Carlo Mollino
CASA RIVETTI TURIN 1949
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Arabesque Table, by Carlo Mollino, 1949
Plywood and glass, with brass fittings.
This table was displayed in 1950 in the “Italy at Work: Her Renaissance in Design Today”, a major exhibition of Italian design. Although it is functional, this table looks like a piece of sculpture. Its undulating curves were inspired by the work of Surrealist artists, in particular Jan Arp’s flowing lines and biomorphic shapes. The shape of the table top was based on the outlines of a woman’s torso. Mollino had traced it from a drawing by the Italian Surrealist Leonor Fini (1908-1996).(http://www.furniturestyles.net/european/italian/modern.html)
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