Aldo Londi Furniture
Italian, 1911-2003
Master Italian ceramist Aldo Londi created a range of decorative objects in the latter half of the 20th century for the manufacturer Bitossi. In addition to the small-scale animal sculptures for which he is best known, Londi designed a variety of ceramics for the famed company that includes vases, bowls and desk accessories. Collectors know that vintage Aldo Londi pottery is marked by deep attention to detail and an integration of rich, alluring hues typically associated with the Mediterranean.
Londi was born in Montelupo Fiorentino, just outside of Florence, an area that has been known for its pottery since the Renaissance. Londi showed an early interest in the craft, apprenticing at the Fratelli Fanciullacci ceramic workshop when he was only 11 years old. He worked at the company until he left to fight in World War II. After returning to Montelupo Fiorentino in 1946, Londi became the creative director at Bitossi — a position he held for more than 50 years.
Londi's fresh and unique style breathed new life into Bitossi. He prioritized the production of high-quality and handmade decorative objects and created many of Bitossi's pottery lines himself. The most famous of Londi's Bitossi collections is the Rimini Blu line of animals and vases, which debuted in 1955. The collection is characterized by geometric and whimsical patterns and is recognizable for its marvelous blue color.
Londi's fame and popularity extended outside of Italy with the help of Raymor. The American import and distribution company introduced many esteemed Italian manufacturers such as Bitossi to boutiques and department stores in the United States. After Raymor founder Irving Richards hired Ettore Sottsass to design ceramics, Richards connected his new recruit to Londi. Decades before he founded a legendary postmodern design collective in Milan called the Memphis Group, Sottsass used the Bitossi kilns to create timeless works that manifest both primitive forms and modern geometries.
In 2021, Bitossi opened the Bitossi Archive Museum at its Montelupo Fiorentino headquarters. Many of the works designed by the company's most esteemed contributor and artistic director, Aldo Londi, are proudly displayed.
On 1stDibs, find vintage Aldo Londi serveware, lighting, decorative objects and more.
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Creator: Aldo Londi
Dealer: Solo Modern
Bitossi Lamp, Ceramic, Etruscan Glaze, Impressed, Green, Blue Turquoise, Signed
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi Lamp, Ceramic, Etruscan Glaze, Chiave Piccola, Signed. Medium height hand thrown barrel form lamp decorated with an impressed key pattern (Chiave Piccola) and Bitossi's "Etru...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Aldo Londi Furniture
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Ceramic
Aldo Londi Bitossi Kwan Yin, Ceramic, Blue Buddha Bust
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Aldo Londi Bitossi Kwan Yin, Ceramic, Buddha Bust, Blue. Beautiful and calming female Buddha glazed in a vibrant dark reflex blue. According to one legend, Kwan Yin was an Indian Pri...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Aldo Londi Furniture
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Ceramic
Bitossi Seta Vase, Ceramic, Stripes, Gold, Blue, Black, Signed
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi Seta vase, ceramic, stripes, gold, blue and black, signed. Tall tapered bottle shaped vase from Aldo Londi's Seta (Silk) decor series. The glazed dec...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Aldo Londi Furniture
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Ceramic
Bitossi for Raymor Cambogia Vase, Ceramic, Blue, Purple, White, Stripes, Signed
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi, Raymor
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi for Raymor Cambogia (Cambodia) vase, ceramic, blue, purple, white, stripes, signed. Tall cylinder vase with banded stripes glazed in violet,...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Aldo Londi Furniture
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Ceramic
Aldo Londi Bitossi Table Lamp, Ceramic, Blue, Gold, Cinese, Signed
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Aldo Londi Bitossi Table Lamp, Ceramic, Blue, Gold, Cinese, Signed. Tall lamp with blue textured cylinder body and embellished with gold glazed bands at the pinched top and tapered b...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Aldo Londi Furniture
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Ceramic
Bitossi Seta Vase, Ceramic, Gold, White, Turquoise, Sgraffito, Signed
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi Seta Vase, Ceramic, Gold, White, Turquoise, Sgraffito, Signed. Cylindrical vase with tapered neck that widens below the shoulders. Decorated ...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Aldo Londi Furniture
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Ceramic
Aldo Londi Bitossi Ashtray, Ceramic, Safety Pin, Blue, Gold, Signed
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Aldo Londi Bitossi Ashtray, Ceramic, Safety Pin, Blue, Gold, Signed. Small to medium scale deep ashtray with three cigarette rests. Decorated with a pattern of gold glazed safety pin...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Aldo Londi Furniture
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Ceramic
Bitossi Vase, Ceramic, Geometric, Stripes, White, Yellow, Black, Red, Signed
