Italian Florentine Walnut and Verdi Alpi Marble Coffee Table, circa 1940

Italian Mahogany circular side table with Verdi Alpi marble top, 1940's. The pedestal fluted base of baluster form with a striking brass banding abov...

Superb walnut and brass coffee table designed by Italian mid-century designer, Guglielmo Ulrich. The stunning rectangular agate top in variations of greens, red, brown and cream, res...

A fine French Art Deco Palisander wood rectangular coffee table with rounded chrome leg supports and ball feet. The natural variation of the wood creates a stunning and dramatic eff...

An exceptional Italian modernist fossilized marble cocktail table. The large polished marble top containing embedded ammonite and orthoceras fossils dating back to the Pre-historic ...

The 'Jumbo' Carrara marble coffee table by the famed female Italian architect Gae Aulenti, (Italy, 1927-2012) made for Knoll. Literature: Gramigna, Giuliana. Repertorio Dell'Arredo Domestico 1950-2000 Allemandi: Torino, 2003, p. 111. Size: 14 1/2" high x 44 3/4" square just table top x 67" square total The iconic design constitutes a spectacular and grand square slab of Carrara marble with a total of six pieces including the sculpted and canted corner legs; It is one of the first tables where marble, a material removed for years from the world of furniture, makes its reappearance where the material in itself has a striking and expressive aesthetic and not used as a decorative element but used constructively according to its technological characteristics. One of Aulenti's most significant designs, an impressive and grand, yet minimalist and bold addition to any home interior. Gae Aulenti (born December 4, 1927, Palazzolo dello Stella, Italy–died December 31, 2012, Milan, Italy). Gae (or Gai) Aulenti was a prominent postwar Italian designer and architect who lent her fluid approach to media and material to some of the most important architectural and interior designs of the late 20th century. Aulenti attended Politecnico di Milano in the mid 1950's and established her design practice in the same city shortly after graduation. She rose to prominence while serving as the art director for Casabella, a leading avant-garde architectural journal of the era. It was during these early years that Aulenti’s unique design philosophy emerged, one that centered on the ultimate freedom of the designer from the limitations of practice to a singular medium. Rather than selecting one style and imposing it upon a space, Gae Aulenti believed instead that the space and its inhabitants should inform the design around them. What resulted was a body of work that spanned all realms. From smaller furnishings...

An Italian 1950s Folk Art solid walnut coffee table; grand in size and scale; this rustic piece evokes a Wabi-sabi organic modern feel for a chalet or condo in the sky. Artisan piece...

Spectacular vintage Tulip coffee table designed by Eero Saarinen for Knoll. Circa 1970s production with original Knoll label underneath. Cast iron base and green marble knife edge sl...

Italian hand painted marble top three winged lion legs with paw feet coffee table

In the Bic coffee table a central aluminum frame supports the top and holds the legs, both made of marble. The resulting visual effect is that of a solid stone piece held tight by a ...

Honed Verdi Alpi marble end table.

Honed Verdi Alpi marble end table.

fine and original low table, coffe table with brass feet and verde alpi marble top, walnut, designed by Guglielmo Ulrich, 1940 verde alpi marble, walnut finished rosewood and brass ...