Vintage shelf in bamboo and brass by Purini and Mariani Vivai del Sud, 1976

Very nice bamboo and brass library shelf with smoked separations, dating from the mid-1970s. It features nine niches separated by one of the glass uprights. Vivai Del Sud was a famous brand in Rome in the 1960s and 1970s, inspired by Gabriella Crespi, bringing the Mediterranean style mixing bamboo and rattan to the Italian high society. Superb quality workmanship, entirely handmade, this shelf is very decorative, and typically seventies. The patina of the bamboo and brass is superb. Fully cleaned and restored, it is in very nice condition.