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Italian Mid-Century Modern Bar Cart in wood Cherry and top Formica.
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Elegant Mid-Century Modern bar cart , age 1950s in wood cherry and top in formica with chromed steel wheels.
With its simple and elegant design it knows how to make itself pleasant...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Formica, Cherry
Pair of Early 20th Century Side Chairs in Mahogany , Vittorio Dassi Attributed
By Vittorio Dassi
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Pair of Italian side chairs in lacquered mahogany from the mid-20th century, attributable to Vittorio Dassi, in Empire style. Very good general condition, the structure and the uphol...
Category
Vintage 1930s Italian Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Modern Bar Cart or Side Coffee Rolling Table Adjustable Height Design Allegri
By Arredamenti Allegri
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Modern bar cart, side or coffee rolling table with adjustable height, in laquered steel and the top in crystal fumè. Orginal Allegri design Parma
Measure in cm : H 55/95 W 60 D 40.
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Modern Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Crystal, Steel
Early 20th Century Pair of Italian Holy Water Font for Nightstands Bedside Table
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Art Decò age pair of Italian Holy Water font for nightstands in Bakelite, images in silver-plated brass and glass font.
Category
Vintage 1920s Italian Art Deco Religious Items
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Stool Vittori Dassi Style Ebonized Walnut Upholstery Plasticized
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Mid-Century Modern stool Vittori Dassi style in ebonized walnut and upholstery plasticized fabric
Measure in cm: H 37 x W 45 x D 37.
Category
Vintage 1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
Antique 1930s Table Lamp in Patinated Pewter, Baroque style
By La fonderia d'arte Adriano Vallin
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Antique 1930s table lamp in patinated Pewter, Baroque style, Fonderia d'Arte Adriano Vallin, attributed.
Height patinated pewter cm. 30.
Category
Vintage 1930s Italian Baroque Revival Table Lamps
Materials
Pewter
1970s Italy Artistic Umbrella Stand by Tommaso Barbi for Bottega Gadda - Milan -
By Bottega Gadda, Tommaso Barbi
Located in Vigonza, Padua
This collector's item is an umbrella stand in marbled copper, with accessories in gilded brass and hand painted with a floral motif, by Tommaso Barbi for...
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Umbrella Stands
Materials
Copper
1930s Italian Art Deco Table Lamp Ministero Model A.P. 500, Adjustable
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Italian art deco table lamp from the 1930s, Ministero Model A.P. 500 . Metal base, adjustable brass stem, Murano glass lampshade. Wooden handle. Working.
Electrical rewiring done.
Category
Mid-20th Century Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Armchairs and Sofà, Carlo de Carli for Cassina Style, Milano
By Carlo De Carli
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Mid-century Modern Armchairs and Sofà Carlo de Carli for Cassina style , Milano
Structure in high quality blond walnut wood and patina, wax polished, with spring-loaded seat and new ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Living Room Sets
Materials
Walnut, Velvet
Mid-Century Modern Armchair Club Chair in Black Metal with Original Upholstery
By Marco Zanuso
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Marco Zanuso's style 1950s original Italian Mid-Century Modern armchair club chair in black metal with original upholstery in good condition and sanitized.
Measures cm: H 85\45...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Metal
1960s Set Desk Chairs, Chromed Steel, Leatherette Upholstered, Adjustable Height
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Italian set of 1960s desk chairs, chromed steel. Upholstered turquoise leatherette , two revolving chairs and one revolving with adjustable height by gas-plunger. Good condition
Meas...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Steel
Midcentury Black Wall Mirror, Painted Walnut by Sergio Mazza for Bottega Gadda
By Bottega Gadda, Sergio Mazza
Located in Vigonza, Padua
midcentury black wall mirror in painted walnut attributed Sergio Mazza designer per Bottega Gadda.
Spectacular effect of the mirror that seems detac...
Category
Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Walnut
Midcentury Wall Mirror by Fontana Arte, Gio Ponti Attributed Golden Metal Frame
By Gio Ponti, Fontana Arte
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Classic mirror Gio Ponti attributed, produced by Fontana Arte from the 1940s, with bevelled mirror and gilt metal frame.
