Obsolete Furniture

1960s Sergio Mazza 'Sigma' Lamp for Artemide. Minimalist and architectural, this iconic lamp can be used for wall or ceiling applications. Executed in nickeled brass and pressed opaline glass. Price is per item. 2 lamps available. Born in Italy in 1931, Sergio Mazza created numerous iconic designs for Artemide throughout the 1960s, from a range of lighting to fiberglass molded...

Our table was made of birch, solid and veneered, stained a rich brown, and topped off with a slab of Bohemian breccia marble. We date it to around 1928, and attribute the design to Fritz August Breuhaus de Groot, who coined the term Kultivierte Sachlichkeit (Cultured Objectivity) to describe his work, and distinguish it from the Neue Sachlichkeit (New Objectivity) practiced by his contemporaries Walter Gropius, Mies van der Rohe, and Lily Reich. The table bears a passing resemblance to a considerably simplified, marble-topped ovoid one that he designed for his 1934 Berlin living room. Breuhaus was a man on the make. The first of his three marriages was to the daughter of an industrialist, who financed the building of luxury villas and workers’ housing designed by his son-in-law. In 1929, Breuhaus, the son of a dentist, added “de Groot” to his name, falsely linking himself to a distinguished family of painters. By then, he’d been fudging his academic record for years. That didn’t prevent a teaching appointment at the State University of Bavaria, which allowed him to add the prestigious “Herr Professor” prefix to his name. Yet he never followed through on the teaching — he was far too busy designing more luxury villas (commissions he accepted only if he could furnish them as well), and products for his own company, which included furniture, textiles, wallpapers, lighting, and fine silver. In addition to designing aircraft interiors for Lufthansa, and pullman railroad...

1960s Sergio Mazza 'Gamma' sconce for Artemide. Executed in nickeled brass and pressed opaline glass, Italy. Price is per item. 4 lamps available. Born in Italy in 1931, Sergio Ma...

The hair pin table uses a solid wood interpretation of a Classic leg giving new style to this seemingly traditional support. Shown as 36" diameter in wa...

An exceptional circular dining or center table by McGuire, circa 1990. The table base is 44 inches in diameter. Stout, heavy steel frame construction veneered in bamboo; leather wra...

Set of 4 Clio wall sconces designed by Sergio Mazza for Artemide in the 1963, frosted glass lampshade , structure in nickel-plated brass, each lamp superimposed 2 light points that emit a warm and soft light. mounts E 27 bulbs. Excellent conditions, electric plant revised, perfectly working. Sergio Mazza is an Italian designer born in 1931 in Milan.In 1955 he began his professional career and from 1961 he worked alongside G. Gramigna in the Smc studio, working in the field of furniture and industrial design. Among the various awards received, we remember the report at the Compasso d'Oro 1960 for the Delta lamp by Artemide and the silver medal for the Italian Apartment at the X Triennale in Milan. From 1967 he began to design also for Olivari, signing the handles Macco, until the model Giuliana, with Gramigna, of 1987. In the field of publishing, always with Gramigna, he directed the magazine "Ottagono" from its foundation until 1988. For all the iconic pieces of Italian design follow our gallery SECONDA GIOVINEZZA.

Well-preserved teak side table in Danish design from the 1960s by S. Burchardt-Nielsen, solid and very stable. The top and legs have rounded edges. The surface of the table top is in...

Wonderful and decorative ceiling light with embossed shade in opaline glass and chrome metal base. Designed and made in Norway from ca 1950s first half. The lamp is fully working and...

Wonderful flush mount ceiling lamp with shade in blown glass and frame in painted steel. Designed and made in Norway from circa 1950s first half. The light is fully working and in go...

Wonderful ceiling light with hand decorated shade in opaline glass and chrome metal base. Designed and made in Norway from ca 1950s first half. The lamp is fully working and in good ...

Wonderful and decorative ceiling light in opaline glass with chrome metal base. Designed and made in Norway from ca 1950s first half. The lamp is fully working and in good vintage co...

1960s Sergio Mazza 'Gamma' sconce for Artemide. Executed in nickeled brass and pressed opaline glass, Italy. Price is per item. 6 lamps available. Born in Italy in 1931, Sergio Ma...