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 was produced in very limited number (2 or 3) only for the suite of the Hotel Lorena
mahogany, laminate, mirrored glass
Measures: h 76cm,120x 50 cm ; total heigh with open mirror: 160cm
mirror:h:40 x 53x 3cm
Ico and Lusia Parisi were commissioned to design the entire interior for the Hotel Lorena in 1959. This vanity unit comes from one of the bedrooms and features a fold down mirror covering a storage compartment and single drawer. The top is lined with the original black laminate which is in good order. These vanity desks were produced by Bernini.
Desk features a fold down mirror and two drawer.
signed on the verso with red ink stamp; available inside the drawer an original bar order list and adv from Hotel Lorenza

Literature: Domus 1960-1964, Volume V, Fiell, ppg. 234-239 illustrate the commission
Ico Parisi design Catalogo Ragionato, by Roberta Lietti Silvana ed.2017, pag 44