Italian Bookcases

This monumental piece of furniture, of Veneto-Alto Veneto provenance, made entirely of lacquered fir wood. Full seventeenth century (ca. 1650) is presented as an imposing double-bodi...

Lovely Rita bookcase in red plastic designer Ron Arad for Kartell 1990s

Architectural bookcase by IImari Tapiovaara for La Permanente Mobili Cantù, Italy ca. 1957. Wonderful piece with a clean lines and refined functional details, nothing is overdone, re...

The trio of black Congress bookshelves by Lips Vago from the 1960s exudes an aura of timeless sophistication and functional elegance. These bookshelves, crafted from sleek black-pain...

Beautiful bookcase with top for desk use complete with chair. Italian manufacture, 1950s.

Wall-mounted bookcase requiring wall anchorage, with open shelves and storage elements, aluminum uprights, enameled metal. Good conditions.

A three modular bookcase designed by Fanco Albini and edited by Poggi in the 50s.It is composed of three modules and 15 shelves.The central module measures 90 cm length and the two l...

This Italian bookcase would likely exude the characteristic style and sophistication of mid-century design, reflecting the innovative and artistic trends of the era, it's an exquisit...

Vintage dorado brass magazine rack 1970- Private collection Domenico Rugiano

Bruno Munari two 'Vademecum' bookcase cart for Robots 1974 Chromed steel, aluminum. One measures 35.5 x 35.5 x H 128.5 cm. Second measures 35.5 x 35.5 x H 68.3 cm.

Derk Jan de Vries for Maisa di Seveso, 'Samara' modular sideboard, Milan, Italy, 1970s Dutch designer Derk Jan de Vries conceived the Samara series back in the seventies for the Mil...

Functional and stylish, this shelving unit or bookcase has a brilliant brass structure, blue smoked glass shelves, and blue lacquer cabinets. Desi...

Toni Cordero, library bookcase, ash, plywood, Italy, 1972 Italian designer Toni Cordero (1937-2001) designed and made this bespoke bookcase in his own studio in Turin back in 1972. ...

Ancient and authentic soul of Milan, Brera represents a connection between emotion and the experienced. Narrow and pebbly lanes, a constellation of antique stores where everyone can...

Italian mid-century modern Yellow metal modular bookcase Congresso by Lips Vago, 1960s Modular self-supporting bookcase mod. Congresso with structure entirely in bright yellow metal...

The Basilian 1 was a series of furnishing designed by Italian architects Tobia Scarpa and Afra Bianchin in 1974 and issued y B&B from 1975, that in order to support its production cr...

Libreria modulare a due campate degli anni '60 in legno di teak. La libreria è composta da mensole, un mobiletto e un blocco di cassetti. Questi ultimi due elementi hanno i top in f...

E101 Domino bookcase with writing desk by Eugenio Gerli for Tecno 1960 In top condition. Marked piece TECNO Width 180 Height 145 Depth 36 Writing desk 10...

Immerse your space in the timeless allure of 1970s Italian design with our dual grand bookshelves. Its fine materials, lacquered wood and crystal shelves, exudes timeless sophisticat...

Mim bookcase designed by Ico Parisi , Rome ca. 1960, made of rosewood, restored and consisting of three modules. MIM, Mobili Italiani Moderni, is an Italian furniture company that m...

Designed by Cesare Arosio and Beatrice Fanchini, this modular, two-sided bookcase is an elegant addition to a contemporary living or study space. It features a clean yet sculptural c...

Libreria a soffitto nello stile di Paolo Tilche, il cui posizionamento ideale è in un angolo, dato l'inclinazione dei ripiani. Legno impiallacciato legno esotico, montante in metallo...

Ebonised Bookcase Italy circa 1820 Stained pine with glazed doors. 78”L x 16”d x 71.75”h

