Large Italian Sideboard in Walnut by Emilio Lancia, 1930s

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A mid-century sideboard with structure in walnut veneer with brass details, the sideboard presents three doors and six inner shelves. … more A mid-century sideboard with structure in walnut veneer with brass details, the sideboard presents three doors and six inner shelves.
Designed by Emilio Lancia, Italian manufacture from the 1930s.

Emilio Lancia was an Italian architect, and one of the main exponents of the "Novecento" style.
He attended the course in Architecture at the Regio Istituto Tecnico Superiore, where he met Giuseppe de Finetti. At the outbreak of the First World War, he attended the Military Academy in Turin together with Gio Ponti, and during the war, he met Giovanni Muzio and Mino Fiocchi; at the end of the war, he finished his studies and, after a period of practice at the studio of Luca Beltrami, open a studio in Via Sant'Orsola with de Finetti and Muzio.

After some youthful projects, which received considerable appreciation, he began to collaborate continuously with Gio Ponti, realizing some projects in the new style called "Novecento", which was linked to the neoclassical tradition of Lombardy.
These were followed by a progressive evolution towards Rationalism, accepted however only in some of its formal aspects, which led to a definitive break with Ponti. Lancia continued his career with several prestigious projects. I have official proof of authenticity such as vintage catalogs,
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