A chest of drawers designed by Apple designer Marc Newson was sold in a Paris auction for more than one million euros, more than twice its estimate.

The Australian-born designer’s “Pod of drawers” was bought by an Asian buyer for 1.019 million euros ($1.1 million), according to auction house Artcurial. The piece was created by Newson a 1987, when he was training as a jeweler.

Newson explained that he developed an interest in furniture design when he read European decorative art magazines left at his Sydney home by his Greek-born grandfather. The “Pod of drawers” itself was inspired by French Art Deco designer Andre Groult’s famous body-shaped furniture titled “Chiffonnier Anthromorphie”, Artcurial said. Newson of course is no stranger to creating desirable furniture, as evidenced by his Lockheed lounge chair.

“Entirely made by hand, the chest of drawers shows the fusion between European decorative arts and his know-how as an apprentice jeweler,” it added in a statement.

Two of Newson’s “Pod of drawers”, with their trademark curved lines made from aeroplane aluminum, are already on display in major museums, one at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the other at the Musee des Arts Decoratifs in Paris.

All the lots in its “Heavy Metal, 20 Design Masterpieces” sale were sold, Artcurial said, making a total of 2.7 million euros.