decorative.
Unique piece.designed for an appartment in Paris.
Circa 1949, France.
Very good vintage condition.
Elizabe...
Category
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Garouste and Bonetti Furniture
Materials
Iron
Mars Sofa by Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti
By Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti
Located in Paris, FR
Wide-shape wood sofa upholstered with a grey blue velvet. Quilted fittings. Legs terminating with bronze feet tips. Surmounted with gilt bronze B...
Category
1980s French Vintage Garouste and Bonetti Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Garouste And Bonetti furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Garouste and Bonetti furniture are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of metal and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Garouste and Bonetti furniture, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original furniture by Garouste and Bonetti were created in the modern style in europe during the 20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider furniture by Jean Frédéric Bourdier, Louis Durot, and Maurice Barilone. Prices for Garouste and Bonetti furniture can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $894 and can go as high as $50,043, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $13,901.
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