Modular pivoting central bookcase, elements in off-white lacquered wood, central upright in black lacquered metal. Bibliography: Il Soggiorno, coll. Lo dice l’Architetto, Ed. Görlich, Milan, ill. p. 27 G. Gramigna, « Repertorio Del Design Italiano 1950-2000, Per l’Arredamento Domestico, Vol. 1 » Ed. Umberto Allemandi & C, Turin, 2003, model reproduced on p. 82 Biography Claudio Salocchi (March 22, 1934 – December 7, 2012) was an Italian designer and architect. Born in Milan in 1934, he graduated in architecture from the Politecnico di Milano. He taught Building Distribution at Milan’s Politecnico di Milano and Architectural Composition at Rome’s Valle Giulia La Sapienza Faculty. In 1965, he opened his own design studio, and two years later began a long collaboration with Sormani, with whom he exhibited at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile that same year. That year, Salocchi presented the Ellisse collection for Sormani, which became the first company to experiment with extruded aluminum. In 1973, he founded the « Doorty Research Center » with his friends and colleagues Ugo Carrega and Vincenzo Ferrari, with whom he exhibited in 1968 and 1973 at the 14th and 15th Milan Triennales, presenting the film Healthy Objects, Sick objects. In 1979, he won the Compasso d’Oro award for Metrosistema kitchen equipment for homes, produced by Alberti Cucine, also receiving two mentions for two other projects. In 1987, he was again mentioned in the XIV edition of the award. A member of the Association pour les dessins et modèles industriels since 1967, he was vice-president from 1988 to 1990. 4] He has been curator and jury member of various design awards, including the prestigious Red Dot Design Awards in 2004 and 2006. To know more, please click on this Wikipedia link Story Italian furniture pioneer Sormani was founded in 1961 in Arosio by designer Luigi Sormani (1932-2017). The company was an early advocate of modernized production techniques – rejecting the slow, traditional craft techniques and hardwoods so commonly used in the 1950s, in favor of new materials such as Rio rosewood (first imported by Sormani), lacquered wood, then plastic and aluminum in the 1960s and 1970s. Sormani presented its first collection at the Milan Furniture Fair in 1961. This collection, known as Fleeting by Studio ABC, was one of the first modular cabinet systems. In 1966, Sormani began producing thermoformed objects, such as armchair shells, accessories and accent pieces, using molds (a technology derived from the automotive industry which, at the time, was only used for electric household appliances). The Nike and Auriga armchairs by Richard Neagle are prime examples. In the same year, Sormani was the first to experiment with extruded aluminum, with Claudio Salocchi’s Ellisse Collection (1967). During this period, Sormani also established and expanded into the American and Japanese markets, where success was immediate. In 1968, he began a collaboration with architect-designer Gio Ponti, which resulted in a range of colorful storage units. In the early 1970s, Sormani continued to research and analyze the various possibilities offered by new materials. With the creation of an engineering division in the early 1980s, he carried out a number of turnkey projects, operating at all levels of engineering and residential and contract architecture, including the complete restoration and interior decoration of hotels, offices, banks, government buildings, universities, etc. Over the years, Sormani has collaborated with many important Italian designers, including Joe Colombo, Gio Ponti, Carlo De Carli, Claudio Salocchi, Cesare Casati, Emanuele Ponzio, Nani Prina, Antonello Mosca, Fabrizio Cocchia, Gianni Songia, De Pas, D’Urbino, & Lomazzi, Studio A.R.D.I.T.I., Studio ABC (Achilli...

Franco Albini (1905-1977) Infinito original book unit. Large modular bookcase made up of 6 vertical uprights, container elements with hinged doors and lo...

Small hanging bookcase from the 1960s made of beech wood and metal inserts. The three shelves are height adjustable. Good vintage condition.

1960s Italian Rosewood cabinet. This handsome cabinet has wonderful storage to include open shelving, drop down cabinet doors with glass shelves, base cabinet with sliding doors and ...

Libreria "LB2" di Ignazio Gardella, legno laccato e metallo, Italia, 1950.

This Console table by Gianfranco Frattini for Bernini 1960. Made with high-quality materials and meticulous attention to detail, it represents excellence in Italian furniture product...

Mid-Century Claudio Salocchi inspired Italian bookcase with pale yellow and blue lacquered frame. This playful and vivacious design is visually a very well balanced (and for the time of its creation) prescient mix of the austere, clean lines of the 'De Stijl' movement of the 1920's Netherlands and the whimsical 'Memphis' stylings of the 1980's. The latter being a style the piece precedes by two decades or so. This is a versatile eye-catching display case for books...

Large modular rosewood bookcase/wall unit by Osvaldo Borsani for Tecno (ca. 1960, Italy). Composed of six gold aluminum uprights forming five bays/sections. Includes: -locking bar unit with a removable (non-adjustable) shelf and glass surface -three-drawer chest, a locking cabinet with single adjustable/removable shelf -twelve shelves -all original brackets/mounting hardware and two keys. The set can also be divided to create two separate units (1 and 3 sections or 2 and 2 sections). Alternatively, we have a second six rail/five section unit, and the two can be combined to create a grand eleven bay system. Gold aluminum rails and black steel brackets/hardware are all original; rosewood has been refinished and is in very good condition with only light, age-commensurate wear. Note that the aluminum rails are included (the black backings are ledger boards that we mounted in order to work with the conduit we have running along our wall - they are not necessary for standard wall-mounting and will not be included). Decorative objects/seating are for illustration purposes only. Keep reading for more detailed dimensions. H: 108.63" x L: 139.25" x D: 14" / 40" (cabinet door open including rail). Each section measures roughly L: 28.63" including rails / 26.5" space between rails Shelves: H: 1.25" x L: 27.5" x D: 10" / 11.5" including rails Bar Cabinet: H: 27.75" x L: 55" x D: 12.25" (closed) / 25.75" (with door down discounting rail) / 27.5" (bar cabinet door...

