Italian Shelves

Period: Mid-20th Century

Place of Origin: Italian

1940's Italian Bookcase by Vittorio Lombardi

By Vittorio Lombardi

Located in Hanover, MA

Standing open double bookcase with two single drawers with brass bow-tie handles and decorative painted ribbon detail on both sides, like pin striping. The edges are outlined in butterfly molding. The top and bottom flare outwards giving it the silhouette of the letter "K". On the back is an engraved brass plate which reads "Made by Vittorio Lombardi...

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1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Shelves

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Parchment Paper

1940's Italian Bookcase by Vittorio Lombardi

Italian Brass Showcase Vitrine

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Brass base, fume glass shelves excellent vintage condition but it may show slight traces of use. First glass shelf height is 28 and the second is 34.5 inches. Sipping to Continental ...

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1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Shelves

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Brass

Italian Brass Showcase Vitrine

Italian Slant Front Desk with Bookshelf

By Paolo Buffa

Located in Kilmarnock, VA

Architectural Slant front Desk constructed from oak with shelves on one side over top of 4 slant front drawers for storage design attributed to Paolo Buffa.

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1950s Vintage Italian Shelves

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Brass

Italian Slant Front Desk with Bookshelf

Gio Ponti Style Bookcase

By Gio Ponti

Located in Kilmarnock, VA

Stunning bookcase or wall unit in the style of Gio Ponti. Constructed of lacquered fruitwood and an ingenious modular design. I have matching desk which came from the same place.

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1950s Vintage Italian Shelves

Gio Ponti Style Bookcase

Mid-Century Gilded Iron Braided Shelf

Located in Water Mill, NY

66" gilded Mid-Century iron four-tier shelf.

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1950s Vintage Italian Shelves

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Iron

Mid-Century Gilded Iron Braided Shelf

Mid-Century Artona Bookcase/Vitrine by Afra and Tobia Scarpa, Maxalto, 1960s

By Maxalto, Afra & Tobia Scarpa

Located in Brussels, BE

Mid-Century Modern Artona Bookcase/Vitrine by Afra and Tobia Scarpa, Maxalto,1960s

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1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Shelves

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Glass, Wood

Mid-Century Artona Bookcase/Vitrine by Afra and Tobia Scarpa, Maxalto, 1960s

20th Century Lacquered Gold Wood Italian Corner Shelf Cabinet, 1960

Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont

Furniture in lacquered and golden wood with silver decorations. Italian corner cabinet of the 20th century. It presents some signs of time, overall in good conservative state. Corner...

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1960s Vintage Italian Shelves

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Wood

20th Century Lacquered Gold Wood Italian Corner Shelf Cabinet, 1960

Midcentury Rattan & Bamboo Wall Shelf or Console Att. Franco Albini, Italy 1960s

By Franco Albini

Located in Rome, IT

Midcentury amazing round wall shelf or console in rattan and bamboo attributed to Franco Albini. Made in Italy in the 1960s.

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1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Shelves

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Bamboo, Wicker, Cane, Rattan

Midcentury Rattan & Bamboo Wall Shelf or Console Att. Franco Albini, Italy 1960s

Mid-Century Modern Modular Teak and Metal Shelf Unit, Italy, 1950

Located in Madrid, ES

Mid-Century Modern modular shelving. It consists of a height-adjustable black lacquered metal structure with brass lozenge details and teak wood shelves.

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1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Shelves

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Metal

Mid-Century Modern Modular Teak and Metal Shelf Unit, Italy, 1950

Mid-Century Modern Pair of Rattan Shelves, 1960s

Located in Brussels, BE

Mid-Century Modern Pair of Rattan Shelves, 1960s.

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1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Shelves

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Rattan

Mid-Century Modern Pair of Rattan Shelves, 1960s

Vittorio Introini for Saporiti Pair of Proposal P700 Wall Shelves, Italy 1969

By Saporiti, Vittorio Introini

Located in Naples, IT

Two Proposal series bookcases model P700 in chrome-plated metal and mirrored steel with glass doors. Design Vittorio Introini Prod. Saporiti, Italy, 1969

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1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Shelves

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Steel

Vittorio Introini for Saporiti Pair of Proposal P700 Wall Shelves, Italy 1969

LB7, “Infinito” Bookcase by Franco Albini, Poggi

By Franco Albini

Located in Milano, Lombardia

In the LB7 library of the Poggi production (1956), we find all the principles long treated by Albini on the theme of the light upright, which in this modular syst...

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1950s Modern Vintage Italian Shelves

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Wood

LB7, “Infinito” Bookcase by Franco Albini, Poggi

Midcentury Bamboo and Rattan Étagère, Italy, circa 1960

Located in Roma, IT

A Mid Century bamboo and rattan three-tier Italian étagère (shelves) dating from the 1960s. In excellent condition commensurate of age. Incre...

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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Italian Shelves

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Wicker, Rattan, Bamboo

Midcentury Bamboo and Rattan Étagère, Italy, circa 1960

Unique Ico Parisi Hang Corner Shelf in Walnut, Italy 1950s

By Ico Parisi

Located in Hellouw, NL

Unique Ico Parisi Hang Corner Shelf in Walnut from Italy 1950s. There is only one known to be made. The corner shelf has two flush drawers one that features a vertical textured effec...

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1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Shelves

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Formica, Wood, Walnut

Unique Ico Parisi Hang Corner Shelf in Walnut, Italy 1950s

Curved Midcentury Bookcase with Shelves and Doors in Bamboo Italian Design

Located in Palermo, Sicily

Curved midcentury bookcase with shelves and doors in bamboo Italian design.

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1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Shelves

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Bamboo

Curved Midcentury Bookcase with Shelves and Doors in Bamboo Italian Design

Neoclassical Style Steel and Brass Étagère Shelf by Jansen

Located in Dallas, TX

Italian Maison Jansen style étagère shelf from the mid-20th century. Steel frames with brass accents. Featuring six-tiers, each tier with g...

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Mid-20th Century Neoclassical Italian Shelves

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Brass, Steel

Neoclassical Style Steel and Brass Étagère Shelf by Jansen

This Shelving System with Oxidized Brass Tubes Is Retro and Futuristic at Once

Italian studio DimoreMilano mustered great ingenuity when crafting these sculptural shelves, which are built without any screws.

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