The mirror has an imperfection in the silvering produced b...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mirror
1930s French Art Decò Sideboard Buffet Dry Bar by Jules Leleu, in Walnut Briar
By Jules Leleu
Located in Vigonza, Padua
This beautiful sideboard designed and executed by J&M Leleu, Paris (Jules and Marcel Leleu atelier), all in precious walnut briar , with interior cladding in mahogany wood, is a piec...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Dry Bars
Materials
Walnut
1950s Coffee Nest Tables in Macassar by Permanente Mobili Paolo Buffa Attributed
By La Permanente Mobili Cantù, Paolo Buffa
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Exceptional nest coffee tables by Permanente Mobili di Cantù in Macassar Ebony, of classic design in continuity with the important production of the architect Paolo Buffa. Wax Polish...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Ebony
1930s Round Coffee Center Table Art Decò by Gio Ponti in Ebonized Walnut
By Gio Ponti, Meroni & Fossati
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Meroni & Fossati - Lissone -
Italian 1930s round midcentury coffee center table, Art Decò, by Gio Ponti for Meroni e Fossati in ebonized walnut, with top in walnut slab. Wax polished.
About Merobi & Fossati, Lissone
A. Meroni & R. Fossati - founded in 1870, it was one of the oldest and most important furniture factories in Lissone, a small town in Brianza specialized in the furniture industry.
In 1895 Meroni & Fossati reached an international connotation by opening a branch in Paris, a factory in Clamart and sales points in Rome, Milan, Varese, Paris and Vienna; warehouses in Constantinople, Amsterdam, Brussels, Zurich, London, Alexandria and in various cities of Italy.
The most important Italian designers, including Gio Ponti and Emilio Lancia, Guglielmo Urlich, have used Meroni & Fossati for the production of furniture, bringing considerable fame to this industry
Gio Ponti
Born in Milan in 1891, Giovanni (Gio) Ponti studied architecture at Politecnico. After serving in World War I, he worked as Art Director for respected ceramics company Richard-Ginori. Between 1923 and 1927, he partnered with architects Mino Fiocchi and Emilio Lancia. In 1928, Ponti launched both his own architectural studio and the famed magazine Domus. Through the pages of Domus—and, later, those of Lo Stile, which he founded and edited between 1941 and 1947—Ponti influenced international design taste for over 50 years.
Around 1933, he teamed up with engineers Antonio Fornaroli and Eugenio Soncini...
Category
Vintage 1930s Italian Art Deco Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Walnut
Mid Century Art Deco Console Mirror, Paolo Buffa Style, Wax Polished
By La Permanente Mobili Cantù, Paolo Buffa
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Mid-20th century Art Deco console with mirror Paolo Buffa style, by La Permanente Mobili Cantù, in walnut and massive maple ; polished to ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Pier Mirrors and Console Mir...
Materials
Mirror, Maple, Walnut
Floor Lamp Art Decò Style in Burnished Brass by Bottega Gadda, Milano, 1970s
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Floor lamp in Burnished Brass by Bottega Gadda, Milano, 1970s. Precious lampshade with Japanese decorations by Fortuny, Venice.
Lighting of the two lamps by hanging chain.
Electri...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Two Tiered Heavy Coffee Table in Figured Joined Solid Walnut circa 1930
By Emilio Lancia, Meroni & Fossati
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Art Deco two tier central coffee table by Gio Ponti & Emilo Lancia designers for Meroni & Fossati manufacturer in figured massive walnut , circa 1930s.
The designs obtained from the...
Category
Vintage 1930s Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Walnut
Floor Lamp Art Decò style 1970s by Av Mazzega , laquered steel and Murano Glass
By AVMazzega
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Beautiful floor lamp from the 70s, in Art Decò style, by Av Mazzega, working; structure in painted steel and double Murano glass for lampshade with full-height application of Murano plates...
Category
Vintage 1970s Art Deco Floor Lamps
Materials
Murano Glass
Mid Century Floor Lamp Art Decò style by AV Mazzega laquered steel Murano Glass
By AVMazzega
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Art deco floor lamp from the 70s by AV Mazzega with painted steel structure, Murano glass lampshade and halogen bulb, working.
The floor lamp has never been used and looks like new.
