NOTE: This item is selling and shipping from our Sunrise, FL office, 33351. This two-drawer stand has a brown marble top, a repeated floral pattern on the front and sides, and four smoothly planed legs. The 15.75" drawers open outward with two metal pull rings. The removable marble top weighs 25 lbs. The stand itself is 17 lbs.

Weight (Lbs): 42.0
Height (In.): 29.5
Width (In.): 26.0
Depth (In.): 14.0
Size: 29.5 x 26 x14"
Maker:
Material: Wood, Marble
Date: C. 1900
Provenance:N/A
Condition:This stand is in very good condition except for a minor 2" strip of wood on the back left side that has been re glued into place. Barely noticeable. Must be picked up or delivered from Sunrise, Fl 33351
History: Italy is a world trendsetter, and has produced some of the greatest furniture designers in the world, such as Gio Ponti and Ettore Sottsass. Italian interior design in the 1900s was particularly well-known and grew to the heights of class and sophistication. At first, in the early 1900s, Italian furniture designers struggled to create an equal balance between classical elegance and modern creativity, and at first, Italian interior design in the 1910s and 1920s was very similar to that of French art deco styles, using exotic materials and creating sumptuous furniture. However, Italian art deco reached its pinnacle under Gio Ponti, who made his designs sophisticated, elegant, stylish and raffined, but also modern, exotic and creative. In 1926, a new style of furnishing emerged in Italy, known as "Razionalismo", or "Rationalism". The most successful and famous of the Rationalists were the Gruppo 7, led by Luigi Figini, Gino Pollini and Giuseppe Terragni. There styles used tubular steel and was known as being more plain and simple, and almost Fascist in style after c. 1934. After World War II, however, was the period in which Italy had a true avant-garde in interior design. With the fall of Fascism, rise of Socialism and the 1946 RIMA exhibition, Italian talents in interior decorating were made evident, and with the Italian economic miracle, Italy saw a growth in industrial production and also mass-made furniture.