Ico Parisi Desks and Writing Tables
Italian, 1916-1996
Domenico “Ico” Parisi was one half of a prolific postwar design duo he comprised with his wife, Luisa. Their furniture designs are known for running the stylistic gamut, with celebrated mid-century modern pieces ranging from elegantly skeletal — like dramatic ebonized dining chairs — to plush and shapely, like the iconic 1951 Egg chair, in a plethora of materials.
The son of an art teacher father, Ico Parisi was exposed to art at an early age. Born in 1916 in the Sicilian capital of Palermo, he and his family moved to Como in 1925. There, the young Parisi would begin to develop his interest in architecture and design. After earning a degree as a building inspector in 1936 and working as a civil engineer, Parisi took on an apprenticeship in the studio of Giuseppe Terragni, the modernist, fascist Italian architect, pioneer of the Rationalist movement and creator of the iconic Casa del Fascio.
While working for Terragni, Parisi crossed paths with such contemporary design talents as Lucio Fontana, Bruno Munari and Pietro Lingeri, though he briefly moved away from design and architecture to explore photography and film. His artistic work would soon be interrupted, however, by the outbreak of World War II, during which he served at the front before returning to Como in 1943. There, he resumed work as a designer and architect, founding two architecture groups: the Alta Quota and the Gruppo Como.
Through his creative circles, Parisi met Luisa Aiani, a former student of the prolific architect and furniture designer Gio Ponti, who was affiliated with the Alta Quota. They married in 1947 and founded the studio La Ruota — a cross between a design firm and an intellectual salon — in Como shortly thereafter. In 1950, Parisi finally completed his architectural schooling, studying under the nationalist architect Alberto Sartoris at the Athenaeum Architecture School in Lausanne, Switzerland. He and Aiani began several decades of sophisticated output, designing curved sofas upholstered in yellow velvet and armchairs with slender mahogany frames for enduring Italian manufacturers such as Cassina and others.
Much like Charles and Ray Eames in America, the Parisis worked as a team and relied on experimentation in style and material for many of their designs. Ico Parisi died in Como in 1996.
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Creator: Ico Parisi
Rare Ico Parisi for Fratelli Rizzi Writing Desk in Chestnut
By Fratelli Rizzi, Ico Parisi
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Ico Parisi for Fratelli Rizzi, Intimiano, writing desk, cat. no, '1950.56', chestnut, Italy, 1950
This highly refined writing table is designed by the acknowledged master of Italian...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ico Parisi Desks and Writing Tables
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Chestnut
Ico Parisi: Rare Pair of Consoles in Mahogany and Ebonized Walnut, Italy 1950's
By Ico Parisi
Located in New York, NY
Ico Parisi (1916 - 1996)
A rare and important pair of sculptural consoles by Ico Parisi, their undulating yet modern curves a culmination of the designer's organic mode. The top, in...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ico Parisi Desks and Writing Tables
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Executive desk designed by Luisa & Ico Parisi for MIM Roma, 1960
By Ico Parisi, MIM Roma, Ico & Luisa Parisi
Located in Argelato, BO
An executive desk designed by the Italian Designers Ico & Luisa Parisi for MIM Rome in 1962 . Structure made from lacquered steel with aluminium supports , there’re three floating dr...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ico Parisi Desks and Writing Tables
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Metal
Ico Parisi Partners Desk, Italy, 1940s
By Ico Parisi
Located in New York, NY
1940's Italian Ico Parisi designed partners desk.
Signature steel tip toe on all legs of the desk.
WIth single extended designed steel toe.
Three full sized drawers and a single cent...
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1940s Italian Vintage Ico Parisi Desks and Writing Tables
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Wood
Teak Executive Desk designer Ico Parisi for MIM 1950s
By MIM Roma, Ico Parisi
Located in Milano, MI
This large Terni executive desk was designed by Ico Parisi in 1958 for MIM (Mobili Italiani Moderni) Rome, Italy, with a rectangular top with a curved shape in front of the seat to m...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ico Parisi Desks and Writing Tables
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Teak
Mid-Century Modern Desk by Ico Parisi for Mim Roma, Italy, 1950s
By Ico Parisi
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Desk by Ico Parisi for Mim Roma, Italy, 1950s
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ico Parisi Desks and Writing Tables
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Wood
Bureau Ico & Luisa Parisi pour Mim Roma, Italie, circa 1958
By Ico Parisi
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Bureau ou grande table avec plateau cintré en palissandre, tiroir central, piétement en acier, Ico Parisi, circa 1958.
Dimensions : H72 x L210 x P90cm
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ico Parisi Desks and Writing Tables
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Palisander
Ico Parisi Wood and Laminate toilette desk with mirror, Hotel Lorena, 1960
By Ico Parisi, Bernini
Located in Rome, IT
Ico and Luisa Parisi vanity desk from Hotel Lorena, Grosseto
manufacured by Ditta Bernini
Italy, 1959-60
wood, mirrored glass and laminate
Measures: H 75cm,110 x 45 cm ; total hei...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ico Parisi Desks and Writing Tables
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Mirror, Laminate, Wood
20th Century Ico Parisi Wooden Writing Desk with Two Drawers, 50s
By Ico Parisi
Located in Turin, Turin
Ico Parisi was born in Palermo, Italy, in 1916, but as early as 1925 with his family he moved to Como, where in 1936 he graduated as a building surveyor and served an apprenticeship at the Terragni studio. Discharged from the front in 1943, he returned to Como and resumed his design activity, dealing with the creation of individual furnishings, exhibition layouts and interior architecture. He collaborated with Luisa Aiani, whom he married in 1947 and with whom he opened the studio La Ruota. In the 50s he designed furniture, first in one-piece and later for Industrial Production with companies such as Cassina. In the 60s, with the "Contenitoriumani" he began a new path aimed at defining a utopian-existential IDEA of living. The culmination of his research is between 1974 and 1976 with "Operation Arcevia," aimed at designing an entire Community.
