Bench Casamania & Horm Ripples Indoor design Toyo Ito
By Horm
Located in Alcamo, IT
Brand: Casamania & Horm Model: Ripples Indoor – Solid Wood Bench Designer: Toyo Ito Type: Bench
2010s French Benches
Wood
Bench Casamania & Horm Ripples Indoor design Toyo Ito
By Horm
Located in Alcamo, IT
Brand: Casamania & Horm Model: Ripples Indoor – Solid Wood Bench Designer: Toyo Ito Type: Bench
Wood
Ripples Wood Stool by Toyo Ito
By Horm
Located in Milan, IT
of wood and Horm’s passion for craftsmanship. The sides of this piece are equipped with a footrest in
Aluminum
Ripples Small Wood Stool by Toyo Ito
By Horm
Located in Milan, IT
Sophisticated and unique, this stool designed by Toyo Ito is the winner of the 2004 Golden Compass Award. The seat, entirely finished by hand, is made of plywood using five different...
Aluminum
Ripples Bench by Toyo Ito
By Horm, Toyo Ito
Located in Milan, IT
Ripples bench is the winner of the 2004 Golden Compass Award, boasting a unique, sculptural allure
Metal
"Ripples" Bench by Toyo Ito for Horm, Italy
By Horm, Toyo Ito
Located in Delft, NL
"Ripples" bench by Toyo Ito for Horm, Italy The Ripples bench is an Italian Design by Toyo Ito
Wood
$3,389 / item
H 26.78 in Dm 55.91 in
Orbitale Brass Chandelier 3 Rotating Balanced Arms, Stilnovo Style, Brass Shades
By Arteluce, Silvio Piattelli, Stilnovo
Located in Tavarnelle val di Pesa, Florence
This exquisite bespoke brass chandelier features three rotating arms skillfully balanced on a heavy cast brass sphere that rotate in an orbital movement along the stem. To achieve pe...
Metal, Brass
Dainty Pouf, by Charlotte Høncke from Warm Nordic
Located in Viby J, DK
Sophisticated, two-colored pouf with soft shapes and a clean idiom. The Dainty pouf can be used in any room of your home as extra seating or as a leg rest. It is so neat that it can ...
Foam
Brass and Murano Glass Sconces
Located in Austin, TX
Petite sconces from Murano, Italy made with smoked glass stamped into a lovely curved shape with texture. The brass structure has been newly wired to fit US standards. This is a sp...
Brass
$7,580 / item
H 70 in W 76 in D 12 in
Casey Lurie Studio Modern High "Primo" Shelving System in Walnut with Brass
By Casey Lurie
Located in Chicago, IL
“Shelving can be the most mundane thing you own, or it can be the beautiful bones of a room as pleasing to see as anything it displays. Casey Lurie’s Primo system would be the latter...
Brass, Stainless Steel, Metal
Leather Meander Wall Sconce
Located in Pound Ridge, NY
Our updated Meander Reader light with leather wrapped flexible arm and a larger cone shade and new upward angle feature. Bulb can be fully recessed. Comes with suggested LED bulb. ...
Brass
Crackle Textured Handmade Ceramic Mushroom Lamp, Blue
By Streicher Goods, Ethan Streicher
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Every mushroom lamp is hand-made and hand-painted by Ethan Streicher, the founder and designer behind the Streicher Goods brand in Brooklyn, NY. The lamp's silhouette is simple and c...
Brass
$1,707 / item
H 9.1 in Dm 4.72 in
Carl Auböck '4723' Patinated Brass Plug-In Wall Light With White Shade
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck '4723' Patinated Brass Plug-In Wall Light With White Shade. Designed in 1950, this versatile and minimalist Viennese lamp is executed in brass with a cast iron base and ...
Brass
Monarch Fiberglass Bench in Leather by Asa Pingree
By Asa Pingree
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Asa Pingree’s slinky, singular fiberglass creations are a direct reflection of the designer’s penchant for clean lines and lightweight structures. The Monarch bench is a striking co...
Fiberglass
$37,200 / set
H 23.63 in W 35.44 in D 35.44 in
Mario Bellini "Camaleonda" Sofa for B&B Italia, Green Velvet, 1970, Set of 6
By B&B Italia, Mario Bellini
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Mario Bellini "Camaleonda" modular sofa for B&B Italia, green velvet, Italy, 1970, set of six. "Camaleonda" is an icon, rediscovered. Our atelier carefully restored this vintage...
Plastic, Velvet
Live edge Maple and aged copper coffee table
By Hinterland Design
Located in Vancouver, BC
This beautiful live edge maple slab coffee table is unique in the three copper legs that support it. One end is held up by a curved sheet of 1/4" thick copper plated steel , another...
Copper
Ada Sconce 17 Black & Brass by Ravenhill Studio (Damp Rated)
By Brendan Ravenhill
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Ada sconce gets its name and its raison d’être from the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which dictates that hallway sconces must not protrude from the wall more than 4”. ...
Sheet Metal
ADA Aperture - Alabaster 10"
By Allied Maker
Located in Glen Cove, NY
A scaled version of our Aperture Sconce with an Alabaster diffuser. Under 4” in depth to meet standards of the Americans with Disabilities Act for commercial walkways.
Brass
$3,329
H 16.54 in Dm 12.21 in
"Febo" Table Lamp, Red Marble and Murano Glass by Pamio & Toso for Leucos, 1970s
By Leucos, Roberto Pamio & Renato Toso
Located in Roma, IT
Spectacular "Febo" Table lamp in solid red Verona marble, brass and a stunning shade in mouth-blown Murano glass. This incredibly rare lamp was designed by Roberto Pamio & Renato Tos...
Marble, Metal, Brass
Suelo Outdoor Modern Lounge Chair
By Bertu Furniture
Located in Oak Harbor, OH
This Suelo® outdoor modern lounge chair is beautifully constructed from solid wood in Ohio, USA. This silhouette is simple, modern, and sleek with comfortable back and seat cushions....
Mahogany
$2,836 / item
H 26.4 in Dm 9.8 in
'Tekio Vertical P1' Pendant Lamp in Japanese Washi Paper for Santa & Cole
By Santa & Cole
Located in Glendale, CA
'Tekio Vertical P1' pendant lamp in Japanese Washi paper for Santa & Cole Founded in 1985 in Barcelona, Santa & Cole produces iconic pieces by such luminaries as llmari Tapiovaara...
Metal
Sweetie Made-to-Order Sconce by Lightmaker Studio
By Lightmaker Studio
Located in Kingston, Ontario
*Our products are currently duty-free to the US under USMCA* With the intersection of pure shapes and bold color, Sweetie uses influences from early modernism. Bold proportions cont...
Glass
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