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Art Deco Floor Lamps
Materials
Steel
Mid Century Floor Lamp by Tommaso Barbi for Bottega Gadda with adjustable height
By Tommaso Barbi, Bottega Gadda
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Mid Century Floor Lamp by Tommaso Barbi for Bottega Gadda with adjustable height, in chromed brass.
Biography
Tommaso Barbi is an Italian Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born ...
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Floor Lamp with Gilt Brass Stem with Inserts Richard Ginori Porcelain
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Elegant Art Deco floor lamp with gilt brass stem and hand-decorated Richard Ginori porcelain inserts. Marble base
Category
Vintage 1930s Italian Art Deco Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
Mid Century Bar Cart Two Tiered Round Coffee Table by Paolo Buffa per Brugnoli
By Brugnoli Mobili Cantú, Paolo Buffa
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Mid Century Modern Bar Cart Two Tiered Round Coffee Table by Paolo Buffa per Brugnoli Mobili , Cantù. Massive walnut the four legs and veneer the tops. Wax polished.
ABOUT BRUGNOLO ...
Category
Vintage 1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Walnut
Mid Century Bar Cart by Cesare Lacca for Cassina, in Teack whis two Cristal Tops
By Cesare Lacca, Figli di Amadeo Cassina
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Iconic Mid Century Service Cart by Cesare Lacca for Cassina, in Teack , with original Crystal Tops
This fantastic piece was designed in Italy during the 1950s for Cassina.
This piece is going to add lightness to a living room with its shapes and materials. The wood and crystal glass will astonish with their purity.
Born in Naples in 1929, Italian architect-designer Cesare Lacca created modernist furniture and metalwork throughout the 1950s. Though details of his personal life and professional training remain lost to history, there are sufficient surviving primary sources that document his many elegant designs in brass—work for which he is best know and which fetch high prices from collectors.
Like many Italian designers in the 20th century, Lacca moved to Milan after World War II to launch his career. Before he was even 21 years old, his work was selected by a group of American curators for inclusion in the landmark exhibition Italy at Work: Her Renaissance in Design Today that toured 12 US museums between 1950 and 1953—the first major exhibition of Italian design outside of Italy. The exhibition showcased the best and brightest of Italian designers who had embraced modernist principles and rejuvenated traditional Italian crafts, like Carlo Mollino , Franco Albini, and Gio Ponti
In the exhibition catalogue, curator Meyric R. Roger’s spotlights Lacca's expert achievements in brass, noting “the variety and quality of his creations,” which “place him high among the architect-designers leading the current [Modernist] movement." Rogers adds, "The quality of his work...provide[s] all the decorative effectiveness needed without strain or exaggeration”.
Lacca designed a great many tea carts and serving trolleys in his career—which make up a large proportion of what is available on the vintage market today—as well as magazine racks and coffee tables. Lacca’s most iconic tea cart was manufactured by Italian brand Cassina and features sculpted beech, cedar, teak, or walnut with brass details, a glass tabletop, and a removable glass tray.
Lacca also designed high-backed lounge chairs, which were regularly featured in Arredoluce advertisements for Angelo Lelli’s lighting...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Crystal
Mid-Century Trunk Jewelry Box in Mahogany by Tommaso Barbi Per Bottega Gadda-Mi
By Tommaso Barbi, Bottega Gadda
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Small trunk from the 1960s in mahogany used as a jewelery box
About Tommaso Barbi
Tommaso Barbi is an Italian Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in the 20th Century. T...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
Mid Century Original Tyrolean Robust Armchairs in Chestnut Wood, Wax Polished
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Mid century Original Tyrolean armchairs in chestnut wood, polished to wax
Beautiful chair model with antique patina for your modern kitchen.
Category
Vintage 1940s Italian Country Armchairs
Materials
Chestnut
Sturdy Original Thonet Chairs from the 1960 in Bent Beech, Vienna Straw Seat
By Thonet
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Sturdy original Thonet chairs from the 1960s in bent beech with Vienna straw seat. Romantic and precious for your kitchen.
