Mid-Century Ebonized Wood & Crystal Glass Coffee Table by Ico & Luisa Parisi, 1950s

Description

Beautiful Mid-Century coffee table attributed to Ico Parisi, in ebonized wood with glass top. This fantastic piece was designed in … more Beautiful Mid-Century coffee table attributed to Ico Parisi, in ebonized wood with glass top. This fantastic piece was designed in Italy during the 1950s. This incredible item will hit you with the beautiful lines of the four legs, looking like spikes and detachable. Its structure is then completed by the side handles This professionally restored item will be ideal for a living room or an entrance hall. The legs are Ico Parisi was born in Palermo in 1916. He graduated in construction and served his apprenticeship in the studio of Giuseppe Terragni. In 1937 he made a photographic study of the Casa del Fascio for the magazine Quadrante, which marked the whole of Parisi's research into "meditating on the legacies and contradictions of the enormous store of ideas and forms constituted by the experience of the masters".[1] His activity, marked by continuous experimentation, consists in an incessant research in the fields of architecture, art and design. Between 1948 and 1950 he devoted himself to the study of furniture elements. In the field of design, the crucial encounters with Munari and Fontana (1951), and Melotti profoundly marked his experience. In 1948 he founded, with his wife Luisa Aiani, planner and designer, the studio La ruota which ceased its activity in 1995.[1] In 1954 he won the Gold Medal at the Milan Triennial X with the work Padiglione soggiorno, with Silvio Longhi and Luigi Antonietti. In 1957 he presented the work Casa per vacanze at the exhibition Colori e forme della casa d'oggi, the result of a collaboration with Manlio Rho, Francesco Somaini and Gian Paolo Allevi.[1] He died in Como in 1996.[1]. This piece is attributed to the mentioned designer/maker. It has no attribution mark and no
official proof of authenticity,
however it is well documented in design history. I take full responsibility for any authenticity



issues arising from misattribution less