Furniture designer Guglielmo Ulrich was born in Milan to a family with Danish origins. After completing his studies at the Brera Academy, the Scuola Speciale di Architettura and the Polytechnic University of Milan in 1927, Ulrich’s status quickly rose in high-society circles, as he’d gained a reputation for creating elegant interiors for a range of commercial and private clients. Architecture and furniture design in Milan was evolving during the era owing to industrialization, and Ulrich’s modernist work was seen as fresh and forward-looking.
In 1930, Ulrich established the furniture company ARCA — which was short for Arredamento Casa — with colleagues Attilio Scaglia and Renato Wild. Together they created a platform for Ulrich’s designs, which were quite different from the typical furnishings found in Europe at the time.
Ulrich favored simple lines — tapered table and chair legs, lean silhouettes — and the graceful contours of his console tables and dining chairs are representative of an endeavor to streamline neoclassical forms. He created luxurious but practical furniture and home accessories that featured an emphasis on craftsmanship as well as an integration of exotic materials such as ebonized wood, opaline glass and green marble. Ulrich’s designs were very much in line with what we now know as the Art Deco style, which was officially introduced to the world in 1925 at Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes in Paris. He collaborated with legendary architect and designer Gio Ponti on designs for a hotel property in the late 1930s and co-edited Ponti’s revered Domus magazine with Milanese architect Melchiorre Bega.
By the 1950s, Ulrich was firmly established as one of the most influential Milanese designers, having a hand in designing homes, commercial properties and more. In 1961, he won the Fiera di Trieste award for his lightweight Trieste chair, a seat that shared common ground with Ponti’s iconic Superleggera chair and was produced by Saffa.
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Guglielmo Ulrich unique parchment console table with mirror
By Guglielmo Ulrich
Located in Milano, IT
Guglielmo Ulrich (1904 - 1977) Unique console table with mirror, black lacquered wood and goat skin covering. Three drawers with turned bone knobs. Bibl: L. Sacchetti, Guglielmo ...
Parchment Paper
Desk and Dressing Table, with Mirror Style of Ulrich, circa 1936, Vanity Table
By Guglielmo Ulrich
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Guglielmo Ulrich manner desk and dressing table; Desk in walnut, elm and elm burl. Feet in golden brass A wonderful and very useful desk repr...
Brass
$11,596
H 34.26 in W 43.31 in D 13.59 in
Console Table Wood, Brass & Green Marble by Guglielmo Ulrich, Italy, 1940s
By Guglielmo Ulrich
Located in Rome, IT
A very elegant and organic wall mount console table, original green marble top, wooden frame, tapered legs with brass puntali. Italian design by to Guglielmo Ulrich, circa 1940.
Marble, Metal, Brass
$443Sale Price|50% Off
H 28.35 in W 31.5 in D 17.72 in
Lady’s Desk or Vanity in Mahogany, Czechoslovakia, 1970s
By Up Závody
Located in Zohor, SK
Beautiful midcentury desk, originally used as a desk for a lady, or vanity in the bedroom. The table is elegant combination of lighter birch wood on the sides and mahogany wood on to...
Birch, Mahogany
$8,000 / item
H 55.91 in W 53.15 in D 19.69 in
21st Century American Walnut Veneer Vanity Desk with Mirror and Carrara Marble
By Merve Kahraman
Located in Istanbul, TR
"La Nouvelle Vanité" is a make up desk made of American walnut veneer with an arc shaped mirror behind, designed by Merve Kahraman design studio. This work/makeup desk...
Wood
$2,300
H 26.25 in W 59.5 in D 16 in
Mid Century Danish Modern Teak Vanity, Console Table or Low Profile Desk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A simple modern Scandinavian design from Denmark circa 1970's. This piece features all teak wood construction with generous storage and a unique bowed front. A very versatile piece f...
Teak
$10,914Sale Price|20% Off
H 31.89 in W 81.5 in D 44.49 in
Important Dining Table Attr. to Guglielmo Ulrich in Painted Wood with Ashlars
By Guglielmo Ulrich
Located in Milano, IT
Important Italian dining table attributed to Guglielmo Ulrich , from the 1950s . The table is really imposing and large in size . The special feature of the table only its ashlars th...
