Italian Designer Furniture

Lewis keeps getting better and better pieces of furniture.  He has a fondness for the really good Italian Designers of the Deco Period.  Paolo Buffa, Gio Ponti, and Oswaldo Borsani.  The Italians are taking over the shop.  What an elegant take over.  I am completely won over.  The designs are clean but imaginative.  The use of woods inventive.

We have a console by Gio Ponti that has an early laminate top in aqua that was made for the Hotel Parco dei Principi.  The console shown above is not as long as the one we acquired. It went through Wright Auction. 

Italian Deco Bar 1930's

We now have three Italian Deco Bars.  One by Paolo Buffa with framed Italian engravings that look to be from the 17th century, and an interior mirrored with stars. We already had an Italian Deco Bar from the 1940's that was a show stopper in design.  The third bar is plainer in design similar to some of  Jean Royere's designs.  All in all they are a pretty handsome trio.

Gio Ponti Console for Hotel Parco dei Principi

We are looking forward to the pieces that he is picking up by Osvaldo Borsani.  I'll blog more about them at a later date.

On the way home!

Lewis decided not to visit the shop out side of Chicago. It was an hour further than he had gone and 14 hours back home. So yesterday he started home with a mostly full van. This chest on stand is a piece that he found in the Chicago area. The doors open and there are shelves inside. What a great design! He also picked up a pair of classic art deco end tables. Buffa?
While traveling this morning Lewis saw some confusion on the road ahead. He had to brake suddenly because directly in front of him an electric line fell onto the road. What are the chances of that?