Giuseppe Pagano (1896-1945)

Flamed walnut desk with bands and uprights, a drawer on the front and two large drawers on the sides with shaped wooden handles.

One of the major figures of Italian rationalism, he participated, along with Marcello Piacentini, Luigi Vietti, and others, in the initial design of the EUR district in Rome. He designed and built the Faculty of Physics building in Rome, Bocconi University in Milan, and Palazzo Gualino in Turin. An intellectual, writer, and reactionary fighter, he sided with the anti-fascist troops, was captured several times, and escaped from Brescia Castle. However, due to a twist of fate, he ended up in Mathausen in 1945, where he died young a few days before the liberation and the arrival of the Russians.

Oak and white woven center desk with three drawers on one side.

Made in France, ca. 1960.

Silvio Cavatorta (1899-1957)

Elegant blond wood writing desk with two side drawers and magazine rack, original opaline glass top.

Cavatorta & Co., circa 1950.

Silvio Cavatorta's work is characterized by a minimalist style, the use of fine materials, and masterful craftsmanship, creating functional luxury. His furniture is characterized by a simple design and high-quality materials, free of unnecessary ornamentation, with handles either simple or integrated directly into the wooden frames.

Guglielmo Ulrich (1904-1977)

Splendid executive desk with four drawers in wavy wood, back with horizontal wavy patten along the entire length, top in the shape of a seagull's wing. Handles and tips in brass.

Manufacture, Arredamenti Casa, Milan, 1945.

Guglielmo Ulrich (1904 -1977)

Small elegant desk with extraordinary side uprights, four drawers on one side, brass handles and a reeded wood front.

Arca Manufacture, Milan, ca. 1940.

Paolo Buffa (1903-1970)

Elegant wooden desk with five drawers and turned wooden legs.

Certificate from the Paolo Buffa archive.

Manufactured by Galdino Maspero in 1940's.

Pierluigi Colli

Elegant walnut desk with shaped uprights and a scratched wood band and under-band.

Certificate of provenance, Colli, Turin, ca. 1940.

Center desk in walnut root and polished metal profiles, three drawers on the side with nice black bakelite handles.

Italian manufacture ca.1930.

Guglielmo Ulrich

Elegant walnut writing desk with beautiful floor cross and 4 shaped drawers, bronze handles.

Manufacturing ca. 1940.

Enzo Mari 1932 - 2020

Table model “Effe”

Manufactured by Simon in 1974.

Literature:
Metamobile 1973, Simon International catalogue, 1973, n.p.
Enzo Mari: Proposta per un’Autoprogettazione, exh. cat.,
Centro Duchamp, Milan, 1974, n.p.

Peter S. Stamberg, Instant Furniture, New York, 1976, pp. 21-24
Virgilio Verelloni, The Adventure of Design: Gavina, Milan, 1987, p. 150 (for a similar “ICS” table designed by Enzo Mari)
Renzo Orsini, Dino Gavina Ultrarazionale
Ultramobile, Milan, 1998, pp. 187-189
G. Gramigna - Repertorio del design italiano 1950-2000 2002, p. 240, Turin, Éditions Umberto Allemandi & C R. Pedio - Enzo Mari designer 2004, numbers 174 and 175, Bari, Italy, Éditions Dedalo

Desk in chromed tubular with drawers on the side and a thick ground glass top.

Manifactured by Colli Torino around 1930.

Franco Albini (1905-1977)

Center desk with dark wood drawers, polished steel square tube leg and tempered glass top.

Registered drawing from 1958.

Knoll international manufacturing 1970's

Corner desk with one drawer, newspaper holder, small cabinet and shelves. Original red top in perfect conditions.

Italian 1950's. manufacture.

Small central desk with two drawers on the front, open compartment and beautiful document holder on the top.

Italian manufacture, ca. 1960.
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Luigi Olivieri

Rare modernist desk in walnut and blond maple with ground glass top and wooden band. Lacquered drawers with turned maple uprights and two doors on the sides.

1950's Italian manufacture.

Writing table in oak wood with drawers on both sides, brass tips and crystal glass top.

Italian manufacture 1950's.

Josef Hoffman, rare writing desk designed in 1905 ca. and manufactured by J.& J. Khon, Vienna. Beech stained to simulate mahogany, top with a dark red leather, brass handle and details.

Literature

E. Otllinger, Against the Grain, Bentwood furniture from the collection of Fern and Manfred Steinfeld, exh. cat., The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 1993, p. 85, fig. 54

G. Renzi, Il Mobile Moderno, Gebrüder Thonet Vienna, Jacob & Josef Kohn, Milan, 2008, pp. 202-203 for the desk