Category
Vintage 1940s Austrian Art Nouveau Chairs
Materials
Beech
Mid Century Chiavari Chair by Paolo Buffa, Belle Epoque, Reupholstered Fortuny
By Fratelli Levaggi/Guiseppe Gaetano Descalzi
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Elegant mid century Chiavari chair, by Paolo Buffa, Belle Epoque, Reupholstered with Fortuny damask fabric, Venice, laquered finish.
To ma...
Category
Early 20th Century Gothic Revival Corner Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Mid-Century Pedestal Column in Beech, Art Deco, by Palazzi dell'Arte Cantù
By Palazzi dell’Arte Cantù
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Mid-century column pedestal table in beech, Art Deco style by Palazzi dell'Arte di Cantù. The top is in slatted beech with the central part in faux marbl...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Pedestals
Materials
Beech
1950s Bar Cart by Aldo Tura for Danieli Hotel Venice Golden Brass two Tops Glass
By Aldo Tura
Located in Vigonza, Padua
1950s Bar Cart by Aldo Tura for Danieli Hotel Venice in Golden Brass with two Tops Glass Fumè .
This bar trolley is of very classic designs and differs from the later production of t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Brass
1930s, Italian Art Deco Desk Writing Table Four Drawers in Blond Walnut
Located in Vigonza, Padua
1930s Italian Art Deco desk writing table four drawers in blond walnut, wax polished, rubber top. Knee passage height 62 cm.
This handsome desk ...
Category
Vintage 1930s Italian Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Early 20th C. Italian Art Nouveau Vanity in Walnut, Entry Mirror, Wax Polished
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Italy Art Nouveau vanity in massive walnut and veneer walnut, all original, vax polished.
Beautiful and useful as an entrance mirror furniture for it...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Vanities
Materials
Walnut
Italian 1920s Baroque Round Coffee Table Burl Walnut, Carved Walnut Wax-Polished
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Italy 1920s very elegant and graceful Baroque revival round centre table or coffee table, in solid hand carved walnut, with the top in burl walnut with inlay. Polished with wax.
Mea...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Revival Center Tables
Materials
Walnut, Burl
Mid-Century Art Decò Venetian Baroque Night Stands by Gaetano E Osvaldo Borsani
By Osvaldo Borsani, Gaetano Borsani
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Elegant Venetian night stand from the 1930s produced by Gaetano Borsani and attributed to the young Osvaldo Borsani, with shaped top and rounded shaped, made of veneered walnut. Golden brass opening handle. Revised and wax polished.
The commode of this nightstands is published with code FP12a.
About Gaetano e Osvaldo Borsani.
Osvaldo Borsani (born 1911, Varedo, Italy–died 1985, Milano, Italy) was an Italian designer and architect, born into a family of furniture makers with along and well established artisanal tradition. His father, Gaetano Borsani, owned his own furniture shop, the Atelier di Varedo, where the 16-year-old Osvaldo received his first training. At that time, the designer of the atelier was the architect Gino Maggioni, who brought with him influences of the early 20th century Jugendstil movement from Vienna and who instilled in the young Borsani an appreciation for the arts and crafts and furniture making. Osvaldo Borsani first studied fine arts at Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera in Milan, graduating in 1931, and then pursued studies in architecture at Politecnico di Milano, where he graduated in 1936.
In 1933, two years before graduating as an architect, Borsani designed the Casa Minima project for the V Triennale di Milano (Milan Triennial), along with architects Cairoli and Varisco. This project earned him a silver medal for its Rationalist code and geometries, and he received positive reviews from the critic Edoardo Persico of Casabella magazine.
Villa Borsani And Other Prominent Architectural Work
In 1937, Osvaldo Borsani designed Villa Presenti in Forte dei Marmi, a sea town in Tuscany where the Italian aristocracy and industrial elite would build their houses, a project that displayed the same rationalistic rigor displayed in Casa Minima, but softened by the use of mediterranean finishes and materials.
Villa Borsani designed by Osvaldo Borsani. Varedo, Italy
Villa Borsani. Varedo, Italy
In 1943, Osvaldo designed and built his own house, the Villa Borsani, in Varedo, which, despite being conceptualized under strict Rationalist principles, incorporated objects and art of younger artists that communicate a freer approach to the human expression. The Villa Borsani project involved artists such as Adriano Spilimbergo, Fausto Melotti, Lucio Fontana (who made the ceramic fireplace and the ceramic Madonna), and Agenore Fabbri (who made the bronze statue in the staircase). To this day, Villa Borsani has been preserved with most of its original furniture and it remains with Osvaldo Borsani’s family along with the extensive archives of his work.
