Willy Guhl Cone Planter

A Willy Guhl planter in the cone form, a wide, coarse basin lifted just above the floor on a slender metal frame so that it reads as a low horizontal line hovering in the room. The shell is sun-bleached cream and light sand with scattered dark spotting; inside, the basin fades to a pale, milky white wash. The rim is thin and highly uneven, and the frame carries deep brown rust that gives the pale bowl an industrial footing.

It stands 15 inches high and measures 47 inches across the rim. It is an original mid-century Swiss Eternit piece, with the dry, pitted exterior of a cast surface that has spent decades outdoors.

Placed at the center of an open-plan living room it gathers the seating around it without blocking the view; on a bare concrete patio it becomes the destination; beside an outdoor kitchen it warms the hard counters. Dark stone floors, frameless glass and brushed aluminum all sharpen against it. This Willy Guhl planter is in Marina Del Rey; visit by appointment, or ask us for photographs and a quote.