Rare Valzania Sideboard in Parchment

Valzania, sideboard, parchment, ebonized wood, Italy, 1940s Rare sideboard with six drawers designed and created by Valzania in the 1940s. The sideboard is fully covered in a light ...

Studio BBPR for Olivetti, 'Spazio' sideboard, coated steel, plastic, vinyl, Italy, design 1959/60, production 1960s In 1954, Olivetti, the Italian office equipment manufacturer, hired BBPR to design their New York showroom on Fifth Avenue and to create their first series of office furniture, called Spazio (1959/60). This line included chairs, shelving, cabinet systems, and desks, just like the one shown here. It won the Compasso d'Oro Award in 1962. The cabinet contains compartments with drawers secured on both sides. The top is furnished with dark brown vinyl which adds a sturdy touch the overall industrial appearance. Studio B.B.P.R. was an Italian architectural partnership founded in Milan in 1932 by Gianluigi Banfi (1910-1945), Lodovico Barbiano di Belgiojoso (1909-2004), Enrico Peressutti (1908-1976) and Ernesto Nathan Rogers (1909-1969) who had studied at the Politecnico di Milano. B.B.P.R. was thus an acronym formed from the first letters of their family names. The architects found each other in their opposition to fascism in Italy in the 1930s and 1940s during Mussolini's autocratic regime. The architects therefore believed in developing a style that would have no references to contemporary politics. During the Second World War, they all joined the resistance. However, Rogers, a Jew, fled to Switzerland and both Belgiojoso and Banfi were deported to the Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria, where Banfi died in 1945. Despite the immense loss of Banfi, their architectural practice continued in the same name as before after...

Franz Xaver Sproll, sideboard, walnut, Switzerland, 1960s Swiss furniture maker Franz Xaver Sproll is known for high-quality, hand-crafted furniture in solid wood, featuring charac...

Afra & Tobia Scarpa for Stildomus, 'Torcello' sideboard, walnut, aluminum, Italy, 1964. The 'Torcello' model is a rare find and is produced by the Italian company Stildomus, a furni...

Sideboard, oak, brass, leather, Italy, 1960s Sculptural Italian sideboard with geometric detailing. The sideboard is placed on sleek, tap...

Sideboard with big mirror and dry bar, ash, ceramic, glass, Italy, 1950s Beautiful and interestingly detailed sideboard from Italy, made in the 1950s. This three-door sideboard hold...

Splendid sideboard designed in the 1950s for the famous Valzania production with original label. The sideboard is entirely made of solid walnut wood decorated and carved with elegant...

French or Italian Art Deco sideboard or credenza. Finely constructed 1920s case is monumental and well constructed. A large and impressive sideboard from a era long gone by having Mahogany frame with gilt wood and parchment brass. Unsigned. Two curved walnut doors concealing adjustable shelves. Three parchment clad doors with four drawers on the right and one adjustable shelf on left. The whole sitting on a hidden base to give the appearance of floating on air. The back having been altered to accommodate a entertainment system...

T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings for Widdicomb rare 1950s sideboard or cabinet in rich deep walnut including central drawers with original circular woven rattan handles and brass end caps, cab...

rare large sideboard in blackened pear with inlaid brass decorations, Napoleon III period top quality. small flaws, but overall in good condition.

This box sideboard combines the breaking strength of its three boxes and the delicacy of its Japanese-style base. The dual colors of zebrano and wenge reinforce this beautiful marria...

Important 19th C. Japanese Meiji Period ornately carved extreme high relief, credenza or bar back. Meticulously designed with one of a kind tooling. A breakfront form with three drawers over lower cabinets, topped by a hutch with shelves...