- Fulfilled by seller
- Custom Quote
- Local pickup available
- Members only
- Description
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This is an Arco Desk designed by BBPR for the Italian manufacturer Olivetti in the 1960s. It is made of heavy steel with an upholstered top. Condition: discoloration to drawer fronts, signs of age through, missing corner protectors on desktop.
Studio BBPR (an acronym of its founders' names) was an architectural and design studio established in Milan in 1932 by four alumni of the Politecnico di Milano. They are one of the most celebrated design firms of Postwar Italy. They are best known for their techno-Gothic Torre Velasca, built in Milan in 1958.
- Measurements
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H30.25 x W63 x D31.5 in
- Condition
- Pre-owned
- Color
- Green
- Pick up
- 575 Broadway, New York, NY 10012
- Seller
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The Arcades
The Arcades is the collecting project and weekly newsletter of David Lê. Lê holds a PhD from Brown University in the study of religion, focusing on visual and material culture. In 2019 he co-founded the concept store and apparel line, Maiden Name, whose "Objects" section he also curated. He started his newsletter in 2024 to consider "things, broadly construed" and to provide himself with a megaphone to air personal grievances.
- Vintage
- 60s
- Industrial
