{"product_id":"italian-rationalist-three-door-wardrobe-italy-circa-1930","title":"Italian Rationalist Three-Door Wardrobe Italy, circa 1930","description":"\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eItalian Rationalist Three-Door Wardrobe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eItaly, circa 1930\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBlack and yellow veneered wood, with anticorodal aluminium-alloy handles and fittings.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis monumental three-door wardrobe is a striking expression of Italian Rationalist design at the beginning of the 1930s. Its rigorously rectilinear form is reduced to a series of broad, uninterrupted planes, with three warm yellow-ochre doors set in sharp contrast against the black architectural framework. Slender anticorodal handles provide the only external ornament, reinforcing the wardrobe’s functional and distinctly modern character.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe exterior conceals an organised interior incorporating hanging compartments, shelves and a series of orange-fronted drawers. This emphasis on order, economy of form and practical use reflects the progressive approach to domestic furnishing promoted by Italy’s leading modernist architects and designers during the interwar period.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe wardrobe’s bold colour contrasts, industrial metal fittings and rejection of historical decoration closely relate it to furniture associated with Luigi Figini and Gino Pollini and to the interiors presented at Milan’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eII Mostra Autunnale dell’Ambiente Moderno\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in 1932.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eH 170 W 207 D 55 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProvenance:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePrivate collection, Milan.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn good functional condition, wear consistent with age and use and one light mark to the front (see photo). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eComparative literature:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eL’arte nella casa\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, special issue of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDomus\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e devoted to modern furniture in Italy, Christmas 1929, p. 103.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eII Mostra Autunnale dell’Ambiente Moderno\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Galleria Il Milione, Milan, 1932, exhibition booklet.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e“Una mostra a Milano,” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCasabella\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, no. 57, September 1932, pp. 25–29.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eVittorio Gregotti and Giovanni Marzari, eds., \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLuigi Figini, Gino Pollini: Opera Completa\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Electa, Milan, 2002, p. 267.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eVittorio Savi, ed., \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLuigi Figini e Gino Pollini Architetti\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Electa, Milan, 1980, p. 24.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"punch the clock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62558629036419,"sku":"PTC2040","price":3500.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1620\/0263\/files\/DSCF9189_03e0a441-f485-467d-8364-248723e56ad1.jpg?v=1788702843","url":"https:\/\/punchtheclock.co.uk\/products\/italian-rationalist-three-door-wardrobe-italy-circa-1930","provider":"punch the clock","version":"1.0","type":"link"}