Gio Ponti (1891-1979)

Splendid highboard with a wooden front inlaid with a checkerboard pattern, two side doors with a central drawer and an open compartment, ebonized wooden tips.

Certified by the Gio Ponti Archive 1950's

Paolo Buffa (1903-1970)

Splendid sideboard with a wavy front, six doors in reeded walnut and six legs with brass capitals and tips, a Bardiglio marble top and a bar with a mirror and a shaped shelf in ground glass.

Manufactured by Dassi Turin, ca.1950.

Rare comode in the style of Louis Majorelle with front and sides inlaid in painted wood. Two doors on the front that hide a cabinet with open compartments and small drawers in light wood, in the lower part three drawers.

Italian Art Noveau, 1880-1910 ca.

Paolo Buffa

Elegant 4-door walnut cabinet with a herringbone pattern on the front and eight pyramidal legs with half-moons on the band and brass details.

 Italian Manufacture 1950's.

Large 4-door oak cabinet with central diamond decorative motif and curved wood bases.

Italian manufacture ca. 1940.

Splendid oak cabinet with four drawers and two doors covered in fabric with beautiful fantasy designs. From a private collection and made as a unique piece on commission for a children's bedroom. Fabric conservation in perfect condition.

Attributed to Guglielmo Pecorini, Northern Italy late 1930s.

Marco Zanuso (1916-2001)

Four-door storage unit with tray top and feet with metal ends.

Arflex, Milan 1970.

Literature: G. Gramigna, Repertorio del design italiano 1950-2000 per l'arredamento domestico, Allemandi, Torino 2021, p. 206. 1972.

Small elegant bar with two mirrored doors on the front with engraved figures and decorations.  

Italian manufacture 1940's

Splendid two-door cabinet in veneered wood and inlaid with geometric motifs. In the center a classic oval encloses the star of the winds, a distinctive element of Neapolitan cabinetmaking. Top in yellow Siena marble.

Neapolitan cabinetmaking, ca. 1770.

Paolo Buffa (1903-1970)

Elegant cherry cabinet with diamond-cut wood front, sabre-shaped feet, two side doors and two drop-down shelves with a bar covered in ground glass. Glass holder shelves with wave decoration.

Manufactured by Mario Quarti, Turin ca.1940.

Vittorio Ducrot (1867-1942)

Small chest of drawers in flamed oak with turned wooden knobs.

Ducrot manufacture, Palermo, around 1940.

Manufacturing label inside.

The famous Ducrot & Co. created, among others, the furnishings of Palazzo Montecitorio, the seat of the chamber in Rome.

Sources:E. Sessa – Biographical Dictionary of Italians – 1992
E. Sessa – Furniture and furnishings by E. Basile in the Ducrot production – Palermo 1980
Wikipedia.org – Vittorio Ducrot

Pier Luigi Colli (1895-1968)

Extraordinary high-quality piece of furniture with a drop-front inlaid with fine woods and engraved brass based on a design by Giovanni Gariboldi. Elegant, finely turned tips decorated with gold leaf. Two curved doors in wavy wood, maple interiors with a hidden light in the upper part.

Colli Manufacture Turin 1955.

Certificate from the Colli archive.

Bibliography: D. Alaimo, S. Mira, Colli. Interni altoborghesi, Scaravaglio, Turin 2014, p. 139

Elegant storage unit in the style of Axel Einar Hjort.

Refined flamed maple veneer with Art Deco inlays. Inside shelves and drawers with galalith knobs.

Swedish manufacture around 1930.

Flli.Proserpio

Elegant storage unit with 4 sliding doors in ribbed wood.

Fratelli Proserpio manufacturing ca. 1960.

Luciano Frigerio (1928-1999)

Large and unique storage unit with three-door front made of solid brass with shaped brass frame. Exotic wood structure.

Manufactured by Frigerio & C. 1970s.

Original brand of the manufacture.

