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Osvaldo Borsani Mirrors

Italian, 1911-1985

With his stylish and technically innovative furniture, Osvaldo Borsani helped change the face of Italian design in the 1950s and ’60s. His sofas and chairs, featuring deeply upholstered seating and adjustable position settings, have an aura of optimism and efficiency that still seems fresh and lively today.

Born in the commune of Varedo in northern Italy’s Lombardy region, Borsani studied at the Brera Academy in Milan — the same school attended by such luminaries as designer Piero Fornasetti and artist Lucio Fontana — as well as the Polytechnic University of Milan. Borsani first worked for his father’s furniture-making firm, Arredamenti Borsani, an atelier influenced by the more expressive and curvaceous wing of Art Deco design.

By 1953, when, along with his twin brother, Fulgenzio — the pair also created this visionary mid-century villa — Borsani opened the furniture company Tecno, his design sensibilities had evolved toward furnishings with strong, simple forms enhanced by mechanical innovations, as with the P40 adjustable armchair. Borsani would be the firm’s lead designer for 30 years, while fostering work by Vico Magistretti, Carlo De Carli, Robin Day and others.

Similar to Gio Ponti in the earliest years of his career, Borsani first created designs marked by lush and buoyant lines: tables with voluptuous curved legs, sofas with undulating backrests.

But Borsani’s best-known and most novel pieces date from Tecno’s initial furniture lines: the adjustable D70 sofa, which folds open to make a daybed, and the P40 recliner. The latter — now included in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the Victoria & Albert Museum — is an articulated lounger with a back, seat and leg rest that can be moved into 486 different positions. Not only is it extremely comfortable, it is also enduringly chic.

Find a collection of vintage Osvaldo Borsani tables, dining chairs and other furniture on 1stDibs.

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Creator: Osvaldo Borsani
20th Century Osvaldo Borsani Triple Wall Mirror with Structure in Carved Wood
By Atelier Borsani Varedo, Osvaldo Borsani
Located in Turin, Turin
Wonderful and unique wall mirror designed by the italian maestro Osvaldo Borsani for Arredamenti Borsani Varedo in 1942. The mirror is composed of three mirrors linked one to each ot...
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1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Osvaldo Borsani Mirrors

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Brass

Osvaldo Borsani Illuminated Mirror
By Tecno, Osvaldo Borsani
Located in Chicago, IL
Unique illuminated mirror by Osvaldo and Valeria Borsani for Tecno Provenance Ziuta Gerstenzang Akston (1901-1994) and Joseph James Akston (1895-1...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Osvaldo Borsani Mirrors

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Steel, Chrome

Osvaldo Borsani Illuminated Mirror
Osvaldo Borsani Illuminated Mirror
$9,600 Sale Price
46% Off
Vintage Consolle with Mirror by Osvaldo Borsani, 1950s
By Osvaldo Borsani
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage consolle with mirror is an original design item realized by Osvaldo Borsani (Varedo, 1911- Milan, 1985). An elegant wooden consolle with a wooden base. A little Tribal Head...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Osvaldo Borsani Mirrors

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Wood, Mirror

Mid-Century Curved Gilded Wood attributed to Osvaldo Borsani, 1940s
By Osvaldo Borsani
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Curved Gilded Wood attributed to Osvaldo Borsani, 1940s
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Osvaldo Borsani Mirrors

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Wood

Pair Osvaldo Borsani Wall Mirrors with Floating Marble & Giltwood Consoles
By Osvaldo Borsani
Located in Hanover, MA
An exceptional and extremely rare pair of trapezoidal mirrors and floating giltwood and marble consoles designed by Osvaldo Borsani 1946. Authenticated by the Borsani Archives. Hand ...
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1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Osvaldo Borsani Mirrors

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Marble

20th Century Osvaldo Borsani Bright Wall Mirror
By Arredamenti Borsani, Osvaldo Borsani
Located in Turin, Turin
Osvaldo Borsani in 1953, together with his brother Fulgenzio, realized his most complex project: a company idea named after the "techne" of the Greeks, which means both art and technique. Tecno thinking was born: the perfect synthesis between the artisan experience of the atelier and its declination on a larger scale. Tecno is first and foremost an entrepreneur's project: Italy has begun its process of tertiarization; the office environment does not yet have its unquestionable formal definition, and that is where Osvaldo Borsani wants to get to: to reinvent for workspaces that mix of formal elegance, rigor and rational functionality that the modern movement had developed for domestic living. Wonderful and unique wall mirror...
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1940s Italian Vintage Osvaldo Borsani Mirrors

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Mirror, Wood

Floating Marble & Giltwood Console & Mirror by Osvaldo Borsani
By Osvaldo Borsani
Located in Hanover, MA
An exceptional and rare floating marble and giltwood console & mirror by Osvaldo Borsani, Italy, 1946. This listing is for one mirror and console but we do have a pair available, lis...
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1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Osvaldo Borsani Mirrors

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Marble

Osvaldo Borsani lacquered and gilded frame mirror, Italy, 1950s
By Osvaldo Borsani
Located in Chiavari, Liguria
A splendid trapezoidal mirror with a lacquered and gilded frame is an authentic Italian creation from the 1950s, designed by Osvaldo Borsani. This impressive full-length mirror is c...
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1950s Italian Neoclassical Vintage Osvaldo Borsani Mirrors

Materials

Brass

1940s Osvaldo Borsani Design 30 Metalvetro Galvorame Siena Tilting Wall Mirror
By Osvaldo Borsani
Located in Biella, IT
Osvaldo Borsani design 30 Metalvetro Galvorame Siena tilting wall mirror set Perfect vintage condition with light stains in the mirror Miss...
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1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Osvaldo Borsani Mirrors

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Chrome

Italian Mirror Timber Console Attributed to Osvaldo Borsani 1950
By Osvaldo Borsani
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Striking Osvaldo Borsani hand curved wood console with mirror.  Osvaldo Borsani was an Italian designer who was active in the mid-20th century. He is known for his innovative furnit...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Osvaldo Borsani Mirrors

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Wood

Osvaldo Borsani, Shield mirror
By Osvaldo Borsani
Located in London, GB
Attributed to designer c.1950s Brass H78 x W56 x D4cm
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Mid-20th Century Osvaldo Borsani Mirrors

Materials

Mirror

Art Deco Hand-Carved Walnut Mirror, by Osvaldo Borsani, Bevelled, Wax Polished
By Osvaldo Borsani
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Large Italian 1930s Art Deco hand carved walnut Osvaldo Borsani mirror, bevelled mirror. This was a mirror of a Osvaldo Borsani branded sideboa...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Osvaldo Borsani Mirrors

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Mirror, Walnut

Osvaldo Borsani Clothes Hangers Brass Glass Wood 1950 Italy
By Osvaldo Borsani
Located in Milano, IT
Osvaldo Borsani.
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1950s Italian Vintage Osvaldo Borsani Mirrors

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Brass

Osvaldo Borsani Wall Mirror Wood or Mirrored Glass with Drawings, 1940
By Osvaldo Borsani
Located in Milano, IT
Wall mirror Osvaldo Borsani wood or mirrored glass with drawings and studs in nickel-plated metal.
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1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Osvaldo Borsani Mirrors

Materials

Crystal

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Osvaldo Borsani mirrors for sale on 1stDibs.

Osvaldo Borsani mirrors are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of wood and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Osvaldo Borsani mirrors, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original mirrors by Osvaldo Borsani 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 mirrors by Barovier&Toso, Gio Ponti, and Pier Luigi Colli.

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