Osvaldo Borsani As a Successful Product and Furniture Designer
After Villa Borsani, Osvaldo continued to develop many projects for the Milanese bourgeoisie, frequently with many of the same artists whom he employed for his villa. A particularly strong relationship was the one that Osvaldo developed with artist Lucio Fontana, a close friend since the time of the Accademia de Belle Arti di Brera, and whom Borsani assigned to make a large metal balcony for the Tecno company in 1956.
Osvaldo Borsani’s design work, just as his larger architectural projects, which he also considered design work, very often incorporated elements created by other artists and designers such as: Roberto Crippa, Arnaldo and Giò Pomodoro, Agenore Fabbri, Fausto Melotti, Andrea Cascella...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Night Stands
Materials
Walnut
Mid-Century Art Decò Venetian Baroque Commode by Gaetano e Osvaldo Borsani
By Osvaldo Borsani, Gaetano Borsani
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Elegant Venetian chest of drawers from the 1930s produced by Gaetano Borsani and attributed to the young Osvaldo Borsani, with shaped top and rounded shapes with 4 drawers, made of veneered walnut. Golden brass opening handles. Revised and wax polished.
His two bedside tables published with code FP12b
About Gaetano e Osvaldo Borsani
Osvaldo Borsani (born 1911, Varedo, Italy–died 1985, Milano, Italy) was an Italian designer and architect, born into a family of furniture makers with along and well established artisanal tradition. His father, Gaetano Borsani, owned his own furniture shop, the Atelier di Varedo, where the 16-year-old Osvaldo received his first training. At that time, the designer of the atelier was the architect Gino Maggioni, who brought with him influences of the early 20th century Jugendstil movement from Vienna and who instilled in the young Borsani an appreciation for the arts and crafts and furniture making. Osvaldo Borsani first studied fine arts at Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera in Milan, graduating in 1931, and then pursued studies in architecture at Politecnico di Milano, where he graduated in 1936.
In 1933, two years before graduating as an architect, Borsani designed the Casa Minima project for the V Triennale di Milano (Milan Triennial), along with architects Cairoli and Varisco. This project earned him a silver medal for its Rationalist code and geometries, and he received positive reviews from the critic Edoardo Persico of Casabella magazine.
Villa Borsani And Other Prominent Architectural Work
In 1937, Osvaldo Borsani designed Villa Presenti in Forte dei Marmi, a sea town in Tuscany where the Italian aristocracy and industrial elite would build their houses, a project that displayed the same rationalistic rigor displayed in Casa Minima, but softened by the use of mediterranean finishes and materials.
Villa Borsani designed by Osvaldo Borsani. Varedo, Italy
Villa Borsani. Varedo, Italy
In 1943, Osvaldo designed and built his own house, the Villa Borsani, in Varedo, which, despite being conceptualized under strict Rationalist principles, incorporated objects and art of younger artists that communicate a freer approach to the human expression. The Villa Borsani project involved artists such as Adriano Spilimbergo, Fausto Melotti, Lucio Fontana (who made the ceramic fireplace and the ceramic Madonna), and Agenore Fabbri (who made the bronze statue in the staircase). To this day, Villa Borsani has been preserved with most of its original furniture and it remains with Osvaldo Borsani’s family along with the extensive archives of his work.
Osvaldo Borsani As a Successful Product and Furniture Designer
After Villa Borsani, Osvaldo continued to develop many projects for the Milanese bourgeoisie, frequently with many of the same artists whom he employed for his villa. A particularly strong relationship was the one that Osvaldo developed with artist Lucio Fontana, a close friend since the time of the Accademia de Belle Arti di Brera, and whom Borsani assigned to make a large metal balcony for the Tecno company in 1956.
Osvaldo Borsani’s design work, just as his larger architectural projects, which he also considered design work, very often incorporated elements created by other artists and designers such as: Roberto Crippa, Arnaldo and Giò Pomodoro, Agenore Fabbri, Fausto Melotti, Andrea Cascella...
