Mid-20th Century Magazine Racks and Stands

Midcentury Italian 1960s condiment carrier / holder / stand or tray by Aldo Tura, Milan. Signed with original label green colored and lacquered goatskin leather combined with cast me...

Mid-Century Modern Italian ashtray metal chrome lacquered magazine rack.

Sculptural midcentury French wine rack or wine holder, rendered in hand woven wicker, and hand bent rattan and bamboo with capacity to hold up to 5 bo...

A vintage burnt bamboo or tiger/tortoise bamboo breakfast bed tray. Created from a mixture of wicker, wood, and bamboo this serving tray will be a t...

Midcentury 1960s pair of decanters. Chrome caddy holder with handle. Both decanters have a screw on pump top. Metal tags for vodka and bourbon. Sturdy thick decorative glass. Decante...

1970s rattan wicker magazine rack measuring 19" in width, 11.5" in depth and stands 18" tall.

A beautiful 1960s vintage magazine rack in curved bamboo. Attributed to Franco Albini designer, icon of the bamboo and rattan design fo the time. In very good conditions with only fe...

Article: waste bin paper bin basket Origin: Germany Age: 1960s This original vintage Auböck style waste bin paper bin basket was produced in the 1960...

A gorgeous and large magazine or newspaper tray made of nickeled brass and moos or dark green leather designed by Carl Auböck in midcentury in 1950s. V...

Mid-Century, Franco Albini attributed bamboo magazine holder with rattan, hand-wrapped accents. Beautifully designed piece with a swinging, bent bamboo, handle. In original condition...

We kindly suggest you read the whole description, because with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our objects. A particular handcrafted trolley made of bamboo and rattan; is characterized by a light and airy-looking shape; the very solid structure is made of sturdy bamboo elements to shape two comfortable round containers joined by a complex frame, part of which has been bent and protrudes from the structure to form the convenient handle to push the trolley, which is equipped with swivel wheels moves with great ease. We may suggest placing two sheets of glass on the bottom of the round containers to further increase the functionality of the cart. It was made, in the modernist style of Franco Albini, between 1967 and 1969 with extraordinary manual skill in a small workshop between the provinces of Parma and Cremona (Italy), along the banks of the river Po, an area of Italy's very prolific and famous for the cultivation and production of bamboo. The tradition of this furniture was born in the United States at the end of the nineteenth century. The fashion soon spread to Europe and Italy, both in the Brianza (Italy) area and in the Po Valley and Tuscany. From an eminently poor material, it found itself covering the role of luxury detail in contemporary projects, bringing with it the added value of dozens of hours of manual workmanship carried out by a class of specialized artisans in danger of extinction. The term bamboo identifies a group of very vigorous evergreen herbaceous plants which grow in a tropical or very humid climate; all bamboo species have as a common characteristic the very high hollow stem which is easily workable and rather rigid. It is used for the production of furniture, chairs, deckchairs, sofas but also objects and even parquet and floors; bamboo is a symbol of resistance: it is appreciated for its ability to withstand storms without breaking, thanks to its flexible and hollow stem and its extraordinarily strong roots. It is a symbol of purity, steadfastness, and other virtues. Rattan is obtained from the Indian cane, nicknamed Rattan d'India or Rattan cane left to dry in the sun at the edge of the forests takes on extraordinary qualities of strength and durability, in the field of outdoor finishes is processed with or without bark. It is widely used for the realization of chairs, tables, sofas, and benches. There are many users who wonder about the difference between rattan and wicker; the wicker is the innermost part of the rattan cane that is divided into very thin strips, therefore, it is the most valuable and refined part of the Indian cane and for this reason, it is also more delicate. There is also wicker, a material obtained by weaving branches of willow or other plants. The elasticity and the resistance of willow wicker make it, since ever, ideal for the production of baskets and baskets; for these manufacturers, it also used rush, a small perennial plant present in marshy or maritime areas. Franco Albini (October 17, 1905 - November 1, 1977) was an Italian architect, designer, and university professor of neo-rationalist design. A young student of Gio Ponti, Albini becomes in the early '30s one of the key figures of Italian Rationalism, which, however, gives an eclectic interpretation in many ways. It is on the basis of these beliefs that after the war he approached the world of woven fibers, forging a close relationship with the workshop of Vittorio Bonacina. The result of this collaboration culminates in the furniture in bamboo...

3-771 French 12 bottle wicker and bamboo wine rack.