B&B Italia Tables
Italian
In 1966, Piero Ambrogio Busnelli cofounded C&B Italia, a modern Italian furniture manufacturer, with Cesare Cassina in northern Milan. From the outset, Busnelli and Cassina set about recruiting the most talented modernists in Italy to conceive of creative furnishings manufactured in modern ways. In the early 1970s, the company split, with Cassina founding his own eponymous firm and Busnelli taking leadership of what became B&B Italia.
For decades, Busnelli cultivated relationships with the world’s best design talent, resulting in furniture pieces that remain iconic today — be they Gaetano Pesce’s outwardly curvaceous Up seating (made for C&B, reintroduced by B&B) or tables from industrial designer Paolo Piva, each more sophisticated than the next in their geometrically complex steel-tube bases. B&B Italia earned four prestigious Compasso d’Oro design awards: in 1979 for Mario Bellini’s Le Bambole, in 1984 for the Sisamo wardrobe system by Studio Kairos, in 1987 for Antonio Citterio’s modular Sity sofa and, in 1989, the first award given to a manufacturing company itself.
Other notable names who designed for B&B Italia over the course of its 54-year history include Patricia Urquiola, Naoto Fukasawa, Zaha Hadid, Ettore Sottsass and Vincent Van Duysen, to name a very few. And while these names bring star power to the B&B brand, in many cases, it was B&B Italia who helped usher in their celebrity, fostering a wave of design talent on the world stage.
The company’s forward-thinking vision manifested in its own headquarters, too: In 1972, B&B Italia tapped architects Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers to design a steel-framed, postmodern-style home for the brand, whose crisscrossing metal exoskeleton is reminiscent of the pair’s Centre Pompidou in Paris, which was built at roughly the same time. Now, B&B Italia manages a contract division and outdoor section as well as its residential arm, and it also controls production for Maxalto, a brand spun out with furniture designs by Antonio Citterio.
At 1stDibs, find a range of vintage B&B Italia furniture — including sofas, cocktail tables and more.
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Creator: B&B Italia
Tobia & Afra Scarpa Tobio Table in Leather and Crystal by B&B Italy 1970s
By Afra & Tobia Scarpa, B&B Italia
Located in Montecatini Terme, IT
Tobio table with base in wood covered with leather and table top in ground crystal with a decorative sandblasted frame.
Designed by Tobia and Afra Scarpa ...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage B&B Italia Tables
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Afra & Tobia Scarpa for B&B Italia Rare 'Polygonon' Dining Table
By Afra & Tobia Scarpa, B&B Italia
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Afra & Tobia Scarpa for B&B Italia, dining table 'Polygonon', glass, electro-coated stainless steel, Italy, 1984
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1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage B&B Italia Tables
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Steel
Steel and Glass Coffee Table "Alanda" by Paolo Piva for B&B Italia, 1980s
By Paolo Piva, B&B Italia
Located in taranto, IT
"Alanda" model coffee table, design Paolo Piva for B&B italia, 1980s
inverted pyramid structure in black steel , light signs of wear due to age
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will be shi...
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1980s Italian Vintage B&B Italia Tables
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Steel
Italian Mid-Century Modern Scacchi Table by Mario Bellini for B&B Italia, 1970s
By Mario Bellini, B&B Italia
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian Mid-Century Modern Scacchi table by Mario Bellini for B&B Italia, 1970s
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage B&B Italia Tables
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PVC
Italian White Coffee Table Diesis by A. Citterio and P. Nava, B&B Italia, 1970s
By Antonio Citterio, Paolo Nava, B&B Italia
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian Mid-Century Modern white coffee table Diesis by Antonio Citterio and Paolo Nava for B&B Italia, 1970s
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage B&B Italia Tables
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Vico Magistretti Tema Square Table in Black Lacquered Wood by B&B 1970s
By B&B Italia, Vico Magistretti
Located in Montecatini Terme, IT
Square table model Tema with structure in black lacquered wood and diagonal inserts in natural spruce on top.
Designed by Vico Magistretti and produced by B&B, 1973, Italy.
Lict...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage B&B Italia Tables
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Wood, Spruce
Patricia Urquiola Lady Fat Coffee Table
By B&B Italia, Patricia Urquiola
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Fat-Fat - Lady-Fat coffee table designed by Patricia Urquiola for B&B Italia.
Fat-Fat Lady Fat pouf table developed in 2002.
Designer: Patricia Urquiola
Collection: B&B Italia
Y...
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Late 20th Century Italian Modern B&B Italia Tables
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c.1972 C&B Italia Firberglass Amanta Coffee Table by Mario Bellini
By C&B Italia, Mario Bellini, B&B Italia
Located in Grand Cayman, KY
Very early Organic Modern table by Mario Bellini for C&B Italia (before B&B Italia) dating to 1971-1973. Constructed of molded fiberglass, not plastic like modern reproductions.
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B&b Italia tables for sale on 1stDibs.
B&B Italia tables are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of plastic and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of B&B Italia tables, although gray editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original tables by B&B Italia were created in the mid-century modern style in italy during the 20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider tables by Marco Zanuso, Eugenio Gerli, and Giotto Stoppino. Prices for B&B Italia tables can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $1,418 and can go as high as $11,800, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $1,768.
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