Art Deco Bench in Wood and Leather, France, after Jacques Adnet

Pair of Art Deco T-shaped benchs. Wooden black gloss finish and metal bars at the sides. France, CIRCA 1930.

Pair of cross-shaped sanded oak stools with brown leather seat attributed to Paul Dupré-Lafon (1900 - 1971) France, CIRCA 1930.

Table made of oak with leather top and golden vignette. Design by Jean-Michel Frank (1895-1941), made by CASA COMTE (1932-1960), numbered 6760. Argentina...

Low console by Jacques Quinet (1918 - 1992). Cuban wood and carrara marble top. France, CIRCA 1940.

Architectural and elemental, this bench exemplifies the dialogue between structure and material that characterizes Brazilian modern design. Crafted in jacarandá rosewood with taut le...

This 1930s Italian bench is so over-scaled, and monumental in appearance, that it seems to have been made for the large room it was destined, rather than the comfort of a typical sitter. As such, it would function equally well as a low side table or a high cocktail table. We’ll allow the buyer to determine its use. The designer was Pierluigi Colli, and the fabricator Martinotti, the Turin furniture and interior decorating firm that was established in 1831, and exhibited at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition and the 1904 St Louis World’s Fair. Colli’s family owned a textile company that supplied Martinotti with upholstery fabrics, suggesting nepotism had something to do with his being hired as the firm's director in 1926. Nevertheless, he proved himself worthy as a designer and a businessman. Having studied in Paris at the Ecole des Arts Decoratifs, he befriended leading French designers, and arranged for Martinotti to retail Lalique glass and Jean Perzel lighting. In addition, the quality of their work, and Colli’s dedication to the modern design movement, prompted Carlo Mollino, Gio Ponti, and Gino Levi-Montalcini, among others, to have Martinotti fabricate some of their furniture. Colli’s claim to fame, however, is his own work as a designer, and his ability to master the vocabularies of every trend from Art Deco to midcentury modern. During the Great Depression, when nearly every nation floundered economically, fascist Italy...

Très rare banc par Claude Demoyen, collaborateur de Pierre Chapo. Sublime qualité et détails.

This Art Deco bench, crafted circa 1930s, is a refined example of the movement’s ability to merge architectural strength with functional elegance. Emerging after the landmark 1925 Ex...