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The three I Rovereschi modern desks use one rectangular ring of brass-painted steel, 101 × 58 mm (4 × 2 1/4 in) in section and 6 mm (1/4 in) thick, and each puts it somewhere else. On Bellagio it sits at the top, between leg and undertop, so the 58 mm (2 1/4 in) top appears to hover over the risers. On Libra it sits at the foot, and the catalogue says the desk seems to hang «a thread from the ground». On Narciso the metal runs through the joints, next to a curved leg cut as a half circle. Same steel, same brass-coloured paint, three different sentences.
Stefania Tognoloni designed the three for Della Rovere's thirtieth year, and the shared parts are deliberate: smoked walnut or chocolate oak veneer with a matt, semi-closed pore finish; ivory or dark brown eco-leather; tops of 200 cm, 220 cm or 240 cm (78 3/4 in, 86 5/8 in, 94 1/2 in). Around the desk — with its external return — the same language furnishes a boardroom table, a library of low or medium bookcases and, through the Consonanze range, the staff desks along the corridor. La Mercanti's first proposal shows the ring in all three positions on the same floor plan, because that is the decision a client actually makes.
Collection: I Rovereschi — Bellagio, Libra and Narciso, three executive collections launched together
Manufacturer: Della Rovere, Montelabbate (Pesaro), Italy
Design: architect Stefania Tognoloni
Year: 2021, Della Rovere's thirtieth-anniversary collection
Bellagio: brass-painted steel ring between leg and undertop; two panelled legs
Libra: ring at the foot of the leg; eco-leather on the upper top and, on request, on the outer leg panels
Narciso: semicircular curved leg, 58 mm (2 1/4 in) thick, plus one straight leg; brass-coloured steel joints
Desk: W 200 / 220 / 240 × D 100 × H 76.3 cm (78 3/4 / 86 5/8 / 94 1/2 × 39 3/8 × 30 in)
Desk with external return: W 270 / 290 / 310 × D 220 × H 76.3 cm (106 1/4 / 114 1/8 / 122 × 86 5/8 × 30 in), with a central metal support leg
Other layouts: internal return with front peninsula; desk with service unit
Top: matt black poplar particleboard, 58 mm (2 1/4 in), with real-wood edges, topped by a 19 mm (3/4 in) real-wood veneered panel
Eco-leather tops: three 19 mm (3/4 in) panels in ivory or dark brown eco-leather; on Bellagio and Narciso the central one slides towards the user and uncovers a storage tray; on Libra a single upper top milled at 45°
Structure: brass-painted steel ring, 101 × 58 mm (4 × 2 1/4 in) section, 6 mm (1/4 in) thick; bar and structural steel blocks, drilled and milled by hand
Cable leg: removable central panel with two black metal cable outlets that double as handles; internal cable tray; also available plain
Modesty panel: load-bearing on Bellagio and Narciso; H 34 cm (13 3/8 in) or floor-standing H 56.5 cm (22 1/4 in), in veneer, glossy black, ivory leather-effect or glossy black with padded eco-leather strips; on Libra H 46.4 cm (18 1/4 in) glossy black
Wood finishes: smoked walnut (LNF) and chocolate oak (LRC), veneer lacquered matt with semi-closed pore
Metal finishes: brass-painted steel; burnished metals
Common elements: three-drawer pedestal (inside the service unit or on castors) with quilted leather handles; service unit; coffee tables 120 × 60 and 60 × 60 cm (47 1/4 × 23 5/8 and 23 5/8 × 23 5/8 in); round meeting table Ø 120 cm (47 1/4 in); meeting tables 340 / 360 / 380 × 220 cm (133 7/8 / 141 3/4 / 149 5/8 × 86 5/8 in); low and medium bookcases with two or three bays, also with ribbed glass and LED light
Matching seating: Cadira, executive and visitor versions
Certifications: none stated by Della Rovere for this collection
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Desk alone, external return, internal return with peninsula or service unit: the I Rovereschi price list treats them as different items, and the room decides which.
