Leather Gym Bench, "1930"

This gymnastics bench comes from a gym in Prague and was designed in the 1930s. The iron feet have been preserved with original cow leather lining. The thick cowhide has been cleaned...

This Czech gym stool or turn bock was produced in the 1930s. It has been shortened to a height of 54 cm. The iron feet are preserved. The thick cowhide has b...

Vintage painted metal gym bench. Two available; priced individually.

Pommel horse from former Czechoslovakia from the 1930s with beautiful patina, shortened to bench height 51cm and very good vintage condition. Completely restored. The iron feet are preserved. The thick leather has been cleaned and preserved. All of our premium vintage gym equipment...

Pommel horse from former Czechoslovakia from the 1930s with beautiful patina, shortened to bench height 52cm and very good vintage condition. Completely restored. The iron feet are p...

Large natural leather gym mat with wheels. New cast iron wheels with brakes attached. Can also be used as headboard if wheels are removed. In good ori...

- the wood has been treated by oil - wood with signs of age.

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...

American Industrial gym / locker room backless bench, circa mid 20th century. Made from Maple with aluminum bases. A nice compliment to any setting. Dimensions: 17.5"h x 96" x 9.5"

Featuring a hand-crafted wooden frame with box stretcher and a woven strapwork leather seat, the bench showcases a timeworn patina that speaks to its age and authenticity, with the n...