Showcase by Paolo Buffa

1940s-1950s

Code: MODMOB0002506

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Showcase by Paolo Buffa

1940s-1950s

Code: MODMOB0002506

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Showcase by Paolo Buffa - 1940s-1950s

Features

1940s-1950s

Designer:  Paolo Buffa

Production:  F.lli Lietti

Time:  1940s , 1950s

Production country:  Cantù, Italy

Main essence:  Cuban Mahogany

Material:  Mahogany Veneer

Description

A showcase designed by Paolo Buffa for F.lli Lietti. Two doors, glass raised top. The basement is made of two front supports obtained by shaping the side and a central back support. Cuban mahogany veneer, Greek fret inlays. Manufactured in Italy, 1940s-1950s.

Product Condition:
Good condition. Wear consistent with age and use. Any damage or loss is displayed as completely as possible in the pictures.

Dimensions (cm):
Height: 87
Width: 109
Depth: 28

Maximum size (cm):
Height: 211
Depth: 47

Additional Information

Notes historical bibliographic

Roberto Rizzi, furniture by Paolo Buffa, Gallery of Design and Furniture Cantu, 2001, p. 54

Designer: Paolo Buffa

Milano 1903-1970. Paolo Buffa è figlio d'arte. Il padre Giovanni era un pittore ed esecutore di vetrate i cui cartoni estremamente decorativi, pubblicati nelle riviste e manuali per artigiani, venivano proposti a modello di squisita "arte nuova". Paolo Buffa inizia a lavorare nello studio di Gio Ponti e in seguito, fin dal 1928, come risulta dalla documentazione d'epoca, in stretta collaborazione con l'architetto A. Cassi Ramelli. Si dedica prevalentemente all'arredamento, disegna mobili proponendo di continuo nuovi modelli. Più che un precursore, è un fedele portavoce del gusto del suo tempo: neoclassico prima e novecentista poi. Dal 1930 invitato alle Triennali, chiamato a partecipare ai concorsi dell'ENAPI, a collaborare alla rivista "Domus", può essere considerato uno degli arreda tori più autorevoli dell'area milanese. I primi mobili, realizzati nel 1927-28 durante la permanenza nello studio di Ponti e Lancia, dimostrano gran cura nella scelta dei legni, sul finire degli anni Venti Buffa introduce particolari stilistici orientali, per tutti gli anni Trenta adotta forme compatte e semplificate.

Production: F.lli Lietti

Time:

1940s

1940s

1950s

1950s

Main essence: Cuban Mahogany

Cuban mahogany is the most prized and expensive variant of mahogany. It is one of the finest and most sought-after woods in cabinet making. It was discovered in Central America around 1600 and began to be imported to England in the 1700s. Much appreciated for its hardness and indestructibility, it became widespread following the blocking of walnut exports from France in 1720 and the consequent elimination of English import duties on mahogany from the colonies in America and India. At the end of the 18th century it began to be used also in France in Louis XVI, Directory and Empire furniture, its diffusion declined starting from when Napoleon, in 1810, forbade its import. It was generally used in the manufacture of elegant furniture, due to its characteristics and beautiful grain.

Material: Mahogany Veneer

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