Category
Vintage 1930s Italian Baroque Revival Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
Mid-Century Modern Art Deco Console by Paolo Buffa Per Permanente Mobili Cantù
By Paolo Buffa, La Permanente Mobili Cantù
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Mid Century Modern Art Deco console from Cantu, by Paolo Buffa, in solid hand carved carved maple and walnut veneered, handle in gilt brass.
Measures cm: H 83, W 102, D 34
About...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Console Tables
Materials
Maple, Walnut
Console Nightstand by Cesare Lacca Mid-Century Modern in Mahogany wax polished
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Vigonza, Padua
1950s console nightstand by Cesare Lacca Mid-Century Modern, in mahogany with glass top, wax polished
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Glass, Mahogany
1930s Art Deco Commode in Burl Walnut by Osvaldo Borsani Per Atelier Di Varedo
By Osvaldo Borsani, Gaetano Borsani
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Majestic and elegant chest of drawers by Osvaldo Borsani produced in the Varedo Atelier of his father Gaetano Borsani , original in every part, with bakelite handles, 1930s Art Deco chest of drawers, commode , in burl walnut with mirror, polished to wax. Excellent condition.
Measures cm: D 53, W 120, H 100.
mirror cm: W 90 H 75.
About Osvaldo Borsani
Osvaldo Borsani (born 1911, Varedo, Italy–died 1985, Milano, Italy) was an Italian designer and architect, born into a family of furniture makers with along and well established artisanal tradition. His father, Gaetano Borsani, owned his own furniture shop, the Atelier di Varedo, where the 16-year-old Osvaldo received his first training. At that time, the designer of the atelier was the architect Gino Maggioni, who brought with him influences of the early 20th century Jugendstil movement from Vienna and who instilled in the young Borsani an appreciation for the arts and crafts and furniture making. Osvaldo Borsani first studied fine arts at Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera in Milan, graduating in 1931, and then pursued studies in architecture at Politecnico di Milano, where he graduated in 1936.
In 1933, two years before graduating as an architect, Borsani designed the Casa Minima project for the V Triennale di Milano (Milan Triennial), along with architects Cairoli and Varisco. This project earned him a silver medal for its Rationalist code and geometries, and he received positive reviews from the critic Edoardo Persico of Casabella magazine.
Villa Borsani And Other Prominent Architectural Work
In 1937, Osvaldo Borsani designed Villa Presenti in Forte dei Marmi, a sea town in Tuscany where the Italian aristocracy and industrial elite would build their houses, a project that displayed the same rationalistic rigor displayed in Casa Minima, but softened by the use of mediterranean finishes and materials.
Villa Borsani designed by Osvaldo Borsani. Varedo, Italy
Villa Borsani. Varedo, Italy
In 1943, Osvaldo designed and built his own house, the Villa Borsani, in Varedo, which, despite being conceptualized under strict Rationalist principles, incorporated objects and art of younger artists that communicate a freer approach to the human expression. The Villa Borsani project involved artists such as Adriano Spilimbergo, Fausto Melotti, Lucio Fontana (who made the ceramic fireplace and the ceramic Madonna), and Agenore Fabbri (who made the bronze statue in the staircase). To this day, Villa Borsani has been preserved with most of its original furniture and it remains with Osvaldo Borsani’s family along with the extensive archives of his work.
Osvaldo Borsani As a Successful Product and Furniture Designer
After Villa Borsani, Osvaldo continued to develop many projects for the Milanese bourgeoisie, frequently with many of the same artists whom he employed for his villa. A particularly strong relationship was the one that Osvaldo developed with artist Lucio Fontana, a close friend since the time of the Accademia de Belle Arti di Brera, and whom Borsani assigned to make a large metal balcony for the Tecno company in 1956.
Osvaldo Borsani’s design work, just as his larger architectural projects, which he also considered design work, very often incorporated elements created by other artists and designers such as: Roberto Crippa, Arnaldo and Giò Pomodoro, Agenore Fabbri, Fausto Melotti, Andrea Cascella...
