Diesel Creative Team Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

Studio BBPR for Olivetti, 'Spazio' sideboard, coated steel, plastic, vinyl, Italy, design 1959/60, production 1960s In 1954, Olivetti, the Italian office equipment manufacturer, hired BBPR to design their New York showroom on Fifth Avenue and to create their first series of office furniture, called Spazio (1959/60). This line included chairs, shelving, cabinet systems, and desks, just like the one shown here. It won the Compasso d'Oro Award in 1962. The cabinet contains compartments with drawers secured on both sides. The top is furnished with dark brown vinyl which adds a sturdy touch the overall industrial appearance. Studio B.B.P.R. was an Italian architectural partnership founded in Milan in 1932 by Gianluigi Banfi (1910-1945), Lodovico Barbiano di Belgiojoso (1909-2004), Enrico Peressutti (1908-1976) and Ernesto Nathan Rogers (1909-1969) who had studied at the Politecnico di Milano. B.B.P.R. was thus an acronym formed from the first letters of their family names. The architects found each other in their opposition to fascism in Italy in the 1930s and 1940s during Mussolini's autocratic regime. The architects therefore believed in developing a style that would have no references to contemporary politics. During the Second World War, they all joined the resistance. However, Rogers, a Jew, fled to Switzerland and both Belgiojoso and Banfi were deported to the Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria, where Banfi died in 1945. Despite the immense loss of Banfi, their architectural practice continued in the same name as before after...

A handsome Maitland-Smith corner cabinet in richly figured mahogany. With curved top consisting of a double flip-top opening hinged to reveal storage. The exterior of the body showca...

Cocktail or bar cabinet cabinet, designed by Illum Wikkelsø for C.F. Christensen Denmark. Made in teak. This cabinet has two doors that open to a mirrored interior with harlekin mirr...

Stow Davis A vintage Stow Davis credenza with a leather top and chrome legs. This large storage unit has six small pencil drawers and three filin...

Beautiful brushed aluminum post modern design bar cabinet by Belgochrom. Belgochrom used to make high quality furniture that was sold in high end furniture shops all around belgium....

A two-part mirrored cabinet on chest, perfect for a bar. Two mirrored doors above three mirrored drawers with modern inset brass campaign handles, on a brass base with brass sides. G...

For FULL item description click on CONTINUE READING at the bottom of this page. Offering One Of Our Recent Palm Beach Estate Fine Furniture Acquisitions Of A Founders Mid-Century...

Beautiful bar cabinet produced V-Form in Belgium around 1966 and most likely designed by Oswald Vermaercke. A very uncommon design in light teak wood with a strong decorative express...

We sourced this Early 20th Century vintage industrial sideboard from a textile factory in Lille, France. A very chunky factory unit in ex...

Very rare bar cabinet designed by Kurt Østervig. Produced by K.P Møbler in Denmark.

Rectangular marble top with molded edge over a conforming case fitted with a long drawer above two carved panel molded doors raised on bun feet.

Bar cabinet by Gio Frigerio. Red lacquer doors and mirrored interior. Makers label affixed to back.