Italian Renaissance Style Walnut and Brass Trestle Coffee Table, circa 1950s

Low coffee table of striking design. The brass base (hollow, and surprisingly light) is made up of four interlocked rectangles, supported by four feet, so that the rectangles are com...

Coffee table in walnut wood by Osvaldo Borsani, c.1950s. Walnut wood, cut and coloured glass Dimensions: W100 x D65 x H45 cm.  

Handsome Table, Library Italian Renaissance Revival, Walnut, Trestle Base, Early 1900s, 20th century!! Italian Renaissance Revival walnut library table,...

Mid-century design Italian coffee table, circa 1950s, in wood, brass and painted metal. Dimensions: H 50 x W 105 x W 61 cm.

Round coffee table realized in walnut wood with metal details, the tabletop presents an elegant circular decorative motif. Attribuited to Gio Ponti, Italian manufacturer from the 1950s Gio Ponti was an icon of the modernist movement: the Italian designer, architect, artist and publisher contributed significantly to the worlds of architecture and design with his extensive work in fine furniture and ceramics, education, office and residential buildings, and everything in between. Giovanni, known as Gio Ponti was born in 1891 in Milan. It was there that he spent his childhood, and in 1921 he began to study architecture at the Politecnico di Milano. From 1923 to 1930 he served as the artistic director of the Richard-Ginori porcelain factory. In 1927, Ponti started his first architectural office, together with Emilio Lancia, and in 1928 he started the magazine Domus, which is still regarded as one of the most influential European magazines for architecture and design. He was also very influential during the period as a curator of the Milan Triennale. After his collaboration with Emilio Lancia had come to an end, upon completion of the Torre Rasini, he began to work as an architect together with the engineers Antonio Fornaroli and Eugenio Soncini...

This very nice and rare neoclassical coffee table is made of black steel, bronze and brass with a glass shelf. This cocktail table is very elegant. This is a French work, circa 1950.