$281Sale Price|25% Off
H 35 in W 20 in D 22 in
In Stock in Los Angeles, Calipso Red/White Outdoor Director's Chair
By Giovanni Battista Crema
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Calipso red/white outdoor director's armchair In Stock in Los Angeles Folding red/white aluminum outdoor chair in aluminium, finished in white powder coating. Anodized aluminum f...
Aluminum, Stainless Steel
White Outdoor Patio Cabana Daybed, Made in Italy
By Giovanni Battista Crema
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Scroll down and click "view all from Seller" to see more than 400 other unique products. (1.8) Outdoor Gazebo Patio Cabana Daybed Outdoor Cabana daybed in aluminum, finished in whit...
Aluminum
$310 / item
H 34.65 in W 22.45 in D 19.69 in
Folding White Aluminium Outdoor Director's Chair, Made in Italy
By Giovanni Battista Crema
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Scroll down and click "view all from Seller" to see more than 400 other unique products. (1.8) Folding White Aluminum Outdoor Director's Chair Director's chair in aluminium, finishe...
Aluminum
$1,595 / item
H 29 in W 31.5 in D 31.5 in
Set of White Outdoor Lunch Break Folding Armchairs & Table, Made in Italy
By Giovanni Battista Crema
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Scroll down and click "view all from Seller" to see more than 400 other unique products. Set of outdoor White lunch break table and 2 Aluminium folding Armchairs. Made in Italy: Ma...
Aluminum
Unavailable
H 9.45 in W 12.6 in D 0.4 in
Adam and the Serpent, Giovan Battista Crema 19th Century Oil Italian Painting
By Giovanni Battista Crema
Located in Rome, Italy
: G.B.Crema Giovanni Battista Crema belonged to an upper-middle-class family from Ferrara. Given his ability
Paper
Italian Painting of a Woman Giovanni Batista Crema
By Giovanni Battista Crema
Located in Bradenton, FL
CREMA, Giovanni Crema, (Italian, 1883-1964): Portrait of a nude woman holding a bouquet of roses
Paint
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H 14.97 in W 80.71 in D 33.08 in
In Stock in Los Angeles, White Aluminum Outdoor Sunbed, Made in Italy
By Giovanni Battista Crema
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Scroll down and click "view all from Seller" to see more than 400 other unique products. (1.8) In Stock in Los Angeles Varnished aluminium frame nuts and bolts of stainless steel “t...
Aluminum
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H 14.57 in W 27.56 in L 14.57 in
In Stock in Los Angeles, Urano White Lacquered Aluminium Outdoor Coffee Table
By Giovanni Battista Crema
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Scroll down and click "view all from Seller" to see more than 400 other unique products. (1.8) Coffee table in aluminum finished, white powder coating. Frame nuts and bolts of stain...
Aluminum
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H 28.75 in W 31.5 in D 31.5 in
In Stock in Los Angeles, White Lacquered Aluminium Outdoor Orione Table
By Giovanni Battista Crema
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Scroll down and click "view all from Seller" to see more than 400 other unique products. (1.8) In Stock in Los Angeles White lacquered powder coated aluminum outdoor table, stainles...
Aluminum
In Stock in Los Angeles, Perseo Outdoor Folding Side Table
By Giovanni Battista Crema
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Perseo outdoor folding side table Anodized aluminum frame, stainless steel nuts and bolts, foldable. Made in Italy: Made in Italy furniture means design, quality, style and sop...
Aluminum
$14,350 / item
H 33.08 in W 115.36 in D 61.82 in
1950's Style Curved Velvet Sofa in Custom Velvet Colors
Located in NEW YORK, NY
The Sofa inspires itself nature where green is the predominant element and where valleys and hills prevail. The item’s details allow it to be the perfect statement piece for any cont...
Velvet, Walnut
Letto a baldacchino. Italia, inizi del XIX sec
By Non-Standard Furniture and Lighting
Located in Milano, IT
Letto a baldacchino in ferro battuto con pediera e testiera in legno sagomato per poter essere rivestita di tappezzeria. I montanti in ferro battuto come i piedi presentano delle ins...
Wrought Iron
Murano Sputnik Spherical Green Glass and Brass Chandelier
Located in Roma, Lazio
A fantastic emerald green sputnik, with a surprising design and for its very low height, which allows it to fit in both high and low ceilings. Very elegant, it will furnish and decor...
Brass
$4,734 / set
H 29.93 in W 20.08 in D 20.48 in
Set of 12 Lucite Pink and Chrome Plia Chairs, Piretti for Castelli, Italy 1970s
By Anonima Castelli, Giancarlo Piretti
Located in Roma, IT
Set of 12 original and signed "Plia" pink lucite folding chairs. NOS (new old Stock) This fantastic set was designed by Giancarlo Piretti for Castelli in 1967. PLIA, the symbol of a...
Steel, Chrome
Venetian Monumental Seated Bird Cage
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Venetian style (20th Cent) octagonal shaped painted and decorated metal and wood bird cage with 8 upholstered seat and back cushions around base. (Franco Zefferelli Collection)
Metal
Müller Bar Cabinet in Metal
By Müller Möbelfabrikation
Located in Tilburg, NL
Müller Bar Cabinet in Metal. Germany. Design 1998, current production. Available in every RAL-color. A highlight for your office or your home: The cleverly designed bar cabinet KB 3...
Metal
White Giraffe Wall Lamp, Marie-Thérèse Chandelier
By MARCANTONIO
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Scroll down and click "view all from Seller" to see more than 400 other unique products. (2.2) "Giraffe in Love" is the new product born from artist/designer Marcantonio. It is a dr...
