Giancarlo Piretti Plia Set Folding Chairs in Lucite Pink and Chrome for Castelli
By Castelli, Giancarlo Piretti, Anonima Castelli
Located in Amsterdam, NL
The Plia folding chair is an inventive and beautiful design by Giancarlo Piretti for Castelli in 1967, Italy.
Steel, Chrome
Italian Design Coat stand and Foldable Stairs “Dilemma” by Piretti, Italy 1980s
By Giancarlo Piretti
Located in Renens, CH
Piretti, renowned for iconic designs such as the Plia chair, Platone desk, and Planta coat rack, has received prestigious accolades, including the Compasso d’Oro and Gold Award.
Aluminum, Steel
Modern Vintage Blue Dilemma Vintage Coat Rack Ladder Rack Giancarlo Piretti 1984
By Giancarlo Piretti
Located in Vienna, AT
Gian Carlo Piretti ( 1940 ) has designed many gorgeous design pieces as Plia chairs, Platone desks, Planta coat racks or Plurium umbrella stands and many many more.
Steel, Aluminum
Giancarlo Piretti for Castelli bench Pierre Frey fabric 1970
By Castelli, Giancarlo Piretti
Located in Paris, IDF
Joining Castelli in the 1960s, he gained prominence through his iconic creations, notably the Plia chair (1968), acclaimed internationally and recipient of prestigious awards.
Steel
Folding Giancarlo Piretti "Planta" Coat & Umbrella Stand for Castelli in Brown
By Anonima Castelli, Castelli, Giancarlo Piretti
Located in Grand Cayman, KY
From the creators of the iconic folding "Plia" Chair, we bring you the folding "Planta" coat & umbrella stand.
Plastic, Lucite
$556Sale Price / set|20% Off
Pair of Green Swedish Postmodern 80s Vintage Nils Gammelgaard Ikea "Ted" Chairs
By Giancarlo Piretti, Anonima Castelli, IKEA
Located in Basel, BS
Very similar design to the Plia Folding Chair by Giancarlo Piretti for Castelli design but much more colorful!
Metal
$1,676Sale Price / set|20% Off
Set - 4 Yellow Swedish Postmodern 80s Vintage Nils Gammelgaard Ikea "Ted" Chairs
By IKEA, Anonima Castelli, Giancarlo Piretti
Located in Basel, BS
Very similar design to the Plia Folding Chair by Giancarlo Piretti for Castelli design but much more colorful!
Metal
$1,676Sale Price / set|20% Off
Set of 6 Black Swedish Postmodern 80s Vintage Nils Gammelgaard Ikea "Ted" Chairs
By Giancarlo Piretti, IKEA, Anonima Castelli
Located in Basel, BS
Very similar design to the Plia Folding Chair by Giancarlo Piretti for Castelli design.
Metal
$1,400Sale Price / set|20% Off
Set of 5 Red Swedish Postmodern 80s Vintage Nils Gammelgaard Ikea "Ted" Chairs
By IKEA, Giancarlo Piretti, Anonima Castelli
Located in Basel, BS
Very similar design to the Plia Folding Chair by Giancarlo Piretti for Castelli design but much more colorful!
Metal
Alky Chair, Dark Green Bouclé, 1980s
By Giancarlo Piretti, Artifort
Located in Renens, CH
Beautifully restored “Alky” lounge chair produced by Artifort and designed by Giancarlo Piretti (also known for the Plia and Plona chairs).
Aluminum
Pair of Giancarlo Piretti "Alky" Lounge Chairs for Anonima Castelli, Italy 1970
By Giancarlo Piretti, Anonima Castelli
Located in Utrecht, NL
His works, such as the iconic “Plia” folding chair and “Plia” table, won multiple international design awards, and still find their home in museums word-wide - from Austria, to the C...
Aluminum
powder blue Alky chair by Giancarlo Piretti for Anonima Castelli 70s
By Giancarlo Piretti, Anonima Castelli
Located in Padova, IT
Among his best-known projects are PLIA, a folding chair, PLATONE, a folding table, DSC (106-AXIS), a seating system for communities and institutional spaces, SISTEMA 61, a modular sy...
Metal
Alky Chair by Giancarlo Piretti, in Pierre Frey YETI Wool - 1980s
By Giancarlo Piretti, Artifort
Located in Renens, CH
Beautifully restored “Alky” lounge chair produced by Artifort and designed by Giancarlo Piretti (also known for the Plia and Plona chairs).
Aluminum
Giancarlo Piretti "Alky" Lounge Chair in Bouclé for Anonima Castelli, Italy 1970
By Giancarlo Piretti, Anonima Castelli
Located in Utrecht, NL
His works, such as the iconic Plia folding Chair and Plia Table won multiple international design awards, and still find their home in museums word-wide, from Austria to the Czech Re...
Aluminum
Midcentury Giancarlo Piretti Red "Platone" Folding Desk for Castelli, 1970s
By Giancarlo Piretti, Anonima Castelli
Located in Roma, IT
The Platone desk was designed to be presented as a set with the Plia chair. It is also held in the permanent collection of the MoMa in NYC.
Metal, Aluminum, Steel
Midcentury Giancarlo Piretti Blue "Platone" Folding Desk by Castelli, 1970s
By Giancarlo Piretti, Anonima Castelli
Located in Roma, IT
The Platone desk was designed to be presented as a set with the Plia chair. It is also held in the permanent collection of the MoMa in NYC.
Metal, Aluminum, Steel
$4,760Sale Price / set|20% Off
Large Set of 17 Postmodern 1980s Vintage Nils Gammelgaard for Ikea Colorful "Ted
By Giancarlo Piretti, Anonima Castelli, IKEA
Located in Basel, BS
Very similar design to the Plia Folding Chair by Giancarlo Piretti for Castelli design, but much more colorful!
Metal
Midcentury "Platone" White Folding Desk by Giancarlo Piretti for Castelli, 1970s
By Giancarlo Piretti, Anonima Castelli
Located in Roma, IT
The Platone desk was designed to be presented as a set with the Plia chair. It is also held in the permanent collection of the MoMa in NYC.
Metal, Aluminum, Steel
Giancarlo Piretti was born in Bologna, Italy, in 1940. He attended art schools there and subsequently taught Interior Design. During that time, he was also designing furniture for Anonima Castelli. He has won numerous awards and has items in many museums, including MoMA, New York. He still lives and works in Bologna with his son, designer Alessandro Piretti.
With entire areas of our homes reserved for “sitting rooms,” the value of quality antique and vintage seating cannot be overstated.
Fortunately, the design of side chairs, armchairs and other lounge furniture — since what were, quite literally, the early perches of our ancestors — has evolved considerably.
Among the earliest standard seating furniture were stools. Egyptian stools, for example, designed for one person with no seat back, were x-shaped and typically folded to be tucked away. These rudimentary chairs informed the design of Greek and Roman stools, all of which were a long way from Sori Yanagi's Butterfly stool or Alvar Aalto's Stool 60. In the 18th century and earlier, seats with backs and armrests were largely reserved for high nobility.
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With respect to the latest obsessions in design, cane seating has been cropping up everywhere, from sleek armchairs to lounge chairs, while bouclé fabric, a staple of modern furniture design, can be seen in mid-century modern, Scandinavian modern and Hollywood Regency furniture styles.
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No matter your style, the collection of unique chairs, sofas and other seating on 1stDibs is surely worthy of a standing ovation.