Cocktail Table by Dubè for Fontana Arte
View Similar Items
Cocktail Table by Dubè for Fontana Arte
About the Item
- Creator:Fontana Arte (Maker),Duilio Dubé Bernabe (Author)
- Dimensions:Height: 15.5 in (39.37 cm)Width: 58 in (147.32 cm)Depth: 25 in (63.5 cm)
- Style:Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
- Materials and Techniques:
- Place of Origin:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:1952
- Condition:Replacements made: There were about 3 areas where there was very minor paint loss and it has been professionally in-painted. Wood legs were cleaned and the Brass was polished. Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:Palm Desert, CA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU797724497992
Fontana Arte
Best known for its elegant and innovative vintage lighting fixtures, the Milan-based firm Fontana Arte pioneered one of the key features of 20th-century and contemporary Italian design: the union of artistry and industry wrought by partnerships between creative talents — chiefly architects — and entrepreneurial businesses. Fontana Arte is further distinguished by having had as artistic director, in succession, four of Italy’s most inventive modernist designers: Gio Ponti, Pietro Chiesa, French transplant Max Ingrand and Gae Aulenti.
The bread and butter of the glassmaking company that Luigi Fontana founded in 1881 was plate-glass panels for the construction industry. In 1930, Fontana met Ponti — then the artistic director of the Richard Ginori ceramics workshop and the editor of the influential magazine Domus — at a biannual design exhibition that became the precursor to today’s Milan Design Triennale, and the two hatched an idea for a furniture and housewares firm. Fontana Arte was incorporated in 1932 with Ponti as its chief of design. He contributed several lamps that remain among the company’s signature works, including the orb-atop-cone Bilia table lamp and the 0024 pendant — a stratified hanging sphere.
The following year, Fontana Arte partnered with the influential Milan studio glassmaker and retailer Pietro Chiesa, who took over as artistic director. Chiesa’s designs for lighting — as well as for tables and items including vases and ashtrays — express an appreciation for fluidity and simplicity of line, as seen in works such as his flute-shaped Luminator floor lamp and the 1932 Fontana table — an arched sheet of glass that is held in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art.
Six years after Chiesa’s 1948 death, the École des Beaux Arts–trained Max Ingrand took over as head of design at Fontana Arte. Ingrand brought a similarly expressive formal sensibility to wares such as lamps and mirrors, but he also had a masterful eye for the manipulation of glass surfaces — whether they be cut, frosted, acid-etched or sand-blasted. His classic design is the Fontana table lamp of 1954, which has a truncated cone shade and curved body, both of which are made of pure, chic white-frosted glass.
Following Ingrand, the often-audacious Italian architect Gae Aulenti served as the company’s artistic director from 1979 to 1996, and while she generally insisted that furnishings take second place aesthetically to architecture, she made an exception for Fontana Arte pieces such as the Tavolo con Ruote series of glass coffee and dining tables on wheels, bold lighting pieces such as the Parola series and the Giova, a combination flower vase and table lamp. As a key incubator of modern design under Aulenti’s tenure, Fontana Arte remained true to its long-held commitment — creating objects that have never been less than daring.
Find vintage Fontana Arte lighting fixtures such as pendants, table lamps and more on 1stDibs.
