Carlo de Carli Desks and Writing Tables
Italian, 1910-1999
A modern Renaissance man, Italian designer Carlo de Carli wove his personal philosophy into his furniture creations. He believed that furniture should suit human movement and the surrounding environment, and each piece was made not only with an eye to form but also for everyday practicality. In today’s interiors, vintage de Carli furniture captures the extraordinary essence of Italian mid-century modernism.
Carlo de Carli was born in Milan in 1910. He studied at the Polytechnic University of Milan and developed an interest in design, architecture, writing and philosophy. After graduating in 1934, he worked under revered Italian architect and designer Gio Ponti. Shortly afterward, de Carli opened a studio with furniture maker Renato Angeli. In 1940, he began a relationship with the Milan Triennial design and art museum, where he eventually joined the board of directors.
Most of de Carli's furniture and architectural works came to fruition between the 1940s and 1970s. His architectural projects included the Church of Saint Ildefonso and the Via dei Giardini 7 building in Milan. However, de Carli is best known for his chair and table designs.
What sets de Carli’s chairs and other seating apart from those of other designers is that they are made to be lived in. As a result, his comfortable, functional and inviting designs earned the attention of leading Italian furniture companies like Cassina, Singer & Sons, Tecno and GUBI, and he played a significant role in 20th-century Italian furniture design.
In 1954, de Carli was awarded the Compasso d’Oro for his Cassina Model 683 chair. In 1957, he also won a Grand Prix at the Milan Triennial exhibition for a chair he designed for Tecno. Still committed to his academic pursuits, de Carli served as dean of the architecture faculty at the Polytechnic University of Milan from 1963 to 1968. He continued teaching until 1986 and continued writing until his death in 1999. His most important writings were published in a book titled Architettura, Spazio Primario.
Find vintage Carlo de Carli armchairs, dining chairs and coffee tables on 1stDibs.
to
1
Height
to
Width
to
Depth
to
1
1
3
2
1
3
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
101
63
57
45
40
Creator: Carlo De Carli
Rare Desk by Carlo de Carli
By Carlo De Carli
Located in New York, NY
A rare desk
Manufactured by Cassina
Date made: 1950
Material: walnut
Size: H 30.5” x L 63” x D 28.5”
Origin: Italy.
Category
1950s Italian Modern Vintage Carlo de Carli Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Carlo De Carli Walnut Desk, Italy / C.1950
By Carlo De Carli
Located in Montréal, QC
: Carlo De Carli was a pivotal 20th-century architect and designer, renowned for his significant contributions to design and education in Italy, Graduating from Politecnico di Milan ...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Carlo de Carli Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Architectural Desk In Walnut By Carlo de Carli, Italy 1950's
By Carlo De Carli
Located in Hellouw, NL
Architectural Desk in walnut by Carlo De Carli.This desk has a very solid and a kind of determined look with the unmistakable charm of the Italian design of the fifties. According to...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carlo de Carli Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Related Items
1950s Elegant Italian Small Desk in Ash and Walnut
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Writing desk, ash, walnut, brass, formica, Italy, 1950s
Very elegant desk made in Italy in the 1950s. The framework is executed in walnut. The upper part of this piece is made from ...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carlo de Carli Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ash, Walnut
Italian Midcentury Mahogany Wood and Glass Console Table by Carlo de Carli 1950s
By Carlo De Carli
Located in Rome, IT
A splendid example of linear style typical of Italian design in the 1950s and 1960s.
Mahogany console in excellent condition, suitable for any environment; essential and elegant in ...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carlo de Carli Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
H 35.04 in W 31.89 in D 13.39 in
Midcentury Walnut and Leather Italian Writing Desk, 1950
Located in Rome, IT
Elegant Italian desk in leather and walnut wood, classic and very linear design for a desk from the middle of the last century.
Top of the desk all covered in light brown leather, w...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carlo de Carli Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Maple, Walnut
Italian Modern Dry Bar Cart by Carlo De Carli for Fiarm Scorze, Italy, 1960s
By Carlo De Carli, Fiarm
Located in Lucija, SI
Very stylish dry bar cart designed by Carlo de Carli in the 60s for Fiarm Scorze Italy
Classic italian design
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carlo de Carli Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Plywood
H 25.2 in W 31.5 in D 18.9 in
Dassi Desk walnut Mid-Century Modern Brass Minimal Scultural 1950s Italian
By Dassi
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Dassi small desk rosewood Mid-Century Modern brass minimal scultural 1950s Italian.
Colored glass top with gold decorations on the edge.
Perfectly rest...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carlo de Carli Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
H 27.96 in W 40.95 in D 19.3 in
Architectural Desk with Bookshelf, Italy, 1960s
Located in Berlin, DE
Architectural desk with bookshelf, Italy 1960s.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carlo de Carli Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Mid Century Modern Wood Spider Table, in the style of Carlo De Carli Italy 1950s
By Carlo De Carli
Located in Ceglie Messapica, IT
Mid Century Modern wood spider table, in the style of Carlo De Carli Italy 1950s.
A Mid-Century Modern "Spider Table" inspired by the iconic designs of Carlo De Carli, crafted in so...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carlo de Carli Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass, Walnut, Bentwood
H 20.08 in Dm 24.81 in
Italian Rosewood Bar Cabinet by Carlo De Carli for Fiarm Scorze, 1960s
By Carlo De Carli
Located in Chicago, IL
An Italian modern bar cabinet designed by Carlo De Carli for Fiarm Scorze in the 1960s. The curved form is crafted from rich rosewood and paired with smooth white surfaces, creating ...
