Italian Bench

This bench from the 1970s, made in Italy, stands out with its black lacquered iron structure and legs finished in brass. Technically, its iron construction provides strength and dura...

Curved four-seat sofa with solid wooden structure and four brass legs. Upholstery in white bouclé wool. Italian manufacture. Our main target is customer satisfaction, so we include ...

Ceramic sculpture “Coniglieschio” from the series "The pop will eat himself" designed by Massimo Giacon, edition by Studio Superego. Every item LA Studio offers is checked by our te...

Armchair model "Willow" designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh for the "Willow Tea Room" in 1903 in Glasgow. Made of black lacquered ashwood structure and upholstered in leather. In its original configuration, the high, semicircular backrest of this solid wood throne served as a divider between the entrance and the tea room behind it. Complex series of lines and shapes reflect the style of Mackintosh. Charles Rennie Mackintosh (7 June 1868 – 10 December 1928) was a Scottish architect, designer, water colourist and artist. His artistic approach had much in common with European Symbolism. His work, alongside that of his wife Margaret Macdonald...

TOTEM "Criso" made in enameled ceramic, designed by Alessandro Mendini. Signed and numbered at base. Alessandro Mendini was an Italian designer and architect who played an important...

Italian single handmade chrome designed by Reggiani, Italy, 1970s. Every item LA Studio offers is checked by our team of 10 craftsmen in our in-house workshop. Special restoration o...

Italian bench with carved legs and stretcher, recently reupholstered.

Modernist Italian bench, circa 1960s. Marked Made In Italy underneath. It is constructed of anodized aluminum with a brass color finish with bronze c...

Wooden bench made by an Italian craftsman in the 1950s. Wear due to time and age of the bench.

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...

This stylish and chic Italian bench with its florentine gold finish and custom seat cushion dates to the 1960s. Note: The custom fabricated cushion was created for this piece in th...

Wooden bench and metal foot. Wear due to time and age of the bench.