Paolo Buffa Coffee Table for Galdino Maspero, 1948
Description
Paolo Buffa coffee table for Galdino Maspero, wood, Italy, 1948
Round coffee table designed by Paolo Buffa and manufactured by Galdino Maspero, Milan, 1948. The circular top features a book-matched chevron veneer radiating from the center in a star pattern, framed within a scalloped apron with molded edge detail. Four slender tapering legs end in a distinctive curved pad foot, a recurrent formal element in Buffa’s work of this period.
Galdino Maspero was one of the Milanese ateliers Buffa returned to consistently throughout the 1940s, producing furniture of high craft quality for private residential commissions. The 1948 date places this table within a particularly productive moment
Dimensions
Height: 19.3 in (49 cm)
Diameter: 26.38 in (67 cm)
Design
1948
Manufacture
1940-1949
Material
Wood
Location
Lonigo, IT
Condition
Our in-house atelier carefully restored the item, with meticulous attention to structural integrity, materials, and finish. The process was guided by deep respect for its authenticity, balancing technical intervention with historical sensitivity.