1950s Art Deco sideboard attr. La Permanente Furniture Cantù by Osvaldo Borsani

Peculiar Art Deco-style sideboard from the early 1950s, made entirely of walnut-stained beech with large open-plan compartment and interior shelves at the finished doors. The cabine...

Single bedside table in walnut with maple details and formica top, 1950s Italian production attributed to Gio Ponti's design for La Permanente Mobili Cantù. The top is made of formi...

A very rare and sophisticated sideboard by Vittorio Dassi stamped Permanente Mobili Cantu Italy from the 1950s consisting of four suspended cabinets, three of which have locking doors, the fourth has drawers with raised hexagonal pulls. Each cabinet has a chamfered top of a beautifully grained Italian walnut shaped in a distinctive diamond cut. This contrasts with more tightly grained fronts and side panels of the cabinets Above each cabinet is set a hexagonal glass shelf resting inset on brass supports detailed in a flat black lacquer and polished brass attached to the ends of tapering flat pillars of Italian walnut. The interiors of three of the four cabinets are finished in an aged off-white glazed birch with adjustable glass shelving. There are ten polished threaded bronze discs that are held in cast bronze hexagonal housings that allow the sideboard to adjust to uneven or stone flooring. The bronze bases are also accented in flat black lacquer. La Permanente Mobili Cantu was considered one of Italy's top cabinet makers and the cabinet work in this sideboard attests to how beautifully they executed their pieces. The metric measurements...

Paolo Buffa sideboard for La Permanente Mobili Cantù, veneer and brass, Italy, 1950s. This mid-century sideboard, crafted in Italy around 1950, embodies the era's dedication to eleg...