Piero Zen Small Desk with Maple and Mather of Pearl Inlays, Italy Milan

" CANGRANDE " table by Franco Poli for Bernini, Italy 1970' A superb solid walnut wood table with a lovely beveled crystal top with sandblasted frosted bands by Italian designer Fra...

Maurice Barilone rust-brown Neolitico Console for Reflex The Neolitico Console generates a contemporary look. The curved rust-brown base supports a 15mm thick glass top and comple...

Carlo Scarpa Dining Table for Bernini, Italy, 70s This table is designed by Carlo Scarpa, a renowned Italian architect and designer. The table features a minimalist and elegant desi...

Andre square dining table designed by Tobia Scarpa for Gavina, dated 1968. Smoked glass top on chrome structure.  

A rare complete writing desk suite by Eugenio Quarti, a leading figure of Milan’s Liberty style in the early 20th century. The slant-front secrétaire, matching side chair and wasteba...

wonderful light and elegant desk from finland by suomen tuoli-, kalusto- ja sorvaustehdas. from the area of jyväskylä & muurame. this small and rare desk will be an wonderful additio...

Sheraton Revival Mahogany Inlaid Writing Table. Circa 1890 This Writing Table Stands Upon Elegant Tapered Legs with Spade Feet and Brass Castors. The Table Features 2 Mahogany Lined ...

Italian elegant early 20th century Directoire writing desk in walnut massive and veneered with inlay on the top by Meroni & Fossati. Wax polished Useful height under central drawer 60 cm. To better understand the Directoire style of this desk Directoire style was a period in the decorative arts, fashion, and especially furniture design in France concurrent with the Directory (November 2, 1795–November 10, 1799), the later part of the French Revolution. The style uses Neoclassical architectural forms, minimal carving, planar expanses of highly grained veneers, and applied decorative painting. It is a style transitional between Louis XVI and Empire. The Directoire style was primarily established by the architects and designers Charles Percier (1764–1838) and Pier François Léonard Fontaine (1762–1853). In its use of Neoclassical architectural form and decorative motifs the style anticipates the slightly later and more elaborate Empire style, which was introduced after Napoleon established the First French Empire. The Directoire style reflected the Revolutionary belief in the values of republican Rome: "The stoic virtues of Republican Rome were upheld as standards not merely for the arts but also for political behaviour and private morality. Conventionels saw themselves as antique...