Paolo Buffa (Italian 1903-1970) Rare Wall Mounted Lattice Shelf, designed 1930 manufactured by Paolo Lietti & Figli, Cantù, walnut (133cm high, 93cm across, 9cm deep (52.3in high, 36.6in across, 3.5in deep)) Footnote: Sold with a Certificate of Authenticity from the Paolo Buffa Archive, dated 18 August 2020. Literature: L'ambiente moderno in Italia , Domus S.A. Editoriale, Milano, 1930, p.35; I. De Guttry, M.P. Maino, Il mobile deco italiano , Editori Laterza, Roma-Bari, 1988, p.103, fig.9; Roberto Rizzi, I mobili di Paolo Buffa , 2001, p.13 for a larger example of this model. The larger version with three shelves was designed for and exhibited at the Esposizione di Monza of 1930, and a version of this model was sold alongside a corresponding console at Christie's London, Thinking Italian , 17 October 2018, Lot 4. An almost identical example to this model was also sold at the Dorotheum, Vienna, 28 April 2005, Lot 188.