La Permanente Mobili Cantù, Dressing Table, Italy, 1950s

This Italian piece, consisting of a mirror and a wall mounting console, dates from the 1950s. The set was manufactured by the La Permanente company. While the mirror is framed by bra...

Elegant Italian table from the 1950s featuring a black lacquered iron frame and an asymmetrically designed tabletop with a clear glass inlay. The combination of industrial character ...

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...

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...