Italian Case Pieces

“Elegance is not standing out, but being remembered” -Giorgio Armani

Italian case1970’s Unique Italian Black and Mirrored Modern Credenza/Sideboard | This unique four-door cabinet is a statement of chic elegance, the surround entirely in black glass and bronze edged has a top and front decorated with engraved lines and a raised pattern of mirrored squares and rectangles in different sizes, each uniquely worked with mercury glass embellished with differing techniques resulting in varied changing shades of grey and light blue intensifying in the light. The handles are handmade in bronze with a matching unique geometric decor. Raised on black lacquered metal legs with brass foot.


italian caseSandro Petti 1970s Italian Modern Chrome and Brass White Lacquered Credenza | A very rare and unique Italian design for this sideboard or cabinet by Sandro Petti for L’Angolo Metallarte, 1970s, Rome. A sculptural work with four front doors in two different finishes: Chrome and brass enhancing the white lacquered wood structure complemented with four top drawers in the same decor, four handcrafted pierced handles bearing several imprints, raised on two very interestingly designed legs in hand-carved wood, curving outward.
L’Angolo Metallarte with Studio A were in Rome, at that time, the official temples of Avant Garde architecture with exclusive artists and designers like Romeo Rega, Enrico Manera and Sandro Petti. His work was recognized in 1977 al Salone del Mobile with images on Casa Vogue.


italian case1930 Italian Antique Art Deco Two-Tone Rosewood and Burl Maple Sideboard/Console | A very elegant Art Deco Italian sideboard or credenza, entirely handmade in two tones: veneered rosewood for the surround, the three central drawers and the chic waterfall base while the side doors in relief are in burl maple decorated with a raised hand-carved geometric decor, the shape enhanced with hand-carved lip moldings all around with high quality of details.


italian casePaolo Buffa Customized Veneered Cabinet or Sideboard on Bronze Legs | 1940s 4-door cabinet by Paolo Buffa, originally customized, floating on 3 bronze legs, the ones on the sides lifting the Design, a refined piece in two-tone palisander, the front decorated with a lighter burl veneered square pattern framed in a darker tone. Paolo Buffa designed for illustrious clients, including the Royal Palace of King of Albania (1940), the royal yacht Mahroussa of King Farouk of Egypt (1951-52) and some interiors of the cruise liner Leonardo Da Vinci (1950’s).

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