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Mid-Century Modern Sofa in the style of Paolo Buffa, Italy, 1950s

Name: Mid-Century Modern Sofa in the style of Paolo Buffa, Italy, 1950s
Brand: Paolo Buffa
Price: 3440.7 CHF
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.8 (37 reviews)

About the Item

Mid-Century Modern Sofa in the style Paolo Buffa, Italy, 1950s Paolo Buffa was an Italian furniture designer whose main creative period was between the early 1930s and 1960s. He was born in Milan in 1903 and died there in 1970. After studying at the Polytechnic University in his hometown, he initially worked with the architect and designer Gio Ponti. From 1928, he shared a design office with his architect friend Antonio Cassi Ramelli. Six years later he opened his own independent studio and developed his own distinctive style that met with great success. After the Second World War, Buffa worked with various furniture manufacturers who mass-produced his designs. His furniture was presented at many exhibitions and thus achieved a high level of populartity, especially in Italy. He continued to produce designs until shortly before his death and is still one of the most well-known Italian furniture designers of his time.

Creator:

Paolo Buffa (Designer)

Dimensions:

Height: 31.89 in (81 cm)Width: 51.58 in (131 cm)Depth: 29.53 in (75 cm)Seat Height: 15.75 in (40 cm)

Style:

Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)

Materials and Techniques:

Fabric,Wood

Place of Origin:

Italy

Period:

1950-1959

Date of Manufacture:

1950

Condition:

Wear consistent with age and use.

Seller Location:

Brussels, BE

Reference Number:

1stDibs: LU2265342903752

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Paolo Buffa

With a surname that loosely translates to a synonym for “bizarre” in Italian, Milanese designer and architect Paolo Buffa is best known for capturing the best of both old and new in his plush, enveloping lounge chairs and wingback chairs as well as his range of modern tables, each dazzling and provocative but built using classical techniques.

Purposely playful and airy, mid-century Italian interiors encouraged merriment and socializing. Buffa’s work was well suited to this, but unlike the postwar designers who established recognizable trademarks and signatures, his vintage furniture for Cassina and other firms — the sculptural side tables and case pieces of walnut and solid oak, the luxurious sheepskin sofas — differed considerably from one design to the next, making them appealing to a range of interior decorators and socialites with specific taste. The son of a highly sought-after artist, Giovanni Buffa, Paolo graduated in 1927 from Politecnico di Milano. He then spent time working under architects and designers Gio Ponti and Emilio Lancia. Ponti, who himself crafted thousands of furnishings and endlessly creative rooms, was so taken with the young designer that in 1928 he featured his simple and elegant rosewood dressing table in his new magazine, Domus.

After opening a firm with his regular collaborator Antonio Cassi Ramelli, Buffa became one of the leading tastemakers of Italian mid-century modern furnishings, designing for villas and residential buildings across the country. His style was a mix of Art Deco, Rationalism, neoclassicism and a bit of whimsy. He used high-quality materials and regularly worked with local ateliers known for their fine craftsmanship to produce his designs, such as Serafino Arrighi and Marelli & Colico. In 1940, he partnered with the Mario Quarti furniture studio on the royal palace of Albania’s King Zog, with Buffa designing the furniture, and in 1951, Egypt’s King Farouk enlisted him to redecorate his yacht.

While Buffa’s transcendent pieces are now collector’s items, there are a few still in production, such as those he made with Angelo Marelli. His eponymous firm, the Italian furniture producer Eredi Marelli, still manufactures some designs based on Buffa’s archives.

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