Mario Marenco. Sideboard, 70s-80s

MARIO MARENCO (Puglia, Italy, 1933-2019).
Sideboard, 70s-80s.
Fruit woods.
Presents marks of use.
Measurements: 250 x 50 x 79,5 cm.

This magnificent sideboard designed by Mario Marenco in the 70s-80s presents a markedly horizontal structure of simple and emphatic volumes. At the front it is organized into four exterior doors that give way to two cupboards with shelves on the inside and a final compartment with drawers.

Mario Marenco studied at the University of Naples. Between 1957 and 1960 he won five research awards at the universities of Stockholm and Chicago. In 1960 he founded the DEWG studio in Rome: community buildings. From 1970 he began designing for Arflex, Artemide, Bernini, B&B, Comfortline. In 1982 he collaborated with FIAT, LANCIA and ALFA ROMEO and later with Seiberling and Firestone.