Rounded wall display case with shelf in carved bamboo and woven straw, 1960 Italy

1950s bookcase with black painted iron uprights and brass feet. The bookcase consists of 6 adjustable-height wooden shelves 25 cm deep. Fully restored.

Rattan and wicker bookcase, Italy 1980 Product details Dimensions: 61 W x 146 H x 31 D cm

Multi-shaped and multi-purpose shelving system, stackable and modular, offering the possibility of creating a variety of geometric and chromatic compositions. This accessory can play the dual role as both container and room divider. IT IS a go...

This bookcase consists of four modules freestanding, suitable to be moving and placed at will in the home. It's composed by #5 uprights, and equipped with #9 shelves, #2 cabinets tw...

Sky-to-ground bookcase from the 1960s with one bay and consisting of shelves plus a storage compartment. All elements can be freely placed on the structure consisting of two iron up...

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Mac Gee bookcases evoke the aerodynamic geometries of an airplane wing, and this three-piece set allows for modulation according to furniture needs with the option of aligning them t...

Bookcase Parts square glass with structure in welded smoked glass, 10mm thickness. With 3 cubes in welded blackened glass, 10mm thickness. Also available with welded clear glass stru...

Osvaldo Borsani for Tecno, wall-mounted wall unit, metal, white laminated wood, Italy, 1950s  This wall mounted shelving system was designed by Osvaldo Borsani. Its purpose was a co...

Portariviste, an object that identifies exactly its function and there is no need for a different name to define it. Portariviste is so similar in the concept but so distant in the e...

Ptolomeo Wall is the wall version of the Original Ptolomeo and could be defined as the "column of knowledge”. A stack of levitating books or a ground-air column (floor-ceiling) for e...

Original Ptolomeo is the free-standing bookcase that doesn’t require any further presentation: it is simple, revolutionary, innovative, as sudden as ...

Original Ptolomeo is the freestanding bookcase that doesn’t require any further presentation: it is simple, revolutionary, innovative, as sudden as a...

Due librerie Feal (Fonderie Elettriche Alluminio e Leghe) in perfette condizioni. Due campate, 6 mensole l'una, ripiani in legno e ottone. Le mensole sono regolabili in altezza. L...

The Angelo Mangiarotti for Skipper White Carrara Marble 'Loico' Bookcase, originating from 1970s Italy, is a striking and iconic furniture piece. Crafted by the renowned Italian arch...

A large, white vintage Mid-Century modern Italian bookcase made of hand crafted lacquered Pinewood designed by Manfredo Massironi for Nikol Int...

The Angelo Mangiarotti for Skipper 'Loico' Bookcase from the 1970s in Italy is a remarkable piece of furniture. Designed by renowned Italian architect Angelo Mangiarotti, this bookcase features a distinctive blend of white and green marble, showcasing a sophisticated and luxurious aesthetic. The 'Loico' Bookcase is celebrated for its innovative design, characterized by modular elements that interlock without the need for traditional connectors, reflecting Mangiarotti's emphasis on both form and function. With its unique combination of materials and iconic design, this 1970s Italian piece...

Italian Mid Century Modern bookcase by AV Arredamenti Contemporanei 1960s. The structure is made of solid and veneered teak wood with adjustable brass feet. It has one drawers module...

Elegant shelving unit Model E60 designed by Osvaldo Borsani for Tecno. The shelves can be moved up and down as required. The bottom shelf is slightly deeper than the others which vis...

Wall bookcase in laminated wood, Italian production from the 70s. Consisting of 12 cubic compartments measuring 25,5 x 25,5 x 25,5 centimeters each. In excellent condition.

Libreria a parete che necessita di fissaggio a muro, con elementi contenitore ad ante battenti, e cassetti a vista, ripiani a giorno a posizione regolabile. Legno impiallacciato legn...

(2) RANDOM LIBRERIA BIANCO VERS.USA Random libreria, colore bianco. Versione USA. RANDOM BOOKCASE WHITE. -dimensions per unit L81.6 D25 H217 1)RANDOM ...

This is a handsome dark walnut. Handmade Italian bookcase made exclusively for Bloomingdale’s. The two hand carved doors at the front have chicken wire inserted to the center and has...

Cabinet with hinged doors, interior shelves. Ash veneer wood, lacquered wood, glass.

Osvaldo Borsani for Tecno, wall unit 'E22', walnut, glass, polished steel, Italy, 1957 This wall-mounted shelving unit is designed by Osvaldo Borsani and is four sections large, wit...

'Frame' bookcase designed by the artist Raoul Gilioli is built by excellent Italian artisans. The large suspended frame of the precious Italian walnut wood 'Canaletto' gives the book...