About Bologna Design Gallery
Bologna Design Gallery is a venue entirely devoted to 20th-century design and applied arts. Sprung from the love of 20th-century craftsmanship and decor, the gallery is both a centre for research on the various proposals that have characterised Italian design and a workshop for the study and selection of unique pieces for the market, with a special focus on designers such as Gio Ponti, Ettore Sottsass, Max Ingrand, Gino Sarfatti, Franco Albini, Ico Parisi, Melchiorre Bega. The gallery's aim is to highlight the remarkable creative and artistic heritage of the past centu...Read More
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Featured Pieces
Italian Midcentury Picture Frame by Fontana Arte, 1950s
By Fontana Arte
Located in Argelato, BO
Rare and elegant thick glass photo frame produced by Fontana Arte, Italy, 1940s
The glass, of considerable thickness, features the "Nile Green" color typical of glass produced in the...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Picture Frames
Materials
Glass
Wooden Coat Rack Viennese Secession, Hoffmann Style, Vienna
By Josef Hoffmann
Located in Argelato, BO
Large wooden coat hanger Viennese Secession, Hoffmann Style, Vienna, early 1900s
Category
Antique Early 1900s Vienna Secession Coat Racks and Stands
Materials
Wood
Mid-Century armchair, Paolo Buffa Style, Italy 1950s
By Paolo Buffa
Located in Argelato, BO
Mid-Century armchair in the style of Paolo Buffa, Italy
This is a very elegant pair of 1950s Italian armchair, polished solid wood structure and fabric cushions, an iconic and very ...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Pair of solid wood stools by Giuseppe Rivadossi for Officina Rivadossi, Italy
By Officina Rivadossi, Giuseppe Rivadossi
Located in Argelato, BO
Rare pair of solid wood stools by Giuseppe Rivadossi for Officina Rivadossi, Italy, 1970s.
These are sculptural works, created by one of the most sophisticated Italian manufacturers...
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Brutalist Stools
Materials
Wood
Elegant Mid-Century Italian Wooden Wall Mounted Console Table, Ulrich Style, 195
By Guglielmo Ulrich
Located in Argelato, BO
Elegant Mid-Century Italian wooden wall console, Ulrich Style, 1950s
This is a work with essential geometries, sculptural, which adapts with taste and refinement to the domestic space
Category
Vintage 1950s Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Wood
Pair of Mid-Century armchairs, Paolo Buffa Style, Italy 1950s
By Paolo Buffa
Located in Argelato, BO
Pair of Mid-Century armchairs in the style of Paolo Buffa, Italy
This is a very elegant pair of 1950s Italian armchairs, polished solid wood structure and fabric cushions, an iconic...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
ry Bar Mid-Century, Paolo Buffa Style, wood and brass. Italy, 1950s
By Paolo Buffa
Located in Argelato, BO
Rare and elegant cabinet / Dry Bar in wood and brass made in the style of Paolo Buffa.
The bar, made in Italy in the 50s, has a cabinet with an opening door, inside mirrored glass an...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Brass
Monumental Mid-Century Sideboard in Wood and Brass, Buffa Style, Italy 1950s
By Paolo Buffa
Located in Argelato, BO
Monumental and elegant Italian Mid Century sideboard / Drybar in wood and brass, in the style of architect Paolo Buffa, 1950s design.
It is a storage unit capable of storing large qu...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Buffets
Materials
Brass
Round 'Africa' Table by Afra & Tobia Scarpa, Maxalto Artona Series, 1970s
By Afra & Tobia Scarpa
Located in Argelato, BO
Artona dining table by Afra & Tobia Scarpa, crafted by Maxalto in Italy, 1975. Featuring a round walnut top with dark inlaid lines and a dark black finish, its graphic design is most...
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Tables
Materials
Walnut, Burl
Sculptural wooden Counter for hotel or shop, Italian design, 70s
Located in Argelato, BO
Extraordinary and monumental Italian design wooden counter, from an important shop in the center of Florence.
The work has extraordinary architectural rigor and a strong sculptural t...
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Brass
Paolo Buffa, Walnut Mid-Century Daybed, Italy 1940s
By Paolo Buffa
Located in Argelato, BO
Paolo Buffa (1903-1970)
Rare and very elegant wooden daybed
Varnished walnut and fabric
Model created circa 1940
H 58 × L 205 × W 95 cm
Paolo Buffa was an Italian furniture des...
Category
Vintage 1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Velvet, Walnut
Pair of Mid-Century wooden bedside tables by Vittorio Dassi, Italy, 1950s
By Vittorio Dassi, Dassi
Located in Argelato, BO
Rare pair of Mid-Century wooden bedside tables by Vittorio Dassi, Italy, 1950s
The bedside tables are distinguished by elegance and refinement, they have been restored and re-polish...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Night Stands
Materials
Glass, Wood
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