Vittorio Dassi

VITTORIO DASSI (Italy, 1893-1973).
Oval dining table, 1950s.
In ebonized maple wood, with brass elements. Original green glass top, with gilded decoration.
In very good condition.
Measurements: 80 x 215 x 100 cm.

Sophisticated dining table that perfectly synthesizes the luxurious Italian style of the mid-century. Designed by Vittorio Dassi, it is characterized by an exquisite play of curves that puts in dialogue the oval top with the curved crosspieces and the legs that participate in the same compositional fluidity. The elegant silhouette is enhanced by the quality of the materials: ebonized maple wood in the structure and green glass top with subtle gold decoration of foliate motifs. It is a singular piece of furniture that combines noble materials with a sculptural design.

Vittorio Dassi's furniture, made in the 1940s and 1950s, is distinguished by the choice of noble woods such as rosewood, cherry, ash and walnut, often decorated with inlaid panels and glass signed by great master glassmakers. Elegant in design without losing functional quality, his furniture can be compared to the refined style of Gio Ponti, to whom Vittorio was linked by important collaborations after taking over from his father at Dassi Mobili Moderni in Lissone. One of the factory's most important projects was the creation of furniture for the rooms of the Hotel Royal in Naples, designed by Ponti in the mid-1950s, a period that marked Dassi's turn towards more schematic forms and teak wood for the production of modular furniture.