Category
Vintage 1920s Italian Art Deco Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mirror, Walnut, Burl
Armchair Gio Ponti Design Attributed by Figli Di Amedeo Cassina, Original Velvet
By Figli di Amadeo Cassina, Gio Ponti
Located in Vigonza, Padua
1940s Armchair Gio Ponti design attributed by Figli di Amedeo Cassina with original velvet upholstery still usable.
Measures cm: H 40/73, W...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Steel
Italy Early 20th Century Art Deco Pair Armchairs, Solid Olive Wood, Wax Polished
Located in Vigonza, Padua
1920s Pair of precious Art Deco armchairs in solid olive wood with original raw fabric. The fabric of one armchair, has an original patch, which, embellishes the look.
Spring seat
...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Art Deco Armchairs
Materials
Olive
Precious Art Deco Chinoiserie Table from the 1920s, in beech wood hand-carved
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Wonderful Art Deco Chinoiserie table from the 1920s, in solid beech wood hand-carved in the shape of bamboo and decorated with bamboo-like decorations. Rattam table top applied in a ...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Art Deco Tables
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Six Renaissance Chairs, in Solid Walnut Richly Hand Carved
By Dini & Puccini
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Italian Tuscany early 20th century six Renaissance chairs, in solid walnut, richly hand carved, Dini e Puccini attributed. Back and seat ocher velvet upholstered with original straps...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Italian 1970s Chairs Chromed Steel and Soft Leather Gastone Rinaldi attributed
By RIMA
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Code: FS07
Strong Italian 1970s chairs, chromed steel and very soft leather upholstered , Gastone Rinaldi attributed, in very good condition.
Measure cm: H 80\45, L 48, P 43.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Streamlined Moderne Chairs
Materials
Steel
Mid-Century Italy Settee, Sofa, in the Manner of Neo-Plasticist Gerrit Rietveld
By Gerrit Rietveld
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Code: FS34
Vintage sofa in black lacquered walnut, with original artistic tapestry,
in the manner of the neo-plasticist designer Gerrit Rietveld.
Neo-plasticism refers to the auste...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Materials
Canvas, Walnut
Italian 1930s neo baroque Sofa "Barchetta" in Ebonized hand-carved Walnut
By Sue et Mare
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Code: FY85
Very elegant baroque sofa settee, Barchetta, Art Deco period, the 1930s of the 20th century. Empire style with precious upholstery French fabric with figures of classical...
Category
Vintage 1930s Italian Baroque Revival Sofas
Materials
Fabric, Walnut
1920s Fratelli Toso Vase Carnivale with Polychrome Murrina and Aventurine
By Fratelli Toso
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Important vase serie Carnivale by Fratelli Toso, 1920-1930 with polychrome murrina and aventurine with applied handles. Transparent blue tone
In excellent condition free from breaka...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Art Deco Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
Art Deco Dry Bar Cabinet by Meroni & Fossati Gio Ponti attributed, Briar of Elm
By Gio Ponti
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Small cabinet buffet, dry bar, Art Deco period 1940 , Gio Ponti attributed per Meroni & Fossati, veneered in briar of elm with interior in mahogany . Original handless of the period....
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Buffets
Materials
Walnut, Burl
1960s Dry Bar by Franco Albini per Mobili di Cantù, with Fornasetti's decoration
By Franco Albini
Located in Vigonza, Padua
1960s dry bar cabinet by "Mobile di Cantù" attributed to Franco Albini. Black painted steel structure and externally red teak veneered cabinet and yellow teack inside. Closing doors...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Steel
Art Deco Bar Cabinet in Burl Walnut, Guglielmo Urlich Attributed, circa 1930
By Meroni & Fossati
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Art Deco bar cabinet in burl walnut, Guglielmo Urlich attributed for Meroni & Fossati , Lissone-Milano . All original cabinet restored, with functioning internal lighting. The internal mirror, has parts of small mirrors oxidized, that we thought not to replace to have a 100% original cabinet. Original Murano glass handles, circa 1930.
The internal compartment has a removable shelf, usable as a tray.
Measures cm: H76 W82 D44 (internal H38cm).
