Mario Olivieri desk

The dynamic forms and kinetic compositions of a Futurist work of art are applied to furniture in this desk from the 1930s, attributed to Mario Olivieri. Its sleek lacquered wood and angular rhythms lend the desk an aerodynamic quality in keeping with modernist optimism in technology. Appears in the literature: Ruta Anna Maria, Arredi Futuristi, Episodi delle case d’arte Futuriste Italiane. 1985, Edizioni Novecento, p. 117

The top – the shape of half a hexagon sitting on pencil-form legs – has been re-lacquered. The desk has also been museum treated for past traces of woodworm – work guaranteed.

H80 W210 D130cm

H064