Scrittarello desk, 1996
Scrittarello desk by Achille Castiglioni for De Padova.
A masterpiece of lightness, inspired by the Italian rationalist school of the 1930s-40s. It makes you want to write, draw, or just think. Scrittarello. A little writing desk, almost a neologism, for relaxed activity with pen and paper. A simple surface for work, with two shelves at the sides. The slender legs are in natural beech; the tops come in white laminate, with birch plywood borders. Perfect in the bedroom or in a corner, for studying and reading.
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Scrittarello desk by Achille Castiglioni for De Padova.
A masterpiece of lightness, inspired by the Italian rationalist school of the 1930s-40s. It makes you want to write, draw, or just think. Scrittarello. A little writing desk, almost a neologism, for relaxed activity with pen and paper. A simple surface for work, with two shelves at the sides. The slender legs are in natural beech; the tops come in white laminate, with birch plywood borders. Perfect in the bedroom or in a corner, for studying and reading.
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Materials
Birch plywood panel top covered in white laminate. Side trays in curved birch plywood covered in white laminate. Solid natural beech base with transparent varnish. Footrest and stabilizing rods in powder-coated steel.
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Fernando and Maddalena De Padova began their business in the 1950s, importing Scandinavian furniture and objects and selling them at their store on via Montenapoleone in Milan.
Northern European design was not widely known in Italy at this time, and it is largely as a result of this pioneering work that De Padova quickly gained recognition as a leading source of furniture in the region.
In the 1960s De Padova obtained a licence from American furniture manufacturer Herman Miller and added to their range products by George Nelson and Ray and Charles Eames. Also to be seen at their Corso Venezia showroom in Milan were the designs of Rolf Heide, Ross Little, Herbert Hirche and Ingo Maurer.