1930's English Rope Bench

A mahogany hall bench with bolster ends above solid seat and turned, ringed legs, having very good color. William IV, circa 1835.

An English saddle leather window bench with shaped seat and integral scroll ends over mahogany legs joined by H stretcher. Retaining original pati...

A long low luggage bench with flat slatted top over six bobbin legs joined by bobbin turned double side stretchers and central low cross bobbin stretcher...

A narrow oak hall bench with an architectural form, having a railed grid back and seat on four square section legs, with a new upholstered hemp squab cu...

Good pair of Regency style benches, the cane seat over molded rails, the reeded legs with palmette carved corners, the whole of good design and proportion. Ready as is or with your c...

An 18th century West Country painted pine settle, the raised panel back extending almost to the floor (to keep out drafts), on open sled-form feet, with shaped arms, and raised ears ...

Bench Oak Unusual shaped back Tapering legs France 1930s.

Our Bay Bench is a simple bench seat with a rope woven seat, perfect for an entryway, a dining table, or auxiliary seating. We utilize a polypropylene rope with a contemporary yacht ...

This 1930s Italian bench is so over-scaled, and monumental in appearance, that it seems to have been made for the large room it was destined, rather than the comfort of a typical sitter. As such, it would function equally well as a low side table or a high cocktail table. We’ll allow the buyer to determine its use. The designer was Pierluigi Colli, and the fabricator Martinotti, the Turin furniture and interior decorating firm that was established in 1831, and exhibited at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition and the 1904 St Louis World’s Fair. Colli’s family owned a textile company that supplied Martinotti with upholstery fabrics, suggesting nepotism had something to do with his being hired as the firm's director in 1926. Nevertheless, he proved himself worthy as a designer and a businessman. Having studied in Paris at the Ecole des Arts Decoratifs, he befriended leading French designers, and arranged for Martinotti to retail Lalique glass and Jean Perzel lighting. In addition, the quality of their work, and Colli’s dedication to the modern design movement, prompted Carlo Mollino, Gio Ponti, and Gino Levi-Montalcini, among others, to have Martinotti fabricate some of their furniture. Colli’s claim to fame, however, is his own work as a designer, and his ability to master the vocabularies of every trend from Art Deco to midcentury modern. During the Great Depression, when nearly every nation floundered economically, fascist Italy...

Hollywood Regency, Italian gilt metal tassel and rope style bench with rich patina of the red undercoat beneath the gilt finish. A unique piece.   

Pair of Italian iron rope benches with upholstered tops. Bases in good condition, with newly upholstered 16" diameter tops each with one button. Iron bases are 17.5" tall without up...

Wonderful little original painted tavern bench, 1840. Dimensions 41 inches (104 cms) wide 21 inches (53 cms) deep 37.5 inches (95 cms) high.