Paolo Buffa (1903-1970)

Rare walnut bar cabinet with maple inlaid front and lacquered metal interior. Two maple drawers with glass fronts, mirrors and hidden light. Drawings on the front by Giovanni Gariboldi.

Serafini Arrighi manufacture, 1940ca.

Pair of small storage units in lacquered wood with chromed tubular base and interiors in ivory lacquered wood.

German/Austrian manufacture, 1960's

Rare modernist piece of furniture with a writing top, two drawers and a shelf on top. Front doors and drawers with sides and back in wavy wood, black painted wood details. Tub chair in wavy wood with black painted wood details.

Wiener Werkstätte, Vienna Secession, ca. 1910.

Beautiful quality walnut chest of drawers with Portuguese light pink marble top, shaped on the front and sides with elegant brass tips.

Italian manufacture, ca. 1950.

Open trolley cabinet with wooden shutters that open on three sides, drawers and storage compartment, refined brass details.

Italian manufacture 1950's

Charles and Ray Eames

Storage unit, 2 modular bookcase with 3 or 6 shelves in birch plywood with open compartments and compartments closed by colored metal panels.

Vitra Manufacture, around 2000.

ABV Borsani

Large storage cabinet / bar / bookcase with central door painted on parchment by the artist Eugenio Rossi with scenes from the commedia dell'arte. Two doors in grissinato wood, illuminated bar container with cut glass shelves inside and fabric covering in the upper part with cut glass shelves. The two sides in corrugated wood and ivory lacquered. signed and dated 1954.

Borsani Archive.

Franco Albini (1905-1977)

Infinito original book unit. Large modular bookcase made up of 6 vertical uprights, container elements with hinged doors and lower doors with 28 tek wood shelves and 2 mini desk. Disc-shaped metal feet, variable height 290-320 cm.

The structure designed by Franco Albini in 1956 and named "Infinito" does not need to be fixed to the wall, it can offer a double surface, ideal for space partition with two sides that contain bookcases and other storage solutions.

Poggi production, 1958

Extraordinary inlaid cabinet with two drawers.

Louis XVI era, Italian Neoclassicism between Lombardy and Veneto, 1780ca.

Paolo Buffa (1903-1970)

Large bookcase with compartments and shelves, drawers and two flap shelves. Uprights with racks and brass tips at the ends.

Production Cav. Serafino Arrighi, 1958.

Manufacturer's plate inside.

Florence Knoll (1917-2019)

Large container unit with five doors in blond wood with steel base and internal shelves and drawers in maple.

American manufacture, 1960's.

Storage unit with front in grinded wood and two drop-down shelves with interiors in blond maple and a ground glass top.

Two drawers and elegant feet with brass tips.

Italian manufacture, 1940's

Small étagère in blond oak and shelves in lacquered wood.
Italian manufacture, 1950's.

Piero Fornasetti (1913-1988)

Small cabinet with 7 drawers decorated with Middle Eastern architectural patterns. Wooden base with brass tips and ash sides.

Signed Piero Fornasetti, late 1950's.

Hans Hove & Palle Petersen

Pair of very refined teak sideboards with nice handles.                 

Shelves and drawers inside.

Denmark, 1960s. 

Bar caliber  in goat skin and polished wood. France 1940's.

Ettore Sottsass

Small chest of drawers in lacquered wood with turned and colored knobs.

Poltronova production, 1965ca

Unique Italian 1960's highboard in light maplewood. Doors and drawers with shelves inside and a very special central compartment with a folding top hiding small shelves and one drawer.

Small extraordinary coin cabinet in violet wood threaded in rose wood with wavy front, central aedicule with shaped door and central mirror. 12 wavy drawers.

Genoese cabinetry, c. 1750.

Unique wall unit with methacrylate top writing desk with one drawer, newspaper holder and small cabinet with bar inside. 

Perfect original conditions, Italy, 1950's.