Here we have a wooden desk designed...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ico Parisi Desks and Writing Tables
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Wood
Ico Parisi PA 1947 Table by Cassina
By Cassina, Ico Parisi
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Table designed by Ico Parisi in 1947, relaunched in 2020.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
The idea for this console table, designed by Ico Parisi in 1947 for a private client, ...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Ico Parisi Desks and Writing Tables
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Brass
Documented Ico and Luisa Parisi Mid-Century Modern Italian Executive Desk
By Ico Parisi
Located in New York, NY
This iconic Mid-Century Modern executive desk was the result of a collaboration between the masterful Italian architect and designer, Ico Parisi and his wife, Luisa, a student of Gio...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ico Parisi Desks and Writing Tables
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Aluminum
Ico Parisi for MIM Italian Midcentury Desk 1960's
By Ico Parisi
Located in bari, IT
Executive corner desk was designed by Ico Parisi for M.I.M Rome in Italy. The wooden top is connected to the black steel legs with corner elements in polished aluminum. The desk has ...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ico Parisi Desks and Writing Tables
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Aluminum
20th Century Italian Rosewood MIM Writing Table - Vintage Desk by Ico Parisi
By Ico Parisi, MIM Roma
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A vintage Mid-Century Modern Italian writing, office table with a large top, made of hand crafted polished Rosewood, designed by Ico Parisi and produced by MIM Roma, in good conditio...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ico Parisi Desks and Writing Tables
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Metal, Aluminum
Important Mid Century Executive Desk by Ico Parisi for MIM 1958
By Ico Parisi
Located in Rome, IT
This large Terni executive desk was designed by Ico Parisi in 1958 for MIM (Mobili Italiani Moderni) Rome, Italy, with a rectangular tabletop, The desk contains a three drawer block ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ico Parisi Desks and Writing Tables
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Wood
Ico Parisi Rare Large Wood and Laminate Desk with Mirror, Hotel Lorena, 1959.60
By Ico Parisi, Bernini
Located in Rome, IT
Ico and Luisa Parisi vanity desk from Hotel Lorena, Grosseto
manufacured by Ditta Bernini
Italy, 1959-60
this desk is very rare because this is the large version of the desk and...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ico Parisi Desks and Writing Tables
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Mirror, Laminate, Mahogany
Ico Parisi Rosewood Dining Table Mod. 754/2 for Figli Di Amedeo Cassina, 1959
By Figli di Amadeo Cassina, Ico Parisi
Located in Chiavari, Liguria
A rare dining table mod 574/2 designed by Ico Parisi in the 1959 and produced by Figli di Amedeo Cassina at the beginning of the 1960s. Made in...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ico Parisi Desks and Writing Tables
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Rosewood
Executive Terni Desk Ico Parisi for MIM, Italy
By Ico Parisi
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Terni desk in aluminium and Indian rosewood,
Ico Parisi for MIM
great Italian design
very nice color and powerful patina
marked MIM.
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1950s Italian Modern Vintage Ico Parisi Desks and Writing Tables
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Wood
Ico Parisi Mahogany Executive Office Desk by MIM Italy, 1950s
By Ico Parisi, MIM Roma
Located in Berlin, DE
Ico Parisi mahogany executive office desk by MIM Italy, 1950s
in its original vintage condition with a beautiful patina.
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ico Parisi Desks and Writing Tables
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Mahogany
Wooden Desk, Ico Parisi, 1968
By Ico Parisi
Located in Berlin, DE
This elegant and minimalistic desk has a wooden construction, with the original lacquer in blue-grey. The top is made of glass plate, handles made of matt-chromed metal.
Listed Pari...
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1960s Italian Modern Vintage Ico Parisi Desks and Writing Tables
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Glass, Wood
Mid-Century Modern Standing Desk Serving Table Bar Cart by Ico Parisi
By Ico Parisi
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous serving table with shelf below (20 x 9.75) which can be now used as a standing desk. Great design with brass inlay and sleek styling on wheels. Very well crafted. In origina...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ico Parisi Desks and Writing Tables
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Brass
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Ico Parisi desks and writing tables for sale on 1stDibs.
Ico Parisi desks and writing tables are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of wood and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Ico Parisi desks and writing tables, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. We have 21 vintage editions of these items in-stock, while there is 1 modern edition to choose from as well. Many of the original desks and writing tables by Ico Parisi were created in the mid-century modern style in italy during the mid-20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider desks and writing tables by Franco Albini, Gio Ponti, and Osvaldo Borsani. Prices for Ico Parisi desks and writing tables can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $2,495 and can go as high as $26,700, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $10,700.
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