Large Venetian canterano in briarwood, late 17th - early 18th century

Elegante ribalta veneta della prima metà del Settecento, interamente lastronata e intarsiata in noce e radica di noce, con raffinati motivi geometrici continui su fronte e fianchi. I...

An elegant, rounded-shaped chest of drawers, part of the refined 18th-century Emilian furniture tradition, most likely from the Modena area and dating to the first half of the 18th c...

Important Italian dresser from the transitional period between Charles X and Louis Philippe, made around 1830 in solid walnut and burl walnut. The cabinet presents a sober and elegan...

Elegante ribalta emiliana di manifattura parmigiana, databile alla metà del Settecento, pieno periodo Luigi XV. Mobile in legno massello scolpito, interamente intagliato a mano, con ...

Elegant Venetian chest of drawers from the 1930s produced by Atelier di Varedo and attributed to Gaetano Borsani, with shaped top and rounded shapes with 4 drawers, made of veneered walnut. Golden brass opening handles. Revised and wax polished. His two bedside tables published with code FP12b About Gaetano e Osvaldo Borsani Osvaldo Borsani (born 1911, Varedo, Italy–died 1985, Milano, Italy) was an Italian designer and architect, born into a family of furniture makers with along and well established artisanal tradition. His father, Gaetano Borsani, owned his own furniture shop, the Atelier di Varedo, where the 16-year-old Osvaldo received his first training. At that time, the designer of the atelier was the architect Gino Maggioni, who brought with him influences of the early 20th century Jugendstil movement from Vienna and who instilled in the young Borsani an appreciation for the arts and crafts and furniture making. Osvaldo Borsani first studied fine arts at Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera in Milan, graduating in 1931, and then pursued studies in architecture at Politecnico di Milano, where he graduated in 1936. In 1933, two years before graduating as an architect, Borsani designed the Casa Minima project for the V Triennale di Milano (Milan Triennial), along with architects Cairoli and Varisco. This project earned him a silver medal for its Rationalist code and geometries, and he received positive reviews from the critic Edoardo Persico of Casabella magazine. Villa Borsani And Other Prominent Architectural Work In 1937, Osvaldo Borsani designed Villa Presenti in Forte dei Marmi, a sea town in Tuscany where the Italian aristocracy and industrial elite would build their houses, a project that displayed the same rationalistic rigor displayed in Casa Minima, but softened by the use of mediterranean finishes and materials. Villa Borsani designed by Osvaldo Borsani. Varedo, Italy Villa Borsani. Varedo, Italy In 1943, Osvaldo designed and built his own house, the Villa Borsani, in Varedo, which, despite being conceptualized under strict Rationalist principles, incorporated objects and art of younger artists that communicate a freer approach to the human expression. The Villa Borsani project involved artists such as Adriano Spilimbergo, Fausto Melotti, Lucio Fontana (who made the ceramic fireplace and the ceramic Madonna), and Agenore Fabbri (who made the bronze statue in the staircase). To this day, Villa Borsani has been preserved with most of its original furniture and it remains with Osvaldo Borsani’s family along with the extensive archives of his work. Osvaldo Borsani As a Successful Product and Furniture Designer After Villa Borsani, Osvaldo continued to develop many projects for the Milanese bourgeoisie, frequently with many of the same artists whom he employed for his villa. A particularly strong relationship was the one that Osvaldo developed with artist Lucio Fontana, a close friend since the time of the Accademia de Belle Arti di Brera, and whom Borsani assigned to make a large metal balcony for the Tecno company in 1956. Osvaldo Borsani’s design work, just as his larger architectural projects, which he also considered design work, very often incorporated elements created by other artists and designers such as: Roberto Crippa, Arnaldo and Giò Pomodoro, Agenore Fabbri, Fausto Melotti, Andrea Cascella...

This 17th-century Italian commode is an exquisite example of Baroque design, characterized by its bold form, intricate details, and refined craftsmanship. The commode features a serp...

Outstanding circa 1780 Italian bombe and serpentine fronted commode with shaped burl walnut inlays on three drawers with fancy bronze pulls and escutcheons. Wonderful sleek corners f...

Inlaid marqueterie chest of drawers in different woods, Rome, third quarter 18th century, body slightly moved on front and sides, front to two drawers separated by crosspiece and pr...