Cumbrian Sculptural Pig Bench

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

Interesting 19th C Austrian original painted box bench. 1840 Seat height - 19.5" (50cms) Reference: 7491 Dimensions 77.5 inches (197 cms) Wide 19 inches (...

Wonderful primitive original grey paint Scandinavian bench, 1840. Height to the seat is 19.5" (50cm). Dimensions: 90.5 inches (230 cms) wide ...

19th C painted Austrian settle bench. 1880. Seat height is 21". Dimensions 82 inches (208 cms) Wide 22 inches (56 cms) Deep 38 inches ...

Very good early 19th C Austrian fruitwood settle bench. 1820. Seat height is 19.5". Dimensions 74.5 inches (189 cms) wide 19 inches (48 cms) deep ...

Good 19th C Austrian original painted primitive bench. 1840. Seat height is 19.5". Dimensions 83.5 inches (212 cms) Wide 12.5 inches (32 cms) Deep 32 inches (81 cms) High.  

This stunning rare carved gilt wood waterfall bench or coffee table is packed with personality! Outstanding design is exhibited throughout the monumental form. Just look at the gorge...

A realization of meticulous research, this piece is part of a collection that highlights the formal longevity and environmental sustainability of Mediterranean cork. Monolithic an...

A realization of meticulous research, this piece is part of a collection that highlights the formal longevity and environmental sustainability of Mediterranean cork. Monolithic an...

Taking inspiration from hand-carved African stools, a solid wood tabletop with a sloping underbelly is created with a little help from technology. A CNC router is used to cut away th...

A very good quality, mid 19th century, Victorian Period Mahogany window seat hall bench, of unusually large proportions, having superbly figured...

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...