Category
1960s Italian Modern Vintage Carlo de Carli Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Carlo de Carli centre or dining table by Sormani, Italy
By Sormani, Carlo De Carli
Located in London, GB
Beautiful centre or dining table designed by Carlo de Carli c1964 and produced by Sormani
The wood has been sympathetically restored and has a lovely warm patina. The brass band has...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carlo de Carli Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Italian Desk, 1950s
Located in Palermo, PA
Italian desk, 1950s.
Dimensions: H= 80 cm; W= 153 cm; D= 66 cm.
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carlo de Carli Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Geometric Writing Desk / Sideboard in Walnut and Brass, Italy, 1950s
Located in Uithoorn, NL
This geometrical writing desk has a sleek symmetry. This is formed by two large, rectangular storage compartments, together with four smaller compartments above. In between the compa...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carlo de Carli Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
H 29.93 in W 97.64 in D 19.69 in
Spider Leg Coffee Table by Carlo di Carli, Italy 1950s
By Carlo De Carli
Located in Hellouw, NL
Nice spider leg coffee table by Carlo di Carli, Italy 1950s. This iconic table has three legs and nine wooden 'arms' to keep the glass top steady. The structure of the table reminds ...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carlo de Carli Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood
Previously Available Items
Carlo de Carli Important Desk in Wood Glass and Brass, 1950s Published
By Carlo De Carli
Located in Milano, IT
Important and rare desk by Carlo de Carli of the 1950s. With this desk Carlo de Carli poses the problem of overcoming a strictly rationalist approach and tries to give new life to his furniture with new forms, provoked vital suggestions such as movement, speed. The realizations of De Carli in fact are very angular, sharp and dynamic, given also by a geometric balance. In fact the desk is a constant geometric game between balance and dynamism. The desk is made of an elegant solid wood, well worked and with superlative geometric games. We find a thick glass as a work surface. Just below the tabletop we notice two visible drop-down shelves for storing objects or books. Focal point, in addition to its elegant lines, we find its brass details, where trapezoidal shaped handles and brass tips as feet. The handles are placed in two small chests of drawers with drawers on the sides of the desk. We enclose publication.
An object definitely for a few, from the great aesthetic taste, where only collectors can admire its beauty in total.
Carlo de Carli
Carlo de Carli (Milan, November 7, 1910 - Milan, March 3, 1999) was an Italian architect, designer, essayist and academic, one of the protagonists of modern architecture, Industrial Design, and their teaching. In his projects of interior architecture spaces are articulated and related as a unitary whole capable of receiving and telling. This 'sense' of space characterizes the Franzi leather goods store (1946), the Roditi and Galli apartments (1949-1950) and the installations in the Ambrosiana Library (1952) in Milan. In 1958 the entrance hall to the Hall of the Council of Europe at the Expo in Brussels is an extraordinary space for meeting and telling the story of the IDEA of Freedom through the ages. In 1965, at the exhibition "La casa abitata" at Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, he sets up a living space on two levels with furniture unified by the use of a single wooden planking.Elements of furniture
At the same time, he designed numerous pieces of furniture that went into production with Cassina (the chair mod. 683 won the first Compasso d'Oro in 1954), Tecno (the Poltroncina Balestra is Grand Prize of the XI Triennale, 1957), Sormani, Longhi, Cinova and various other artisan and Industrial companies.
Carlo de Carli's figure as an architect identifies with the ancient figure...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carlo de Carli Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
H 31.5 in W 68.9 in D 46.46 in
Carlo de Carli Italian Walnut Desk with Ashlars, 1950s
By Carlo De Carli
Located in Milano, IT
Beautiful desk designed by Carlo de Carli, 1950.
Of great beauty and design, the desk is made entirely of walnut wood. The great particularity are its ashlars present at the beginnin...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carlo de Carli Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Minimal and Rational Desk in Maple in the Manner Carlo De Carlo
By Carlo De Carli
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Minimal and rational desk in Maple in the Manner Carlo De Carlo, modern lines and contemporary, glass top very often, geometric and adorable design.
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carlo de Carli Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood
Carlo de Carli Streamlined Desk with Cassina Armchair, 1953
By Carlo De Carli
Located in Rome, IT
Rare Carlo de Carli desk with armchair, 1953
laquered wood, painted glass, velvet.
The armchair is model n. 162 produced by F.lli Cassina.
Meas...
Category
1950s Italian Modern Vintage Carlo de Carli Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Velvet, Glass, Wood
Carlo De Carli desks and writing tables for sale on 1stDibs.
Carlo De Carli desks and writing tables are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of wood and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Carlo De Carli desks and writing tables, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original desks and writing tables by Carlo De Carli were created in the mid-century modern style in italy during the 1950s. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider desks and writing tables by Dassi, Driade, and Cantieri Carugati. Prices for Carlo De Carli desks and writing tables can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $7,140 and can go as high as $46,000, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $35,000.
Creators Similar to Carlo De Carli
Recently Viewed
View AllMore Carlo De Carli Furniture
Carlo De Carli Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Carlo De Carli Dining Room Tables
Carlo De Carli Side Tables
Carlo De Carli Center Tables
Carlo De Carli Console Tables
Carlo De Carli Seating
Carlo De Carli Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Carlo De Carli Mirrors
Carlo De Carli Coat Racks and Stands
Carlo De Carli Night Stands
Carlo De Carli Beds and Bed Frames