Italian 1800s Walnut Bench with Turned Legs and H-Form Cross Stretcher

This elegant bench from China's Shanxi province follows the classic recessed-leg form, defined by legs that are inset from the top edge and slightly splayed for stability. Crafted of...

Side table of walnut with turned legs and beleveled top. Spanish, the legs are connected by an original iron stretcher, 19th century.

Side table of walnut with turned legs and beleveled top. Spanish, the legs are connected by an original iron stretcher, 19th century. The frontal legs are embellished with a gold me...

Italian antique wooden coffee table with decorated legs, mid 1800s Coffee table with a double rectangular shelf, entirely made of wood. It has four turned legs and round section feet...

A walnut library table with scroll legs and an X stretcher. The substantial table has a shaped and curved lip around the perimeter creating a tray like table top. The beautiful scr...

Mel Smilow Slatted solid walnut Mid-Century Modern bench on tapered dowel legs.

This versatile and essential bench is both iconic and minimal. The painted facets of its angular geometry capture the ever-changing gradients of light....

This versatile and essential bench is both iconic and minimal. The painted facets of its angular geometry capture the ever-changing gradients of light. The legs interlock into the notched top to create a beautiful joinery detail and sturdy construction. This slender and graceful bench fits underneath our MiMi table. The MiMi line was recognized as an NYCxDesign 2018 Honoree and German Design Award 2019 Nominee. Designed in Brooklyn by Italian-born architect Ale Preda for Miduny, this artisanal product is made in Italy by master craftsmen with sustainable, FSC (forestry stewardship council) certified materials. . The MiMi console...

In the largest piece in the Strike/Slip series by Taylor Donsker, a massive block of solid Black Walnut is sawn and then rejoined into a single, shifted beam. Marbled grain and natur...

This 1930s Italian bench is so over-scaled, and monumental in appearance, that it seems to have been made for the large room it was destined, rather than the comfort of a typical sitter. As such, it would function equally well as a low side table or a high cocktail table. We’ll allow the buyer to determine its use. The designer was Pierluigi Colli, and the fabricator Martinotti, the Turin furniture and interior decorating firm that was established in 1831, and exhibited at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition and the 1904 St Louis World’s Fair. Colli’s family owned a textile company that supplied Martinotti with upholstery fabrics, suggesting nepotism had something to do with his being hired as the firm's director in 1926. Nevertheless, he proved himself worthy as a designer and a businessman. Having studied in Paris at the Ecole des Arts Decoratifs, he befriended leading French designers, and arranged for Martinotti to retail Lalique glass and Jean Perzel lighting. In addition, the quality of their work, and Colli’s dedication to the modern design movement, prompted Carlo Mollino, Gio Ponti, and Gino Levi-Montalcini, among others, to have Martinotti fabricate some of their furniture. Colli’s claim to fame, however, is his own work as a designer, and his ability to master the vocabularies of every trend from Art Deco to midcentury modern. During the Great Depression, when nearly every nation floundered economically, fascist Italy...