Borsani Osvaldo Tecno
Vintage 1950s Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Brass, Steel
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Aluminum
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Fabric
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Shelves
Metal
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Leather, Plastic, Plywood
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Leather
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Metal
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Steel
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Steel
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Wood
Antique 1870s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Metal
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Fabric
Mid-20th Century Italian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal, Chrome
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Carrara Marble, Brass
Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Benches
Iron
20th Century Italian Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Aluminum
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chaise Longues
Metal, Brass
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Metal, Brass
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Metal, Brass
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Aluminum
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Metal
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Aluminum
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Aluminum, Steel
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Credenzas
Iron
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Bookcases
Metal
Vintage 1980s Italian Modern Chairs
Metal
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Brass
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Steel
Vintage 1970s Italian Dining Room Tables
Metal
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Brass, Steel
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Carrara Marble, Steel
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Brass, Steel
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Daybeds
Metal
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Metal
Vintage 1950s Italian Bookcases
Wood
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Brass, Steel
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Metal
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Brass, Steel
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Leather, Plywood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Daybeds
Steel
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Brass, Steel
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Metal, Bronze
Vintage 1960s Italian Daybeds
Metal
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Daybeds
Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Metal, Chrome
Vintage 1950s Italian Armchairs
Metal, Brass
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Credenzas
Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Daybeds
Brass, Steel
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Metal
Vintage 1970s Italian Tables
Bronze, Steel
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Leather, Wood
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Metal
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Aluminum
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Belgian Black Marble, Brass
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Metal, Brass
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Steel
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Iron
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With his stylish and technically innovative furniture, Osvaldo Borsani helped change the face of Italian design in the 1950s and ’60s. His sofas and chairs, featuring deeply upholstered seating and adjustable position settings, have an aura of optimism and efficiency that still seems fresh and lively today.
Born in the commune of Varedo in northern Italy’s Lombardy region, Borsani studied at the Brera Academy in Milan — the same school attended by such luminaries as designer Piero Fornasetti and artist Lucio Fontana — as well as the Polytechnic University of Milan. Borsani first worked for his father’s furniture-making firm, Arredamenti Borsani, an atelier influenced by the more expressive and curvaceous wing of Art Deco design.
By 1953, when, along with his twin brother, Fulgenzio — the pair also created this visionary mid-century villa — Borsani opened the furniture company Tecno, his design sensibilities had evolved toward furnishings with strong, simple forms enhanced by mechanical innovations, as with the P40 adjustable armchair (1953). Borsani would be the firm’s lead designer for 30 years, while fostering work by Vico Magistretti, Carlo di Carli, Robin Day and others.
Similar to Gio Ponti in the earliest years of his career, Borsani first created designs marked by lush and buoyant lines: tables with voluptuous curved legs, sofas with undulating backrests. But Borsani’s best-known and most novel pieces date from Tecno’s initial furniture lines: the adjustable D70 sofa, which folds open to make a daybed, and the P40 recliner. The latter — now included in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the Victoria & Albert Museum — is an articulated lounger with a back, seat and leg rest that can be moved into 486 different positions. Not only is it extremely comfortable, it is also enduringly chic.
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