Robin Day: career timeline

British · 1915–2010 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 18 of 25 lots (72% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

Robin Day: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.

Decade made	Works	Sold	Median sold price	Main medium
1940s	2	2	$3.4kSign up	Other
1950s	15	12	$1.1kSign up	Other
1960s	1	1	$1.2kSign up	Other

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)Medium

1940s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $3.4kSign up
Average: $3.4kSign up
Typical size: 39.5 × 72 in (101 × 184 cm)
Mediums: Other (2)
Subjects: —

1950s 15 works

Sold: 12 of 15
Median: $1.1kSign up
Average: $1.7kSign up
Typical size: 30 × 21.5 in (76 × 55 cm)
Mediums: Other (14), Print (other) (1)
Subjects: —

c. 1950 Hillestak chairs, set of four$4kSign up
1950 Par de cadeiras Hillestak, 1950Unsold
c. 1950 dining chairs, set of six$4.2kSign up
c. 1950 armchair$518Sign up
c. 1950 Q chairs, set of four$805Sign up
1951 SET OF FOUR 'HILLESTAK' CHAIRS, DESIGNED 1951$1.1kSign up
1951 Two rare cocktail units, model no. 652, designed for the 'Furniture Trades Exhibition', Earl's Court, London$1.9kSign up
1951 Conjunto de quatro cadeiras da série Royal Festival Hall, 1951Unsold
1952 TABLE, DESIGNED 1952$686Sign up
1954 Bench, designed 1954$1.2kSign up
1954 Bench, designed 1954$1.1kSign up
1954 Wait till it stops$382Sign up

Show 3 more (1950s)

c. 1955 dining chairs, pair$938Sign up
c. 1956 Armchair, model no. 700$3.2kSign up
1957 Poltrona 675, 1957Unsold

1960s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $1.2kSign up
Average: $1.2kSign up
Typical size: 30 × 86.5 in (76 × 220 cm)
Mediums: Other (1)
Subjects: —

1960 'FORM GROUP' SOFA, DESIGNED 1960$1.2kSign up

Creation date not recorded

7 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.

Undated, sold in the 2000s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $665Sign up
Average: $665Sign up
Typical size: —
Mediums: Other (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2004 An Apollo Table$665Sign up

Undated, sold in the 2010s 3 works

Sold: 2 of 3
Median: $881Sign up
Average: $881Sign up
Typical size: 29.5 × 19.5 in (75 × 49 cm)
Mediums: Print (other) (1), Other (1), Multiple (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2010 Look to the future in the RAF$397Sign up
sold 2013 Leo lounge chair$1.4kSign up
sold 2015 Set of six Hillestack chairsUnsold

Undated, sold in the 2020s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $1.2kSign up
Average: $2.5kSign up
Typical size: 39 × 76.5 in (99 × 194 cm)
Mediums: Other (3)
Subjects: —

sold 2022 Server$1.2kSign up
sold 2022 Dining Table & Chairs$5kSign up
sold 2025 Three-seater 'button' sofa$1.2kSign up

Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Robin Day auction results →