Guglielmo Ulrich (born 1904, Milan–died 1977...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Dry Bars
Materials
Mirror, Burl, Walnut
Midcentury Mirrored Credenza Sideboard by Osvaldo Borsani & Luigi Brusotti
By Arredamenti Borsani
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Important sideboard with a wall mirror manufactured by Atelier di Varedo, circa 1940s. All in solid blond walnut with the top built in a radial pattern; hand carved legs in the shap...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Credenzas
Materials
Walnut
Early 20th Century Two-tiered Baroque Venetian Tripod Dessert Table in Walnut
By Bassano's Ebanisteria
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Delicious and important two-tiered Venetian tripod dessert table in Venetian Baroque style from the Della Torre family in Rezzonico, Lake Como. In blond walnut Hand-carved in the early 1900s, with the two triangular-shaped tops covered in walnut veneer applied in a sunburst pattern; superb engravings of the three legs of the upper triangular plane, lower plane of triangular shape, which rises gracefully on carved cabriolet legs and ending on curly feet.
Sophisticated and elegant, with comfortable warmth, as attractive as it is functional, the beautiful antique, circa 1900, can be used in many different ways, including as a side table, central gueridon, tea table, cupcake cocktail server...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Italian Art Nouveau Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Walnut
Venetian Six Asolane Biedermeier Chairs in Walnut, Lyre-Shaped Back, Hand-Carved
By Vincenzo Cadorin
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Set of 6 Asolane Biedermeier chairs from the second half of the 19th century in walnut with lyre-shaped backrest, hand-carved. Fixing with wooden nails; spring seat covered in antique pink fabric in good condition.
Design of the chairs attributable to the Vincenzo Cadorin Atelier
About Asolo
Between '800 and' 900 Asolo seems to affirm its character as a place of beauty, privileged residence and cultural tradition, attracting illustrious personalities, intellectuals and artists, Italian and foreign: among them Eugene Benson, Henry James and Carlo Scarpa, Marius Pictor, Filippo De Pisis, Igor Strawinsky, Hernest Hemingway.
Above all, three women Caterina Cornaro, Eleonora Duse...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Italian Biedermeier Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Walnut
1920s Venetian Baroque Beds Hand-Carved Walnut, burl , by Testolini & Salviati
By Testolini & Salviati
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Exceptional Venetian Baroque two single beds, in hand-carved walnut and burl walnut fillet inlay of the period 1920s, by Testolini-Salviati ; only we just polished it with wax.
Measu...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Revival Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Walnut, Burl
Italian Display Column Cabinet Bookcase Hand Carved blond Walnut Wax-Polished
By Bassano's Ebanisteria
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Simply spectacular Italian display column cabinet, bookcase , diffusely hand carved with classical renaissance motifs, wax-polished
A precious column aesthetically and as a quality o...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
Gothic Burnished Brass Chandelier Three Lights, in Ribbed Brass, Art Decò age
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Gothic Burnished Brass Chandelier Three Lights, in Ribbed Brass, art decò age with Big fake candle holders. We controlled the electrical system . Chandelier ready for use
Measure i...
Category
Vintage 1920s Italian Gothic Revival Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Italian Laquered White and Silver Neoclassic Midcentury Entry Cabinet or Console
Located in Vigonza, Padua
1950s Italian white and silver neoclassical midcentury entry cabinet or console
Measures cm: H 77, W 85, D 40.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Neoclassical Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Italy Mid-Century Art Deco Side Occasional Table, Massive Walnut Gio Ponti Style
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Italian Elegant Mid-Century occasional or service table in massive walnut, period 1940s, Gio Ponti style
Polished to shellac
Measures cm: H 78, W 75, D 43.
Category
Vintage 1940s Italian Art Deco Side Tables
Materials
Walnut
1960s Chandelier Three Lights in Steel and Murano Glass. Explosion by Mazzega
By Mazzega
Located in Vigonza, Padua
1960s Chandelier with thee lights , in chromed steel and Murano glass , model explosion by Mazzega
Bowl Murano glass lattimo, gradually transparent at the top.
Ready-to-use renewed e...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Steel
Italy 1930s Art Deco Credenza Display Cabinet Lacquered Hand Decorated Wood
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Elegant & rare showcase Art Deco sideboard in lacquered wood and doors and tailgate decorated in faux wood hand. Acid-etched engraved sliding glass. ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Credenzas
Materials
Glass, Beech