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi vase, ceramic, geometric, stripes, signed. Medium scale gourd form vase decorated with alternating vertical stripes, glazed in black, white, gray, yellow, and red. Signed on ...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Aldo Londi Furniture
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Ceramic
Aldo Londi Bitossi Vase, Ceramic Mondrian, Yellow Orange, Brown, Signed
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Aldo Londi Bitossi vase, ceramic Mondrian, yellow orange, brown, signed. Large chunky vase glazed in a geometric pattern of orange and yellow over matte brown clay. Signed in yellow ...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Aldo Londi Furniture
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Ceramic
Bitossi Rosenthal Netter Horse, Ceramic, Cyan Blue, Signed
By Rosenthal Netter, Aldo Londi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi Rosenthal Netter Horse, Ceramic, Cyan Blue, Signed. Large horse sculpture glazed in an electric blue with matte chocolate brown hooves. ...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Aldo Londi Furniture
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Ceramic
Aldo Londi Bitossi Kwan Yin Buddha, Ceramic, Caramel Brown, Paisley
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in New York, NY
Aldo Londi Bitossi Kwan Yin Buddha, Ceramic, Caramel Brown, Paisley. Beautiful and soothing Kwan Yin bust glazed in caramel brown with a hint of green in...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Aldo Londi Furniture
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Ceramic
Aldo Londi Bitossi Horse, Ceramic, Blue, White
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in New York, NY
Aldo Londi Bitossi Horse, Ceramic, Blue, White. A hard to find small scale horse glazed in a radiant sky blue over brushed matte white. Aldo Londi designe...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Aldo Londi Furniture
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Ceramic
Bitossi Kwan Yin Buddha Coin Bank, Ceramic, Blue, Green Paisley, Signed
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi Kwan Yin Buddha Bank, Ceramic, Blue Paisley, Signed. A beautiful and calming female Buddha glazed in a royal blue, with a hint of green in her...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Aldo Londi Furniture
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Ceramic
Aldo Londi Bitossi Vase, Ceramic, Chartreuse, Impressed, Signed
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Aldo Londi Bitossi vase, ceramic, chartreuse, impressed, signed. Small to medium scale cylinder vase glazed in chartreuse and decorated with several bands of organic and geometric im...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Aldo Londi Furniture
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Ceramic
Bitossi Vase, Ceramic, Moorish Stripes, Brown, Chartreuse, Orange, Signed
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi vase, ceramic, Moorish stripes, brown, chartreuse and orange, signed. Small low vase from Aldo Londi's Moorish Stripes series with chartreuse and orange glaze over coarse bro...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Aldo Londi Furniture
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Ceramic
Aldo Londi Bitossi Kwan Yin Buddha, Ceramic, Bust, Blue, Green
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi Kwan Yin Buddha, ceramic, blue, green. Beautiful Kwan Yin bust glazed in dark blue with a hint of green in her tiara. Her base is decorated wi...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Aldo Londi Furniture
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Ceramic, Pottery
Bitossi Vase, Ceramic, Blue, Gold, Geometric, Signed
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi vase, ceramic, blue, gold, geometric, signed. Tall bottle form vase decorated with repeating gold glazed triangular pattern over "Rimini" blue. A ...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Aldo Londi Furniture
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Ceramic
Bitossi Kwan Yin Buddha, Ceramic, White, Black
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi Kwan Yin Buddha, ceramic, white, black. Medium scale Kwan Yin Buddha finish in a textured white "Cinese" glaze which mimics the patina of anci...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Aldo Londi Furniture
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Ceramic
Aldo Londi Bitossi Vase, Ceramic, Gold Metallic, Signed
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in New York, NY
Aldo Londi Bitossi vase, ceramic, gold metallic, signed. Small cylinder vase decorated with bands of impressed geometric patterns and glazed in metallic gold. The Bitossi factory mix...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Aldo Londi Furniture
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Ceramic
Bitossi for Raymor Box, Ceramic, White, Black, and Brown, Signed
By Bitossi, Raymor, Aldo Londi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi for Raymor box, ceramic white, black, and brown, signed. Small lidded box glazed in chocolate brown, white and black from Aldo Londi's Piastrelle Bi...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Aldo Londi Furniture
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Ceramic
Bitossi Milano Moderna Vase, Ceramic, Green, Brown, Incised, Geometric, Signed
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi Milano Moderna Vase, Ceramic, Earth Tones, Incised, Geometric, Signed. Tall vase with dumbbell form with an incised geometric pattern and glazed...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Aldo Londi Furniture
