Studio BBPR Racks and Stands

Studio BBPR 'Melpomene' model steel coat hanger. Prod. Artemide, 1970 ca. 181 x 40 x 40 cm. Good conditions.

Mid-Century Modern Coat Rack by Studio BBPR for Olivetti - Italy 1960s.

Coat hanger, enameled metal, nickel-plated brass. Good condition.

Nickel-plated metal and brass with burnished finishing; visible oxidation patina. Wear consistent with age and use.

A metal coat rack with multicolored hooks, designed and produced by Studio BBPR, Italy, 1950s. Hooks lacquered in red, white, black and yellow.  

Italian 1970's coat rack by Studio BBPR for Kartell.

A Space Age design with the coat hanger by Studio BBPR. Graduates of the Milan Polytechnic, the four designers in their early work followed the themes of Italian Rationalism of the 1930s, although they were not an integral part of the main 'Group 7' Movement and MIAR, they collaborated on some projects with Figini and Pollini; these compositional canons can be clearly read in an exemplary building such as the colonia elioterapica in Legnano (1938), where they also realised popular housing units, the so-called Le Grazie working-class neighbourhood (1940-1942). They distinguished themselves for various town-planning schemes, the Pavia Master Plan (1932), the Tourism Plan for the Island of Elba (1939), and above all for the most important and far-reaching, the Valle d'Aosta Master Plan (1936-1937). During this period they took an active part in the controversy that arose between rationalists and traditionalists and at first, like others, felt they could support the clash for freedom of expression and the triumph of modern architecture within fascism, but after the introduction of the racial laws of 1938 that also affected one of their collaborators, the BBPR architects...

Set of two "Erato" coat racks by Lodovico Barbariano di Belgiojoso, Enrico Peressutti e Ernesto N. Rogers for Artemide. Beautiful details on both top and bottom.

Appendiabiti a piantana, metallo e alluminio cromati. Buone condizioni.

"melpomene" coat rack designed by BBPR and produced in the 70s by Artemide. The hanger was made of nickel plated brass with 6 different sized upper arms and a lower ring with 6 hooks...