Collectors of vintage mid-century modern furniture will find that the work of Italian designer Vittorio Dassi is elegant and sculptural, brimming with all of the clean, angular lines and pleasing symmetry associated with the best of the era’s offerings. While Dassi's name is less known to enthusiasts of the period’s furniture than the likes of Ico and Luisa Parisi, Franco Albini and other leading lights of mid-20th century Italian design, his case pieces, tables and seating will prove no less worthy of hunting down at today's flea markets and online marketplaces.
Wood was Dassi's preferred material — he favored rosewood, mahogany, walnut and other species for his covetable desks and wall units, which frequently featured decorative flourishes such as glass inlays, while a sideboard or buffet’s fronts might boast hand-carved geometric cutouts in lieu of brass door handles.
While little is known about Dassi's early life, it is believed that his career in furniture design began in 1940 at his family's company Dassi Mobili Moderni, in Lissone, Italy. Shortly thereafter, he took over managing the company from his father.
While Dassi produced dry bars and other case pieces during the 1950s that featured the motifs and ornament that are today attributed to the Art Deco movement, he created sumptuous mahogany nightstands topped with black glass and minimalist teak coffee tables that better represented the forward-looking spirit of mid-century modernism. His wall units of the era for Mobili Cantù are works of art — crafted in walnut and featuring birch veneers and high-gloss lacquer finishes as well as a single door front decorated with an abstract painting or otherwise provocative illustration, these structures would undoubtedly prove quite impressive to the likes of Poul Cadovius and George Nelson.
Dassi often collaborated with Italian architect, editor and furniture designer Gio Ponti. Ponti designed thousands of furnishings and products — from cabinets, mirrors and chairs to ceramics and coffeemakers — and his buildings, including the brawny Pirelli Tower (1956) in his native Milan, and the castle-like Denver Art Museum (1971), were erected in 14 countries. A collaboration between Dassi and Ponti of note is the pair’s work on the Hotel Royal in Naples — Ponti was commissioned to design the hotel and he partnered with Dassi to design the hotel's furnishings.
Today, Dassi Mobili Moderni S.R.L. is still in operation in Lissone.
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Italian Modern Dining Table By Vittorio Dassi
By Osvaldo Borsani, Paolo Buffa, Gio Ponti, Vittorio Dassi, Ico Parisi
Located in Houston, TX
Italian Modern Dining Table By Vittorio Dassi. Offered is a beautiful sculptural rectangular dining table with a pedestal base, a cobalt blue glass top and splayed legs with bronze s...
Glass, Walnut
Dining Table by Vittorio Dassi with Oval Black Opaline Glass Top and Marble Base
By Vittorio Dassi
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1950s. This high-quality and elegant dining table is made in ebonized beech with Canaletto walnut edges. It features a black opaline glass top and a green Alps marble...
Marble, Brass
$6,676Sale Price|20% Off
Vittorio Dassi Design Midcentury Sideboard or Bar Cabinet, 1950s
By Vittorio Dassi
Located in Rome, IT
Stylish sideboard designed by the famous Italian Mid-Century Modern artist Vittorio Dassi, this 1950s with Carrara withe marble top. In very good vintage conditions of the period.
Marble
Oval Dining Table by Vittorio Dassi, Italy, 1950's
By Vittorio Dassi, Dassi
Located in Barcelona, ES
Oval dining table designed by Vittorio Dassi in 1950's, Italy. Ebonized maple wood structure with brass fittings and original curved green glass top with gold decoration.
Glass, Maple
$3,360Sale Price|20% Off
Italian Midcentury Extendable Dining Table by Vittorio Dassi, 1950s
By Dassi Mobili Moderni, Vittorio Dassi
Located in Traversetolo, IT
Stylish Italian Mid-Century Modern dining table designed by Vittorio Dassi and produced by Dassi Mobili Moderni in 1950-1960. The table is extendable, adding one or two leaves and su...
Teak
Vittorio Dassi Design Midcentury Sideboard or Bar Cabinet, 1950s
By Vittorio Dassi
Located in Rome, IT
Stylish sideboard designed by the famous Italian Mid-Century Modern artist Vittorio Dassi, this 1950s with Carrara withe marble top. In very good vintage conditions of the period.
