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Giovanni Michelucci
Exceptional “Torbecchia” Dining Table — Italy, Early 1960s
Solid Walnut with Organic Sculptural Construction

An outstanding and increasingly rare example of Giovanni Michelucci’s celebrated Torbecchia series, this dining table represents one of the most poetic intersections between Italian rural craftsmanship and architectural modernism. Designed in the early 1960s for the experimental community of Torbecchia near Pistoia, the table embodies Michelucci’s lifelong vision: furniture that feels born from the land, shaped by hand, and intrinsically human.

Crafted entirely in solid walnut, the table presents a warm, luminous surface where the grain runs like slow water. Its sculptural form — simultaneously robust and lightly asymmetrical — reflects Michelucci’s architectural vocabulary: gentle curves, softened edges, and a structural honesty that feels almost monastic. The legs are subtly angled and joined by a rhythmic underframe, creating a quiet but unmistakable architectural presence.

Unlike much mid-century Italian design, the Torbecchia table is not about industrial polish but about an ethic of place: Tuscan wood, Tuscan craftsmanship, Tuscan sensibility. It carries the atmosphere of a house built among olive trees, while remaining entirely compatible with refined contemporary interiors.

The proportions are generous yet intimate, inviting conviviality rather than formality. In a dining room, it acts as a grounded centrepiece; in an architectural space, it becomes a kind of wooden landscape — serene, tactile, quietly monumental.

Examples of Michelucci’s Torbecchia furniture are increasingly scarce and highly sought after among collectors of Italian modernism, particularly those who appreciate pieces that fuse craft, architecture, and spiritual warmth.

A rare opportunity to acquire a table that is not merely functional, but profoundly eloquent — a true signature work by one of Italy’s most humanistic architects.

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