Gaetano Borsani Varedo

Elegant writing desk in Italian Rationalist Style with lateral upright and two drawers on bottom, continuous band footboard that extends vertically to support the top.

ABV Borsani Varedo manufacture, ca. 1930.

Brand branded with fire.

Rare rationalist style desk in metal and wood with methacrylate covered tops and drawers in perfect original condition.

Italian manufacture around 1950.

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

Manifactured by Colli Torino around 1930.

Attr. Ico Parisi (1916-1996)

Elegant center desk with double top, four drawers and bookcase compartments. Central foot in brass and footboard in burnished brass.

Italian manufacture, 1960s

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

Guglielmo Ulrich (1904-1977)

Desk with brass profiles, two small drawers and central compartment. Elegant wave motif on the top and brass tips.

Chair in wood, brass and upholstered fabric.

Arca manufacturing, ca.1940

Small walnut desk with two drawers and storage compartment.

Italian manufacture, ca. 1950.

Gio Ponti ( 1891-1979)

Desk with walnut uprights and top, two drawers with brass handles and a chair designed for the University of Padua in the early 1950s. Italian manufacture 1950

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.

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.

Small writing desk in curved wood with side bookcase and cloth top.

Italian manufacture, 1940's.

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

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

Italian 1950's. manufacture.