Silvered 3-part Borghese Bench C. 1930's

Pair of French painted Louis XV style benches standing on four cabriole legs with rams head feet. The benches are newly upholstered in a washed Belgium linen with nailhead trim detail.

A pair of elegant benches, each enveloped in soft grayish-blue velvet, exuding a serene and sophisticated charm. The benches are distinguished by their four striking silver legs, ...

French painted rocking stool that is newly upholstered in washed Belgium linen and finished with antique brass nailhead trim detail.

Pair of English Chippendale style walnut benches with brown leather upholstery.

Charming petite French Provincial style bench that is newly upholstered in Belgium linen and detailed with brass nailheads.

19th C. giltwood Italian Rococo style bench. The bench is beautifully hand carved with details of scrolled acanthus leaves and flowers throughout. The bench is newly upholstered in a...

Bench from Bauhaus factory. Original condition with beautiful patina. Sturdy and stabile. Shipping to Continental US circa $1000.

Bench from Bauhaus factory. Original condition with beautiful patina. Sturdy and stabile. Shipping to Continental US circa $780.

Bench from Bauhaus factory. Original condition with beautiful patina. Sturdy and stabile. Shipping to Continental US circa $680.

This 1930s Italian bench is so over-scaled, and monumental in appearance, that it seems to have been made for the large room it was destined, rather than the comfort of a typical sitter. As such, it would function equally well as a low side table or a high cocktail table. We’ll allow the buyer to determine its use. The designer was Pierluigi Colli, and the fabricator Martinotti, the Turin furniture and interior decorating firm that was established in 1831, and exhibited at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition and the 1904 St Louis World’s Fair. Colli’s family owned a textile company that supplied Martinotti with upholstery fabrics, suggesting nepotism had something to do with his being hired as the firm's director in 1926. Nevertheless, he proved himself worthy as a designer and a businessman. Having studied in Paris at the Ecole des Arts Decoratifs, he befriended leading French designers, and arranged for Martinotti to retail Lalique glass and Jean Perzel lighting. In addition, the quality of their work, and Colli’s dedication to the modern design movement, prompted Carlo Mollino, Gio Ponti, and Gino Levi-Montalcini, among others, to have Martinotti fabricate some of their furniture. Colli’s claim to fame, however, is his own work as a designer, and his ability to master the vocabularies of every trend from Art Deco to midcentury modern. During the Great Depression, when nearly every nation floundered economically, fascist Italy...

A very elegant French mahogany upholstered bench with silvered mounts and resting on four tapering legs, circa 1930.

- the wood has been treated by oil - wood with signs of age.