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Faye Toogood's Top Picks | Modern Design & Decorative Art | 15 October 2025
Coming up, we have our Modern Design & Decorative Art auction on Wednesday 15 October. This auction features furniture, lighting, ceramics, glassware, rugs, sculpture, and other works of art representing all the major design movements of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Ahead of the sale, we’re delighted to have British designer Faye Toogood discussing some of her favourite pieces from the auction. Faye is the founder of Toogood, a London-based design studio known for its timeless yet unconventional creations across furniture, interiors, clothing, and homeware. Before establishing her studio, she spent eight years as Interiors Editor at The World of Interiors.
Here, we take a look at her top picks.
Faye Toogood's Top Picks
No. 1
Lot 269: Lloyd Wright (American, 1890-1978), Sofa, 1963 | Est. £3,000-5,000 (+ fees)
“I love an irregular shaped sofa. This Lloyd Wright piece is soft and sculptural – something I am continually exploring in my own work as a designer. I love how Wright approached projects as a Gesamtkunstwerk: building, interior, furniture… But the magpie and rebel in me wants to take this architectonic sofa and put it next to something utterly un-Wright-like.”
No. 2
Lot 145: Josef Hoffmann (Austrian 1870-1956), attributed, a dining table, late 19th/early 20th century | Est. £1,200-1,800 (+ fees)
“My favourite museum in New York is the Neue Galerie - filled with the best Austrian art and design, featuring lots of Hoffmann. Even his more Deco work is never over-done, and I love the directness of this reassuringly solid looking table. I am particularly keen on the ebonised oak finish and geometric octagonal legs.”
No. 3
Lot 281: Giancarlo Mattioli (Italian, B.1933), 'Nesso' table lamp, circa 1970 | Est. £300-500 (+ fees)
“I will always fall for old cream plastic. It reminds me of condensed milk. And as a materials-obsessed designer I have often tried and failed to match the authentic patina and toothsome warmth of genuine old cream plastic. I have one of these Nesso table lamps but would never say no to a pair.”
No. 4
Lot 212: René Lalique (French, 1860-1945), large 'Roscoff' dish, designed in 1932, late 20th century, together with unmarked opalescent glass bowl decorated with fish | Est. £300-500 (+ fees)
“What is there to say about Lalique? Other than… exquisite. When I worked at World Of Interiors I dropped a very beautiful piece of Lalique on the floor whilst shooting a glass feature for the magazine. A complete disaster that still chills me. I collect glass and love displaying glass on glass. Dangerous if you like me have a house full of children and have been known to suffer from occasional butterfingers.”
No. 5
Lot 83: Fred Scott (British, 1942-2001), a chaise longue, designed in 1970 | Est. £1,200-1,800 (+ fees)
“I like the idea of having the sort of life where I would use a chaise longue... Always good to have something to aspire to. I fear my husband would insert a psychoanalysis joke here.”
No. 6
Lot 4: Serge Mouille (French, 1922-1988), 'Black Forms L3B' three-arm floor lamp, designed 1952, circa 2010 | Est. £2,000-3,000 (+ fees)
“Serge Mouille is perhaps the easiest and most dependable solution to any lighting conundrum. You could plonk one of these lamps in any interior and it would belong beautifully. Such an iconic shade shape – repeated in multiples ready to twist into infinite configurations. It just works.”
No. 7
Lot 315: λ Emmanuel Cooper (British, 1938-2012), Bowl, stoneware with thick volcanic glaze | Est. £1,500-2,000 (+ fees)
“I am a lifelong collector of studio pottery. Emmanuel Cooper’s thick, bubbling volcanic glazes look alive. I love the contrast of this bowls refined shape and primordial surface.”
No. 8
Lot 141: Luigi Frullini (Italian, 1839-1897), attributed, a 'Dagobert' armchair, late 19th century | Est. £3,000-5,000 (+ fees)
“With absolutely no disrespect intended to Luigi Frullini, I love a silly chair. Many of my chairs are silly. One is called Fudge… and was modelled in fudge. This extraordinarily decorative masterpiece would be the perfect foil for a modernist or minimalist.”
No. 9
Lot 262: Y Claudio Salocchi (Italian, 1934-2012), 'Centro' swivel bookcase for Sormani, designed circa 1960 | Est. £6,000-8,000 (+ fees)
“This bookcase is quite simply… knockout. A rotating, rosewood beauty that is in my opinion top of Salocchi’s pops. It would be a shame to put anything on this handsome thing, but a collector like me is always glad of any spare shelving.”
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Auction Details
Auction:
Wednesday 15 October 2025, 10.30am BST
Dreweatts, Donnington Priory, Newbury, Berkshire RG14 2JE
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Viewing in London (highlights):
- Tuesday 30 September: 10am-4pm
- Wednesday 1 October: 10am-4pm
- Thursday 2 October: 10am-4pm
Viewing in Newbury (full sale):
- Friday 10 October: 10am-4pm (appointment only)
- Sunday 12 October: 10am-3pm
- Monday 13 October: 10am-4pm
- Tuesday 14 October: 10am-4pm
- Wednesday 15 October: 9am-12 noon
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