Fiberglass
$4,950 / item
H 12 in W 48 in D 48 in
Modern Fiberglass Coffee Table by Mike Ruiz-Serra, Customizable in Any RAL Color
By Mike Ruiz Serra
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Designed by Mike Ruiz-Serra, the Quad has four hemispherical legs and is cast in fiberglass, giving it a unique satin finish that is extremely lightweight, strong, and durable. Its s...
Fiberglass
Verner Panton Cloverleaf Sofa 5 Sections for Verpan
Located in Tilburg, NL
Verner Panton cloverleaf sectional sofa. Current production. This listing shows a 5-piece Cloverleaf Sofa. Seats at least 9 people in a very interesting and creative fashion. Desi...
Fabric
$5,800 / item
H 18.12 in W 90.95 in D 36.23 in
Pitch Pine Grey-Stained Outdoor Swing Sofa with Egyptian-Style Upholstery
By Shewekar Elgharably
Located in Cairo, EG
Pitch pine wood outdoor swing sofa with Egyptian-Style upholstery. Your outdoors seating will never be the same again! Bring some excitement and durability to those summer nights wi...
Upholstery, Pine
$34,166
H 83.47 in W 74.81 in D 88.19 in
Bed Italian Venetian Painted Trompe L’œil Baroque Fortuny Superking 6ft 180cm
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Magnificent, 18th Century, Venetian, Trompe-L’œil, Painted, Bed, Superking 6ft, 180cm wide, With Massive 213cm, 6ft 10in Shaped Headboard & 149cm, 5ft Shaped Footboard & Fortuny Bedc...
Paint
Fabergé Style Bejewelled and Enamelled Gold Egg by Asprey
By Garrard & Co. Ltd., Asprey International Limited
Located in London, GB
This exceptional, 18 carat gold Easter egg was crafted by the famous London-based royal jewellers, Asprey & Co. The piece was then retailed by Garrard & Co, who once worked i...
Gold
$44,975
H 110.24 in W 701.58 in D 3.94 in
Wood Paneled Room with Trompe L'oeil Library Decoration, Late 20th Century
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This piece of woodwork was made at the extreme end of the 20th century, around 1985 and comes from a Parisian mansion. It presents a grey paneled decoration enhanced with gold, comp...
Wood
$61,545Sale Price|20% Off
H 104.34 in W 153.55 in D 19.69 in
Antique Pharmacy Cabinet, Walnut Bookcases and Glass Doors with Sign, '800 Italy
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
Complete antique pharmacy cabinet, with 3 open bookcases on the sides, 1 bookcase with drawers and 2 original doors with glass and enameled mirror sign. Built in the mid-19th century...
Glass, Walnut
Geisha Motifs Terrace Parasol by Marcel Wanders
By MARCEL WANDERS
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Scroll down and click "view all from Seller" to see more than 400 other unique products. Geisha is the new parasol developed by leading Dutch designer Marcel Wanders. This superb te...
Stainless Steel
$28,715 / item
H 19.69 in W 31.5 in D 78.75 in
"Kobe Esterna" Bathtub Made of Marble Customizable by Pibamarmi
By Hikaru Mori
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
The Kobe tub is part of the "stone likes water" collection designed by Hikaru Mori, this collection originates from the contemporary reinterpretation of the heritage of objects and e...
Marble
Giovanni Battista Crema was born in 1883 in Ferrara, Italy. In 1889, he moved to Naples to study under Michele Cammarano and Domenico Morelli at the Academy of Fine Arts of Naples. He then moved to Bologna to finish his studies. From 1903–64, Crema lived in Rome. He mainly painted social subjects with symbolist style. Crema was influenced by Gaetano Previati. His work is included in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art, the Museo Revoltella in Trieste, Italy, the Ascoli Piceno Museum at Palazzo dell'Arengo, Ascoli Piceno, Marche and the Cassa di Risparmio di Tortona Foundation in Tortona, Italy.
The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”
Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.
Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair — crafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.
It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.
Whether you're sitting around a firepit, playing games or enjoying a meal, outdoor furniture is crucial for a successful social gathering.
We’ve come a long way from the rudimentary patio and garden furniture of yore, which, in the Ancient Roman and Greek eras, meant stone slabs. Back then, your grandiose patch of outdoor greenery was a place to relax and admire the manicured hedges and fruit orchards. Fortunately, advancements in the design of outdoor furniture as well as the burgeoning of artisan landscape designers have made it easier to do so since then.
The need for outdoor chairs, tables and benches to withstand varying weather conditions means that many contemporary offerings prioritize durability over form. For a touch of glamour in your garden, antique and vintage pieces from France or Italy, which have already proven they can stand the test of time, can introduce an elegant sensibility to your outdoor space.
In the late 1940s, Hawaii-based architect Walter Lamb began fashioning outdoor furniture from nautical rope and metal tubing rescued from sunken Pearl Harbor ships. Although his designs were originally intended as gifts for returning GIs, his creations gained such popularity that they were picked up by the then-new Brown Jordan furniture company of California.
Lamb’s adventurous creations inspired many designers who followed. The seating and tables crafted by other mid-century furniture makers noted for their seminal patio and garden works — a list that includes Hendrik Van Keppel and Taylor Green, Russell Woodard and Woodard Furniture, Maurizio Tempestini and Richard Schultz — remain highly sought after by collectors today.
Whether it’s wicker couches for your screened porch or wrought-iron armchairs for fireside drinks, find the antique and vintage patio and garden furniture you need to wind down the day or welcome the morning sun on 1stDibs.