- Faux Bamboo and Marble Topped Cocktail Table by William HainesBy William Billy HainesLocated in Palm Desert, CAThis collection, purchased directly from the heirs of the estate presents a rare opportunity to own a piece of Los Angeles design history. The house, originally designed by Paul Wil...Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
MaterialsMarble
- Brass and Glass Cocktail TableBy Maison RamsayLocated in Palm Desert, CASlick glass-top cocktail table with brass French legs. The glass top mimics the shape and the curves of the brass skeleton base below.Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Coffee and Cocktail Tables
MaterialsBrass
- A Pair of Taliesin Low Cocktail Tables, Frank Loyd Right, 1955By Frank Lloyd Wright, Heritage-HenredonLocated in Palm Desert, CAHere are a pair of low mahogany cocktail tables designed by Frank Loyd Wright as part of his Taliesin collection. Designed in 1955 for Heritage Henredon, these tables are beautifully...Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
MaterialsMahogany
- Specimen Marble Cocktail Table with a Custom Iron BaseLocated in Palm Desert, CAThis table is comprised of multiple specimen marble squares measuring 1.75" X 1.75". The table top rests inset the base and is raised .75" from the base. The marble specimens represe...Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Classical Roman Coffee and Cocktail Tables
MaterialsMarble, Iron
- Lucite "Chop" TableLocated in Palm Desert, CAA clean and sparkling low table in Lucite. It has all the details of a wood table but they have been fabricated entirely in acrylic. This table appears to be a custom design and may ...Category
Vintage 1980s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
MaterialsLucite
$3,000 - A Round Lucite, Glass and Chrome Coffee TableBy Charles Hollis JonesLocated in Palm Desert, CAIn the style of Charles Hollis Jones, this is a wonderful lucite and chrome base coffee table. At 35.5" diameter, it is a great size for a compact interior; it could also float beau...Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
MaterialsChrome
- Dube 'Duilio Barnabe' Coffe Table for Fontana Arte, Italy, 1950'sBy Duilio Dubé Bernabe, Fontana ArteLocated in New York, NYDube for Fontana Arte. Duilio Barnabe (1914-1961) A stunning Fontana Arte coffee table, with chiseled edge back painted glass top by Duilio Barnabe in ri...Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
MaterialsArt Glass
- Unique and Monumental Coffee Table Attributed to Dubé for Fontana ArteBy Fontana Arte, Duilio Dubé BernabeLocated in Milan, ITUnique and Monumental Coffee table attributed to Dubé for Fontana Arte. The architectural metal structure holds a black painted wooden frame with a cased Duilio Dubé...Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
MaterialsMetal, Brass
- Duilio Bernabè known Dubè coffee table eglomized glass for Fontana Arte 1960sBy Fontana Arte, Duilio Dubé BernabeLocated in Milan, ITDuilio Bernabè known as Dubè was an artist who worked for Fontana Arte, among others, employing the eglomizing technique to decorate the painted back of glass panels and small tables...Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
MaterialsBrass
- Dube 'Duilio Barnabe' for Fontana Arte Coffee Table, 1955By Fontana ArteLocated in Dallas, TXDubé (Duilio Bernabe) reverse painted glass coffee table for Fontana Arte, Signed to glass and base.Category
Vintage 1950s Coffee and Cocktail Tables
MaterialsGlass
- Duilio 'Dubé' Barnabe Reverse Painted Glass Top Cocktail Table for Fontana ArteBy Fontana Arte, Duilio Dubé BernabeLocated in Hanover, MADuilio Barnabe (known as Dube) reverse painted glass top cocktail table with slightly concave sides and convex fishtail ends by Fontana Arte on black lacq...Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
MaterialsCrystal
- Dube 'Duilio Barnabe' Fontana Arte Coffee Table, 1955By dube, Fontana ArteLocated in Houston, TXDubé (Duilio Bernabe) coffee table. Fontana Arte, Italy, circa 1955. Reverse-painted crystal, brass. Dimensions: 42 W x 21 D x 15 H inches. Rare "Dubé" Fontana Arte coffee table ...Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
MaterialsCrystal, Brass
Recently Viewed
View AllRead More
We Took Over a Historic Milan Palazzo and Filled It with Edgy Design
With "A New Breed," we showcased exceptional pieces by rising talents, a rapidly growing area of strength among 1stdibs' many offerings.
In Dragonette’s New Palm Desert Digs, Great Design Springs Eternal
Since leaving Los Angeles, Patrick Dragonette is experiencing a new kind of creative freedom.