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Ceramic
Aldo Londi Bitossi Horse, Ceramic, Brown and White
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Aldo Londi Bitossi horse, ceramic, brown and white. Medium scale horse with white glaze over a coarse matte brown raw clay. Small indentation to right re...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Aldo Londi Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Londi Bitossi Lidded Vase, Ceramic, Moorish Stripes, Chartreuse, Orange, Signed
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi lidded vase, ceramic, Moorish Stripes, chartreuse, orange and brown, signed. Tall lidded vase from Aldo Londi's Moorish Stripes series. The body...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Aldo Londi Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Aldo Londi for Bitossi Vase, Ceramic, Fused Glass, Red, White, Brown, Signed
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Aldo Londi for Bitossi vase, ceramic and fused glass, signed. From Londi's Fritte series - large chunky, organic, hand built vase, with coarse matte brown raw clay body, elongated ne...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Aldo Londi Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Bitossi Box, Ceramic, Thailandia, Stripes, Orange, White, Signed
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi Thailandia box, ceramic, orange, white, brown, stripes, signed. Hard to find small scale lidded box from Aldo Londi's Thailandia series with a top glazed in orange, mint gree...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Aldo Londi Furniture
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Ceramic
Bitossi for Bergboms Table Lamp, Ceramic, Dark Silver Metallic, Geometic, Signed
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi for Bergboms table lamp, ceramic, dark silver metallic, signed. Tall cylinder body with stepped neck glazed in a dark pewter or silver metallic and decorated with bands of ha...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Aldo Londi Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Bitossi Bowl, Ceramic, Black with Gold Spikes, Signed
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi bowl, ceramic, black with gold spikes, signed. Small to medium scale bowl in black glaze decorated with applied gold spikes. Signed on the underside...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Aldo Londi Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Bitossi Vase, Ceramic, Gray and Yellow, Impressed, Signed
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi vase, ceramic, gray and yellow, signed. Medium scale rounded cylinder vase with footed base. The belly of the vase is glazed in a canary yellow and decorated with hand tooled...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Aldo Londi Furniture
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Ceramic
Bitossi Vase, Ceramic Moorish Stripes, Chartreuse, Orange, Brown Signed
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi vase, ceramic Moorish stripes, Signed. Small to medium scale rounded and tapered vase, from Aldo Londi's Moorish Stripes series, with chartreuse and orange glazed verticals s...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Aldo Londi Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Bitossi Box, Ceramic, Yellow and Orange, Geometric, Signed
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi box, ceramic, yellow and orange, geometric, signed. Small scale box from Aldo Londi's "Torcello" series, with an orange bottom and yellow l...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Aldo Londi Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Bitossi Box, Ceramic, Geometric, Red, Yellow, White & Orange, Signed
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi box, ceramic, geometric, red, yellow, white and orange, signed. A small scale box from Aldo Londi's Líneas Rotas (Broken Lines) series. The lid is decorated with a puzzle pie...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Aldo Londi Furniture
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Ceramic
Aldo Londi Bitossi Buddha Bust, Ceramic, Blue, Gold, Rosenthal Netter, Signed
By Aldo Londi, Rosenthal Netter, Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Aldo Londi Bitossi Buddha bust, ceramic, blue, gold, Rosenthal Netter, signed. Medium scale Buddha bust from Aldo Londi's Cinese series. The Buddha's fa...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Aldo Londi Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Bitossi Box, Ceramic, Orange, Gold, Geometric, Signed
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi box, ceramic, orange and gold, geometric, signed. Small scale lidded box decorated an alternating pattern of metallic gold triangles over a tangeri...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Aldo Londi Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Aldo Londi furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Aldo Londi furniture are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of ceramic and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Aldo Londi furniture, although blue editions of this piece are particularly popular. We have 360 vintage editions of these items in-stock, while there is 2 modern edition to choose from as well. Many of the original furniture by Aldo Londi were created in the mid-century modern style in europe during the 20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider furniture by Flavio Poli, Alfredo Barbini, and Archimede Seguso.