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Vintage Multi-Color Bronze Bell / Wind Chime by Paolo Soleri for Arconsanti
$750.00Wind chime/bell designed by architect, Paolo Soleri for Arconsanti (the city he designed and built in Arizona in 1970).
Bronze cast elements with verdigris patina and multi-color pigmented bell and triangular fin.
Late 1970s/early 1980s production branded with the Arconsanti cypher.
Excellent, vintage condition with light shelf wear consistent with age/slight bends to the fin (this example was never used outdoors – it was part of a collection of old stock from an antique retailer).
Measures:
H : 23.25″
D (bell depth): 3.25″
L (fin length): 4.25″.
Vintage Paolo Soleri Arconsanti Clay Windbell Mobile with Multi-Color Fins
Wind chime/bell mobile designed by architect, Paolo Soleri for Arconsanti (the city he designed and built in Arizona in 1970).
The peaked conical ceramic hat suspends five clay acorn-form wind bells with various hand-incised decorations and multi-color pigmented, diamond-form fins.
Late 1970s/early 1980s production branded with the Arconsanti cypher and retaining the vintage studio tag.
Excellent, vintage condition with light shelf wear consistent with age/slight bends to the fins (this example was never used outdoors – it was part of a collection of old stock from an antique retailer).
Measures:
H: 38.5″ including chain / 30.5″ discounting the chain
L: 13″ – 17.5″ (with the metal suspensions connecting hat to bells fanned inward and outward, respectively)
D: 13″ – 14.13″
Hat alone – H: 5.75″ x Diameter: 8.5″
Vintage Paolo Soleri Arconsanti Windbell / Wind Chime in Patinated Bronze
Bronze wind chime/bell designed by architect, Paolo Soleri for Arconsanti.
Verdigris bronze shows attractive, natural patina suspending a triangular fin pigmented in charcoal/dark gray.
Early example ca. late 1960s/early 1970s bearing no cypher.
Very good, vintage condition with minor wear consistent with age, namely slight bends and light wear to the fin.
Measures:
H: (with bracket): 24.75″
H: (without): 23.75″
L: (fin): 3.88″
D: (bell): 3.25″