Wood
$40,929Sale Price|20% Off
H 30.71 in W 43.71 in D 43.71 in
Tavolo attribuito a Guglielmo Ulrich per Arca
By Guglielmo Ulrich
Located in Lugo, IT
Tavolo teca attribuito a Guglielmo Ulrich per Arca. La parte superiore in vetro si apre ed e possibile inserire fiori o altro all'interno. Nella parte superiore il legno si e mosso c...
Glass, Wood
$10,232
H 33.86 in W 52.76 in D 14.57 in
Wall Console Table Wood, Brass & Green Marble by Guglielmo Ulrich, Italy, 1940s
By Guglielmo Ulrich
Located in Rome, IT
A very elegant and organic wall mount console table, green marble top, wooden frame, tapered legs attributed to Italian design by to Guglielmo Ulrich. Made in Italy in the 1940s. W...
Marble, Metal, Brass
$5,381
H 31.5 in W 41.34 in D 23.63 in
Mid Century Italian Rattan and Bamboo Desk / Vanity Table Vivai del Sud C.1970
By Vivai del Sud
Located in London, GB
A Vivai del Sud pedestal table Rome, Italy, C.1970. Constructed in in rattan, bamboo and cane. Ideal as a small desk or vanity. The Knee hole width measures 39cm. In excellent condi...
Bamboo, Wicker, Rattan
$34,500
H 45.5 in W 46.5 in D 19.75 in
Guglielmo Pecorini Rare Vanity Table Venini Folding Mirror Model No 21 and Chair
By Guglielmo Pecorini
Located in New York, NY
An exceptionally rare and refined three-drawer vanity desk in cherry wood, attributed to Guglielmo Pecorini, accompanied by its original folding Venini Murano glass mirror (model no....
Brass
$1,800
H 30 in W 60 in D 20 in
1970s Italian Postmodern Travertine Tesserae Console Table With Matching Mirror
Located in Elkton, MD
Two-piece travertine tesserae console table with matching wall mirror, dating to the 1970s. The table and mirror are clad in small-cut travertine tiles arranged in a geometric inlaid...
Travertine
Vintage Gilt Iron Vanity / Console Table with Mirrored Top
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Vintage Italian Hollywood Regency style rope and tassel gilt iron vanity table / console with mirrored top. This piece heavily borrows from mid-century French Art Moderne and Italian...
Iron
$4,092
H 47.25 in W 34.45 in D 19.69 in
Art Deco Vanity/Dressing Table with Round Mirror, France, Circa 1930's
Located in Beirut, LB
A rare and beautifully preserved example of French Art Deco cabinetmaking, this vanity dressing table dates to circa 1930's and speaks the period's design language with complete conf...
Mirror, Wood
Jacques Adnet Modernist Dressing Table circa 1935
By La Maison Desny
Located in CA, CA
This supremely rare early Modernist dressing table by Jacques Adnet, with its novel use of clear and opaline glass, and nickel-plated and pain...
Nickel
Guglielmo Ulrich Game Table, Italy 1950's
By Guglielmo Ulrich
Located in New York, NY
Flip top game table, when not in use the wood top has a sun marquetry, on the flip side, a velvet insert lets you play cards, each player has it’s own little pull out drink tray.
Walnut
$23,970
H 31.5 in W 33.5 in D 17.75 in
French Mid-Century Style Parchment Covered Vanity/ Desk, Jean-Michel Frank Style
Located in New York, NY
Elegant and Sober French Mid-Century Modern Style parchment covered vanity / desk / console with a lacquered steel frame and utilizing squares of light parchment covering wood. the a...
Wrought Iron
Guglielmo Ulrich for Valzania Parchment Art Deco Dressing Table
By Guglielmo Ulrich
Located in London, GB
A very rare and beautiful parchment and wood dressing table designed by Guglielmo Ulrich for Valzania. It is a buttercream color with architectural legs and a mirrored table. There a...
Wood, Parchment Paper
Guglielmo Ulrich dressing table for "ARCA"
By Guglielmo Ulrich
Located in Milan, IT
A rare Guglielmo Ulrich Vanity for ARCA Milano. Ref : Guglielmo Ulrich. Federico Motta Editore. p.294 for Identical piece Fire branded signature
Brass