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large Paolo Buffa demi-lune console, marble top, bronze details, three feet 1940

Creator: Paolo Buffa
Offered by: Compendio Gallery

Description
important large and fine demi-lune shaped console designed by Paolo Buffa, circa 1940
ebonized walnut, bronze details and rare top "striato Carrara marble "
three graceful saber-shaped legs finishing on brass sabots and joined by a sculptural stretcher
important grissinato wood top handwork
demi-lune Carrara striato marble top, owl's beak
measures: height 89cm , 129x 35 cm ; marble top heigh: 3 cm
very good original condition
little signs on the marble
In the 1940's the architect Paolo Buffa turned to 18th century Lombardian precedents, both from the Baroque and from the Neo-Classical era, distilling subtle variations cued to his singular Milanese market. This elegant console table embodies a Mannerist fusion of restrained classicism evident in the elongated legs accented by austere brass sabots and capitals, with a canted apron holding a undulating marble top clearly reminiscent of Baroque projecting cornices
cf. R. Aloi, L'Arredamento Moderno, Milan, 1949, fig. 583 for a similar example;
R. Rizzi, I mobili di Paolo Buffa, Cantù, 2001, p. 35.

More Information

Documentation:	Ample Provenance
Origin:	Italy
Period:	1920-1949
Materials:	ebonized walnut, brass, Carrara marble
Condition:	Good. very good original condition, some signs on the marble
Creation Date:	1940
Styles / Movements:	Modern, Art Deco, Mid Century
Book References:	cf. R. Aloi, L'Arredamento Moderno, Milan, 1949, fig. 583 for a similar example; R. Rizzi, I mobili di Paolo Buffa, Cantù, 2001, p. 35.
Incollect Reference #:	741012

Dimensions

W.	50.79 in;	H.	35.04 in;	D.	13.78 in;
W.	129 cm;	H.	89 cm;	D.	35 cm;

Message from Seller:

Lorenzo Ciompi is a private collector with a wide experience in Italian design achieved starting from the beginning of the 90's. His collection includes famous items designed by Gio Ponti as well as other well-known Italian designers such as Ico Pairisi, Osvaldo Borsani, Carlo De Carli , Carlo Mollino, Melchiorre Bega, Joe Colombo. A lot of furniture items projected by these designers were published on important magazines such as AD, The World Interiors, Elle, Domus.