Paolo Buffa Coffee Table in Cherry Wood with Engraved Glass

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Paolo Buffa Coffee Table in Cherry Wood with Engraved Glass

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Elegant and particular Italian coffee table in cherry wood; the top is enriched by a round glass with delicate and refined engravings; exceptional is the graceful and harmonious design of the legs that are connected to each other to support the further underlying plane also equipped with a circular glass, a slender, pleasant and sophisticated aesthetic whole. The coffee table was born between 1950 and 1955 from the collaboration of the designer Paolo Buffa with highly professional Lombard cabinetmakers who made furniture of exceptional quality (Studio Mario Quarti, Studio Stefano Arrighi, Bottega Angelo Marelli). Paolo Buffa (1903-1970) was an Italian architect and designer known for his mid-century furniture designs. Characterized by a fusion of tradition and modernity, he used a combination of low-profile, straight curved forms in fine woods to produce his most classic pieces. Paolo Buffa began working in Gio Ponti's studio and later, from 1928, as period documentation shows, in close collaboration with architect A. Cassi Ramelli. He devoted himself mainly to furniture, designing furniture by continuously proposing new models. More than a forerunner, he was a faithful spokesman of the taste of his time: first neoclassical and then 20th century. Paolo Buffa was highly esteemed internationally for his refined design and rigorous execution, displaying a competence that was singularly Italian. Before his death in 1970 in Milan, Italy, Buffa had been named one of the country's most important designers. Below are some of Paolo Buffa's works: 1940 Furniture Royal Palace of King Zog in Tirana, Albania 1947-51 Hotel Quirinale, Rome. In collaboration with Quarti Studio 1950 Transatlantic Leonardo da Vinci 1951-52 Rooms of representation for the royal yacht "Maharoussa" of the king Farook of Egypt 1952-60 Banking institutions in Lombardy, with continuous public and private commissions in Milan and interiors for refined resorts, high-class hotels, and upper-middle-class individuals Our coffee table is in excellent condition. Measures diameter cm.54, height cm.54.

Creator:
Paolo Buffa (Designer)
Dimensions:
Height: 21.26 in (54 cm)Diameter: 21.26 in (54 cm)
Style:
Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Cherry,Polished
Place of Origin:
Italy
Period:
Mid-20th Century
Date of Manufacture:
1950-1955
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use.
Seller Location:
Prato, IT
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU4632223261802

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Paolo Buffa

With a surname that loosely translates to a synonym for “bizarre” in Italian, Milanese designer and architect Paolo Buffa is best known for capturing the best of both old and new in his plush, enveloping lounge chairs and wingback chairs as well as his range of modern tables, each dazzling and provocative but built using classical techniques.

Purposely playful and airy, mid-century Italian interiors encouraged merriment and socializing. Buffa’s work was well suited to this, but unlike the postwar designers who established recognizable trademarks and signatures, his vintage furniture for Cassina and other firms — the sculptural side tables and case pieces of walnut and solid oak, the luxurious sheepskin sofas — differed considerably from one design to the next, making them appealing to a range of interior decorators and socialites with specific taste. The son of a highly sought-after artist, Giovanni Buffa, Paolo graduated in 1927 from Politecnico di Milano. He then spent time working under architects and designers Gio Ponti and Emilio Lancia. Ponti, who himself crafted thousands of furnishings and endlessly creative rooms, was so taken with the young designer that in 1928 he featured his simple and elegant rosewood dressing table in his new magazine, Domus.

After opening a firm with his regular collaborator Antonio Cassi Ramelli, Buffa became one of the leading tastemakers of Italian mid-century modern furnishings, designing for villas and residential buildings across the country. His style was a mix of Art Deco, Rationalism, neoclassicism and a bit of whimsy. He used high-quality materials and regularly worked with local ateliers known for their fine craftsmanship to produce his designs, such as Serafino Arrighi and Marelli & Colico. In 1940, he partnered with the Mario Quarti furniture studio on the royal palace of Albania’s King Zog, with Buffa designing the furniture, and in 1951, Egypt’s King Farouk enlisted him to redecorate his yacht.

While Buffa’s transcendent pieces are now collector’s items, there are a few still in production, such as those he made with Angelo Marelli. His eponymous firm, the Italian furniture producer Eredi Marelli, still manufactures some designs based on Buffa’s archives.

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