Marble
Vittorio Dassi Iconic Design Mid-Century Modern Italian Dining Table, 50s, Rare!
By Vittorio Dassi
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Beautiful table designed by the famous Italian Mid-Century Modern designer Vittorio Dassi, 1950. The exceptional woodwork is highlighted by the curved green glass top with gold leaf ...
Marble, Brass
Vittorio Dassi 1940s Dining Table with a Very Nice Mahogany Oval Column Base
By Vittorio Dassi
Located in Milano, IT
COD-1754 Vittorio Dassi Unique 1940's dining table with a very nice mahogany oval column and green "Verde Alpi"marble base. Splendid top with geometrical inlays in maple wood. ...
Mahogany
Italian Walnut and Maple Dining Table
By Vittorio Dassi
Located in Queens, NY
Italian mid-century (1950s) walnut & maple dining table with a green free-form marble base supporting 2 carved pedestal bases with relief scene under a blue glass top (Attributed to ...
Marble
Big Wood Table Crystal Tempered Top by Vittorio Dassi, Italian Design 1960s
By Vittorio Dassi, Dassi
Located in Milan, IT
This table designed by Vittorio Dassi seamlessly blends meticulous craftsmanship and aesthetic research typically of 1960s Italian Design. Its sleek, minimalist silhouette is made in...
Glass, Wood
Vittorio Dassi dining table Permanente Cantu Italy 1950
By La Permanente Mobili Cantù, Vittorio Dassi
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
An extraordinary example of mid-century Italian design, this sculptural dining table by Vittorio Dassi, crafted in the 1950s and manufactured by La Permanente Mobili Cantù, reflects ...
Marble
$5,281Sale Price|20% Off
Midcentury Mahogany Dining Table by Vittorio Dassi, Italy
By Vittorio Dassi
Located in Albano Laziale, Rome/Lazio
Fabulous large professionally restored dining table produced in Italy in the 1950s. The base is made in walnut and the legs has brass caps and fi...
Brass
Dining Table, Design by Vittorio Dassi, Italy, 1950s
By Vittorio Dassi
Located in Wolfurt, AT
This dining table was designed by Vittorio Dassi in Italy in the 1950s. The table frame is made of rosewood and an antique pink glass top is set i...
Brass
Vittorio Dassi Iconic Design Mid-Century Modern Italian Dining Table, 1950s
By Vittorio Dassi
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Beautiful table designed by the famous Italian Mid-Century Modern designer Vittorio Dassi, 1950. The exceptional woodwork is highlighted by the curved green glass top and the rounded...
Marble
Dining table, design Vittorio DASSI. Italy, 50s
By Vittorio Dassi
Located in Torino, IT
Dining Table, design Vittorio DASSI. ORIGIN Italy PERIOD 1950s DESIGNER Vittorio DASSI MATERIALS Wood and brass DIMENSIONS Height:- 76cm Width: 180cm Depth: 90 cm CONDITIONS Th...
Brass
Vittorio Dassi Palisander Dining Table with Marbleized Glass Top
By Vittorio Dassi
Located in Hanover, MA
1950's Italian Rosewood Dining Table by Vittorio Dassi. The top is a single piece of glass which has the original reverse-paint marbelized finish the colors of creme brule. A...
Palisander
Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Table by Vittorio Dassi, 1950s
By Vittorio Dassi
Located in Traversetolo, IT
This masterpiece has been manufactured by Vittorio Dassi in 1950 and is a magnificent example of the Italian design of the period. It composed of precious mahogany wood, fine colored...
Marble
Pallissandro Alps Green Marble Base Ceramic Table Attributed to Vittorio Dassi
By Vittorio Dassi
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Rosewood table with glass top and green alpi marble base by Vittorio Dassi For Dassi, 1950s. Rosewood table designed by Vittorio Dassi in the 1950s....
Marble, Brass
$3,960
H 26.78 in W 35.44 in D 17.72 in
Italian Mid-Century Modern PetiteTable Desk Designed by Vittorio Dassi, 1950s
By Vittorio Dassi
Located in Traversetolo, IT
Stylish Italian Mid-Century Modern petite desk elegantly named "Dattilo" in wood teak designed by Vittorio Dassi, from the 1950s. The drawer front is very elegant, inspired by the co...
