Italian 1928 Train Bench 3rd Class

Italy 1960 skiff trainer. Italian mid-century modern working skiff trainer. A rare and very decorative piece to be used or as decoration in your home, office or sporting club. ...

Stylish and elegant Art Deco ceramic snack bowls produced by Galvani, Pordenone Italy in the 1930's. The set is in very good condition without cracks or chips. Galvani was founded in...

Stylish midcentury Italian side table in the style of Fontana Arte. This rare beauty is in great vintage condition but the chrome does have some wear on it as can be seen in the imag...

Italian Tagliapietra table lamp, 1960 Rare new old stock 1960s table lamp made by Tagliapietra, Ancona. Measurements: H.34 x W.29.5 x D.27 cm. Cost of transport to the US is euro ...

Vintage curved wooden bench, beautifully constructed from tightly joined slats. Sourced from a defunct Dutch train station. Lovely conversation seating...

Italian bench with carved legs and stretcher, recently reupholstered.

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...

Wooden bench and metal foot. Wear due to time and age of the bench. For shipping, request us for receive the best price.