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Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Desks

Italian, 1896-1945

An accomplished architect, exhibition designer, furniture maker and magazine editor, Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig helped direct Italy’s rationalist architectural movement until his death near the end of World War II. Wounded twice and captured twice in World War I, Pogatschnig left military service to work as the editor and director of Casabella architecture magazine and went on to design the V Milan Triennale and VI Milan Triennale alongside fellow Italian architect Gio Ponti.

Originally born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, now modern-day Croatia, Pogatschnig studied Italian in Trieste before joining the Italian army to serve in the First World War. After that harrowing and traumatic experience, he became a founding member of the first Fascist Party in Parenzo. In 1924, he graduated from Turin Polytechnic with an architecture degree and began designing bridges, pavilions and buildings, including the Gualino office complex, in Turin. Nearing 1928, Pogatschnig began work on pavilions for the Turin International Exhibition.

Pogatschnig’s involvement in the V and VI Milan Triennales stand today as some of his greatest contributions to Italian architecture. He held full control over the design of the latter exhibition, in 1936, which led to the opportunity to design many of the interiors of the Italian Pavilion at the Paris Expo the following year.

Pogatschnig’s reputation as an architect and designer were overshadowed only by his outspoken nature as an editor. By 1942, he openly criticized the Italian regime and left the Fascist Party to join the resistance a year later. These activities led to his capture, imprisonment and escape from Brescia in 1944. Ultimately, Pogatschnig was recaptured, tortured and transferred across prisons to Austria’s Mauthausen concentration camp, where he died on April 22, 1945, less than a month before the end of fighting in Europe. 

On 1stDibs, find vintage Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig seating, tables, and case pieces.

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Creator: Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig
Giuseppe Pagano: Eight Drawer Desk in Fruitwood and Brass, Italy 1940
By Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig
Located in New York, NY
Giuseppe Pagano (1896 - 1945) An imposing eight-drawer desk by rationalist architect and designer Giuseppe Pagano, in fruitwood with mahogany-stained trim and polished brass hand...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Desks

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Brass

Giuseppe Pagano: Eight Drawer Desk in Fruitwood and Brass, Italy 1940
Giuseppe Pagano: Eight Drawer Desk in Fruitwood and Brass, Italy 1940

Giuseppe Pagano: Eight Drawer Desk in Fruitwood and Brass, Italy 1940

Rationalist Desk by Giuseppe Pagano for Maggioni, Veneered Wood, Italy, c. 1940
By Gino Maggioni, Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig
Located in Berlin, DE
Rationalist wooden desk designed by Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig and manufactured by Maggioni, Varedo, circa 1940. The desk was designed for the Bocc...
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1940s Italian Modern Vintage Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Desks

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Rationalist Desk by Giuseppe Pagano for Maggioni, Veneered Wood, Italy, c. 1940
Rationalist Desk by Giuseppe Pagano for Maggioni, Veneered Wood, Italy, c. 1940

Rationalist Desk by Giuseppe Pagano for Maggioni, Veneered Wood, Italy, c. 1940

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Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig desks for sale on 1stDibs.

Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig desks are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of wood and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig desks, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original desks by Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig were created in the modern style in italy during the mid-20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider desks by Osvaldo Borsani, Vittorio Dassi, and Gianfranco Frattini. Prices for Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig desks can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $8,654 and can go as high as $19,500, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $14,077.

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