Italian Tables

We are delighted to offer for sale this exceptionally rare and important original circa 1900 Carlo Bugatti occasional table This table is special, designed by Carlo Bugatti, Italy around 1900, it’s a rectangular walnut occasional or centre table, partly ebonized, with floral inlays made of pewter, the legs partially covered with copper sheet, the tabletop covered with goatskin, this table was exhibited at the Musee d'Orsay, Paris, 2001 Carlo Bugatti (2 February 1856-April 1940) was an Italian decorator, designer and manufacturer of Art Nouveau furniture, models of jewelry, and musical instruments. Bugatti was born 2 February 1856 in Milan, in what would remain until 1859 the kingdom of Lombardy: he died in Molsheim, France. Biography: Son of Giovanni Luigi Bugatti, a specialist in interior decoration, Carlo studied firstly at the Brera Academy in Milan, and subsequently, from 1875, at the Académie des Beaux Arts in Paris. In 1880 he started to manufacture furniture in Milan, later transferring to France. From 1888 he began to be successful beyond Italy. Nevertheless, till 1904 he maintained a Milan workshop in the city's Via Castelfiardo 6. He was also, like his father, trained as an architect, but there is no evidence that any of his architectural designs were ever executed. He triumphed at the exhibition of decorative art in Turin in 1902 and returned to Paris in 1904. Father of sculptor Rembrandt Bugatti and automobile manufacturer Ettore Bugatti, he moved in 1910 to Pierrefonds where he established an atelier. From 1914-1918 he was nominated mayor of the village, and the outspoken anti-German industrialist Adolphe Clément-Bayard, who lived at the Domaine du Bois d'Aucourt, entrusted its upkeep to him. From then on, he devoted himself entirely to painting. After the suicide of his son Rembrandt in 1916, Bugatti, then 60, produced less, but he remained influential. In 1935, at the age of 79, he retired near his son Ettore's family in Alsace. He settled in a flat north of Château Saint-Jean, Dorlisheim, with his wife Teresa (who died shortly afterwards), at the domain of promotion of Bugatti property of his son Ettore. He spent his last months at his apartment at the Bugatti factory in Molsheim, where he frequented the workmen and the house of 'the Hardtmühle', living with Ettore and his family. In April 1940, he died at the hospital in Molsheim. He is buried in the Bugatti family cemetery at Dorlisheim. The Bugatti section of Molsheim's municipal Musée de la Chartreuse displays...

Elegant Art Deco coffee table in various essences of wood, ornate with precious mother of pearl inserts . The base signed C. Excellent vintage condition.  

This antique pedestal table is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from Italy and date to approximately 1900 and done in the period Art Nouveau style. The table is composed of a grape vine wooden base with a hand-carved woman with outstretched arms and a serpentine shaped table top with carved floral details. The skirt of the table is done with hand-carved softwood vines and flowers. This unique antique...

Hand forged Italian Art Nouveau style glass top table with iron frame and gilt metal flowers. Hand forged Italian Art Nouveau style glass top table with iron frame and gilt metal flo...

Elegant Art Deco coffee table in various essences of wood, ornate with precious mother of pearl inserts . The base signed C. Excellent vintage condition.  

Elegant 1900 neoclassic Art Nouveau solid hand-carved walnut round table with veneered walnut top, polished to wax. Excellent patina. Measures cm: Height 80, diameter 120.

Late 19th Century Sorrentine coffee table centre table with the top inlaid of floral elements with elm burl ; tripod central leg in solid hand-carved walnut. Wax-polished Measure co...