Brass
Contemporary Glass Top Chrome Dining or Writing Table
Located in Bridgeport, CT
The chrome supports square shaped with T shaped tops and bases. With a long clear glass top. Useful as a Dining or Writing table. Dimensions: L. 72", W. 36", H. 29 1/2' Condition...
Chrome
$8,600Sale Price|21% Off
H 28.5 in W 110.5 in D 35.5 in
Bruno Mathsson 'Maria' Drop-Leaf Folding Table in Walnut, Sweden, c 1950s
By Bruno Mathsson
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautifully crafted and refinished 'Maria' drop-leaf / gateleg dining table by Bruno Mathsson, Sweden, circa 1950s to 1960s, executed in richly figured walnut with an elegant warm ...
Walnut
$17,900
H 29 in W 78.75 in D 39.5 in
Mid-Century Modern Extendable Dining Table by Vittorio Introini, Italy
By Vittorio Introini, Saporiti
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A dark-brown, vintage Mid-Century modern Italian extendable geometric dining room table made of hand crafted polished Mahogany and Rosewood, designed by Vittorio Introini and produce...
Metal, Chrome
Ico Parisi Style Mid-Century Modern Italian Dining Table, 1950s
By Ico Parisi
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Dining table in dark walnut and top in Italian bronzed glass in the Ico Parisi style of the 50s. The table has a beautiful sculptural shape. The table has been polished with shellac ...
Glass, Walnut
$4,500Sale Price|33% Off
H 29 in W 98 in D 40 in
Harvey Probber Midcentury Saber Leg Extension Dining Table
By Harvey Probber
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Stylish Mid-Century Modern dining table designed by Harvey Probber featuring two 16 inch extending leaves for a total of 98 inches. The iconic table has sabre formed legs with a dram...
Hardwood
$1,930
H 30 in W 41.5 in D 41.5 in
Midcentury Teak Extending Dining Table with Organic Style Cross Frame Legs
Located in London, GB
A good quality midcentury teak extending dining table with a fixed fold up extra leaf that folds neatly back before the table i...
Teak
$57,500Sale Price|23% Off
H 28 in W 100.5 in D 55 in
Finn Juhl 'Judas' Rosewood and Sterling Silver Dining Table, c 1950s, Signed
By Finn Juhl, Niels Vodder
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Exceptionally rare and sought after, this Finn Juhl for Niels Vodder 'Judas' dining table, 1950s Denmark, was professionally restored and features gorgeous Brazilian Rosewood with sterling silver inlaid medallions which assist in tableware placement and gives the table its infamous name. Signed underneath with Finn Juhl / Niels Vodder stamp which reads: "Niels Vodder Cabinetmaker Denmark Design Finn Juhl". The table is expandable, with a 22 inch leaf making the table just over 100" fully expanded. The Judas table...
Sterling Silver
Wood and brass Desk by Vittorio Dassi, Italy, 1950s
By Vittorio Dassi
Located in Argelato, BO
Large wood and brass desk by Vittorio Dassi, Italy, 1950s Large Mid-Century Wood and Brass desk by Vittorio Dassi, Italy, 1950s The rare desk is characterized by its extremely eleg...
Brass
Expanding Walnut Dining Table of Midcentury Design
By Petersen Antiques
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large walnut dining table with extension leaf (100" x 60", expanding to 128" x 60). with beautifully matched, solid walnut planks. Because each table is bench-made in our own Los A...
Walnut
Italian Midcentury Dining or Conference Table, 1950s
By Gianfranco Frattini
Located in Morazzone, Varese
Hugh wooden table with beautiful and particular details in the style of Gianfranco Frattini. Excellent craftsmanship in very good original condition with small signs of wear, please have a look to all pictures. More pictures are available. Could be used as conference table as well as big dining table...
Plywood
Vittorio Dassi Palisander Dining Table with Marbleized Glass Top
By Vittorio Dassi
Located in Hanover, MA
1950's Italian Rosewood Dining Table by Vittorio Dassi. The top is a single piece of glass which has the original reverse-paint marbelized finish the colors of creme brule. A...
