Pier Luigi Colli Midcentury Goatskin Black Shellac Credenza Sideboards, 1950

Taste and Italian flavour for this typical sideboard of Pier Luigi Colli, classic in his design but very refined in the process of working of the materials. The sideboard is compose...

Table by Pier Luigi Colli, of the middle of the last century. Simple, linear but very elegant design. Starting from the table top, you can see that it is smooth well polished, venee...

The body is very square and linear but its appearance is of a luxurious sideboards, due to the realization with precious materials such as brass and glass. The structure of the side...

From Italian style this sideboard made of walnut wood is embellished with goatskin inserts. A subtle all over patina emphasizes the grain of the walnut. It consists of two side door...

A unique sideboard of its kind for its originality and for the choice of materials. Simple but refined design, note the veneer and polished very well in the internal part. Note the r...

Bewitching sideboard with an unmistakable Italian style, with a particular door design. The play between the black of the doors and the cherry of the body of the sideboard is very be...

Large sideboard is entirely realized in oak wood, with four drawers on each side (for a total of eight drawers) and a central storage unit. Designed by Pier Luigi Colli Italian Manufacture from 1938 ca. To reconstruct the story of Pier Luigi Colli, we must take a leap back to the 19th century in Turin, a multifaceted city, in some ways controversial due to its austere and sometimes introverted character, but at the core of a creative drive: and if it is primarily known for its automobile industry, there was a time when Turin was at the height of fame also in the field of furniture and embroidery, thanks to the presence of two entrepreneurial realities. On the one hand there was the MIRAM (Italian Hand-Made Embroidery Manufacture) founded by Pietro Colli in 1850, specializing in gobelin fabrics and bandera embroideries. His daughter Teresa traveled between Italy and Paris to discover the latest trends in fabrics and embroidery, while her younger brother, Pier Luigi Colli (1895-1968), the star of this story, joined the company in 1921. Distinguishing himself for his enterprising personality and willing to continue his father's profession, Pier Luigi was known to his contemporaries as "the artist interior designer", and had no doubts about his future: he moved temporarily to Paris, where he attended L'Ecole des Beaux Arts Décoratives. The other great Turin manufacturer to be mentioned is Martinotti, founded in 1931 by Giuseppe Martinotti and supplier of fine furnishings for the Savoy court, pieces which were characterized by a typically 19th century eclectic style, generally made of exotic woods featuring ivory and tortoiseshell inlays: at that time, Martinotti represented the top of internationality, having even participated in the 1875 Philadelphia exhibition! The two brands' fate merged in 1902, a decisive year for Turin which, hosting the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative Art, became the cradle of the spread of the Liberty style in Italy. In the exhibition, Martinotti exhibited an elegant interior, in which all the textile parts, from the curtains to the seat upholstery, was made by Colli. It was in 1926 that Colli (MIRAM) finally acquired Martinotti, founding a laboratory where, from the savoir faire of the two companies, complete pieces of furniture were created and tailor-made for the customer, from the structure to its upholstery. Meanwhile, Pier Luigi Colli was living in Paris, the ideal place to be in 1925, when the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts brought him closer to the work of one of his putative fathers, the great French cabinet maker Jacques-Émile Ruhlmann (Paris, 1879 - 1933). Thanks to Paris, Pier Luigi intertwined contacts with the international beau monde, he started to import Lalique glass from France, while the Colli's clientele expanded and special commissions arrived, such as the creation of the Royal Train of the Savoy family made with Fiat, or the lecture hall in the University of Turin. The success of a brand is also measured by its openness to establishing collaborations with the great designers of its time, in the case of Colli resulting in important creative partnerships: from Gio Ponti, who relied on the brand for his Richard Ginori project in Rome, up to Carlo Mollino, who created with Colli the handrails of the RAI (national TV) auditorium and the windows of the Teatro Regio in Turin; also in Turin, the Morbelli architects collaborated with Colli for the furnishings of the RAI skyscraper, and the architects Gabetti Isola for the interiors of the Stock Exchange in Turin. In the 40s and 50s, having opened a branch in Rome, Colli was at the peak of productivity. The embroidery and textile section continued to be one of its strengths, keeping alive the relations with France and its great masters: among the inspirations were the geometric shapes of the fabrics of Ruhlmann's interiors, or the tactile carpets made by designer Mariod Dorn. And so, another Colli trademark become the "textured carpet...

Pier luigi Colli oak sideboard, Mid-Century Modern, Italy, 1950s Beautiful oak sideboard. The oak has lovely patina throughout the piece. It is a large-scale sideboard with four do...

This Large Sideboard by Pier Luigi Colli is an exquisite and iconic piece of furniture that exemplifies the craftsmanship and design aesthetics of the mid-20th century. Pier Luigi Co...

Elegant sideboard in ash and mahogany with magnificent legs that come out from the base. The same furniture is available the table, eight chairs, and the unique cabinet bar. Wanting ...

Italian midcentury (1950s) sideboard with a burled birch veneer, having two exterior cabinet doors with ribbon design brass door pulls and a scalloped carved edge, centering three dr...

Pair of black lacquered rectangular sideboards standing on four little legs. Top and writing slides covered with cognac leather hit with little gilt irons. Opening with two panels de...