Ico Parisi, Unique extendable dining table

circa 1952
Birch plywood, walnut plywood, walnut, painted metal.
77.5 cm (30 1/2 in.) high, 116 cm (45 5/8 in.) diameter
77.5 x 196.8 x 116.2 cm (30 1/2 x 77 1/2 x 45 3/4 in.) fully extended
Executed by Fratelli Rizzi, Intimiano, Italy.

Provenance:
Private collection, Como
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Literature:
‘Rassegna Domus – Un tavolo allungabile’, Domus, no. 311, October 1955, illustrated n.p.
Roberto Aloi, Mobili Tipo, Milan, 1956, illustrated p. 125
Roberta Lietti, Ico Parisi Catalogue Raisonné, 1936-1960, Milan, 2017, illustrated pp. 282-83