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Ico Parisi for MIM Roma XL Large Dining Room Table, Italy 1950.

About the Item

Ico Parisi for MIM Roma XL Large Dining Room Table, Italy 1950. This is a large dining room table designed by Ico Parisi for MIM Roma, Italy in the 1950s. The table is made of dark polished wood with steel details and has a modernist design. Although it has some traces of use, it is in its original condition. Its large size makes it perfect for placing anywhere in the room and is a great decoration that catches the eye. It is an extraordinarily stylish and chic piece of furniture that represents the glamorous Italian design of the 1950s. This Italian dining room table can be a beautiful addition to any interior, such as a dining room, screening room, or office. It is also perfect for hospitality or corporate locations like boutique hotels or luxury lofts. Choosing used mid-century design furniture is an eco-friendly option that contributes to sustainability. Furniture that has been around for a while can be given a second, third, or even fourth life. Mid-century design furniture is often of high quality and can last for decades. Some pieces even have a rich history that is still visible or tangible. The signs of wear tell a story about the previous owner's life. Size 300 x 110 x 72 cm Ico Parisi (1916-1996) was an architect, designer, and photographer who designed this piece of Italian furniture for Mim, Rome. By the mid-1950s, Ico Parisi had become one of the most influential Italian furniture designers, with a unique Modern aesthetic that uses softwoods often shaped in wide undulating curves cut into boomerang-like shapes, often augmented by metal slats. MIM (Mobili Italiani Moderni) was a Roman-based furniture company that flourished in the 1950s and 1960s. They cooperated with other major companies like Zanotta, Artflex, and Zanuso and worked with the most talented designers of the time.

Creator:

Ico Parisi (Designer),MIM Roma (Manufacturer)

Dimensions:

Height: 27.56 in (70 cm)Width: 118.12 in (300 cm)Depth: 43.31 in (110 cm)

Style:

Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)

Materials and Techniques:

Beech,Metal

Place of Origin:

Italy

Period:

Mid-20th Century

Date of Manufacture:

1950

Condition:

Wear consistent with age and use.

Seller Location:

Almelo, NL

Reference Number:

Seller: 49931stDibs: LU3696336460042

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Domenico “Ico” Parisi was one half of a prolific postwar design duo he comprised with his wife, Luisa. Their furniture designs are known for running the stylistic gamut, with celebrated mid-century modern pieces ranging from elegantly skeletal — like dramatic ebonized dining chairs — to plush and shapely, like the iconic 1951 Egg chair, in a plethora of materials.

The son of an art teacher father, Ico Parisi was exposed to art at an early age. Born in 1916 in the Sicilian capital of Palermo, he and his family moved to Como in 1925. There, the young Parisi would begin to develop his interest in architecture and design. After earning a degree as a building inspector in 1936 and working as a civil engineer, Parisi took on an apprenticeship in the studio of Giuseppe Terragni, the modernist, fascist Italian architect, pioneer of the Rationalist movement and creator of the iconic Casa del Fascio.

While working for Terragni, Parisi crossed paths with such contemporary design talents as Lucio Fontana, Bruno Munari and Pietro Lingeri, though he briefly moved away from design and architecture to explore photography and film. His artistic work would soon be interrupted, however, by the outbreak of World War II, during which he served at the front before returning to Como in 1943. There, he resumed work as a designer and architect, founding two architecture groups: the Alta Quota and the Gruppo Como.

Through his creative circles, Parisi met Luisa Aiani, a former student of the prolific architect and furniture designer Gio Ponti, who was affiliated with the Alta Quota. They married in 1947 and founded the studio La Ruota — a cross between a design firm and an intellectual salon — in Como shortly thereafter. In 1950, Parisi finally completed his architectural schooling, studying under the nationalist architect Alberto Sartoris at the Athenaeum Architecture School in Lausanne, Switzerland. He and Aiani began several decades of sophisticated output, designing curved sofas upholstered in yellow velvet and armchairs with slender mahogany frames for enduring Italian manufacturers such as Cassina and others.

Much like Charles and Ray Eames in America, the Parisis worked as a team and relied on experimentation in style and material for many of their designs. Ico Parisi died in Como in 1996.

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