Palisander
Vittorio Dassi Elegant Console Table
By Vittorio Dassi
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Vittorio Dassi, console table or center table, marble, wood, brass, Italy, 1950s. Elegant console or center table by Vittorio Dassi with an Alpi Verdi marble top and base, which mat...
Marble, Brass
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H 31.11 in W 63 in D 33.47 in
Tavolo da pranzo allungabile in Palissandro di Vittorio Dassi anni 50
By Vittorio Dassi
Located in Catania, IT
Tavolo da pranzo allungabile in Palissandro di Vittorio Dassi anni 50 in ottime condizioni compatibilmente con qualche piccola usura del tempo. Il tavolo misura da chiuso cm 160 x 85...
Rosewood
Vintage dining table by Vittorio Dassi, 1950s
By Vittorio Dassi
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Striking mid century dining table designed by Vittorio Dassi featuring a beautiful mahogany pedestal, deep dark brown/red marble foot and a gorgeous high quality wooden top with inla...
Marble
Italian Mid-Century Dining Table by Vittorio Dassi, 1950s
By La Permanente Mobili Cantù, Vittorio Dassi
Located in Traversetolo, IT
This stunning dining Table of the 1950s is attributable to the design of Vittorio Dassi and/or the production of La Permanente Mobili Cantù. It’s characterized by a white Carrara mar...
Marble
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H 31.11 in W 82.68 in D 39.38 in
Italian Midcentury Green Olive Dining Table by Vittorio Dassi, 1950s
By Vittorio Dassi
Located in Traversetolo, IT
This midcentury oval dining table is a refined and elegant piece of furniture produced in Italy during the 1950s and attributed to Augusto Romano. The table has a top made of green g...
Brass
Vittorio Dassi, Large Mahogany Table
By Vittorio Dassi
Located in Milano, IT
Vittorio Dassi Large mahogany table with marble and brass base. Dassi Manufacture, Turin, 1940s. .
Wood
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H 30.5 in W 70.75 in D 47.5 in
20th Century Italian Large Oval Rosewood, Marble Dining Table by Vittorio Dassi
By Vittorio Dassi
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A dark-brown, large vintage Mid-Century Modern Italian oval dining table made of hand crafted polished Rosewood, designed by Vittorio Dassi in good condition. The thick table top...
Marble
Vintage Onyx Dining Table by Vittorio Dassi, 1950s
By Vittorio Dassi
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Striking mid century dining table designed by Vittorio Dassi featuring a beautiful yellow onyx table top and a base made out of a fantastic sculpted mah...
Onyx
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H 31.11 in W 85.04 in D 38.59 in
Vittorio Dassi Mid-Century Modern Italian Walnut and Marble Dining Table, 1950s
By Vittorio Dassi
Located in Puglia, Puglia
This table was designed by the famous Italian design Vittorio Dassi, Italy 1950, the table has a rectangular green glass top, the top is supported by a walnut base with maple inlays ...
Marble, Brass
Fratelli Turri Italian Mid Century Table for Dassi, 1960
By Vittorio Dassi, Fratelli Turri
Located in bari, IT
Fratelli Turri Milano project Vittorio Dassi (Milan, 1893-1973), around the 1960s. Mid-century dining table in lacquered rosewood and marble, the rectangular top with rounded edges i...
Marble, Brass
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H 30.71 in W 78.75 in D 39.38 in
Italian Mid-Century Oval Dining Table in Hardwood by Vittorio Dassi, 1950s
By Dassi Mobili Moderni, Vittorio Dassi
Located in Traversetolo, IT
Stunning and rare dining table, very well designed by Vittorio Dassi in the 1950s. It's a very fine item, both the structure as well the basement are characterized by a unique curved...
Brass
Italian Mid Century Dining Table by Vittorio Dassi, c1950
By Vittorio Dassi
Located in Paddock Wood Tonbridge, GB
A Dining table designed and produced in Italy by Vittorio Dassi in the 1950’s, this example is in excellent original condition it has a green marble base with ebonised reeded center ...
Marble