Tecno D70
Vintage 1950s Sofas
Metal
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Brass, Steel
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Leather
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Brass, Steel
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Brass, Steel
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Brass, Steel
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Metal
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Iron
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Metal
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Fabric
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Metal, Brass
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Brass, Steel
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Brass, Steel
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Daybeds
Brass, Steel
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Metal, Bronze
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Brass, Steel
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Metal
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Iron
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Metal, Brass
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Daybeds
Fabric
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Metal, Brass
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Steel
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Brass, Steel
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Faux Leather
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Metal, Steel
Vintage 1930s Italian Baroque Revival Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Walnut
Vintage 1920s Italian Art Deco Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Mirror, Walnut, Burl
Vintage 1940s Italian Dining Room Tables
Carrara Marble
Vintage 1930s Italian Art Deco Dining Room Tables
Glass, Wood, Burl
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Wood, Rosewood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Night Stands
Walnut
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Wood, Maple, Rosewood
Vintage 1920s Italian Art Deco Dining Room Tables
Burl, Walnut
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Vanities
Walnut
Vintage 1920s Italian Art Deco Dining Room Sets
Velvet, Mirror, Walnut, Burl
Vintage 1950s Italian Sofas
Metal
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Canapes
Metal
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Metal, Steel
Vintage 1950s Italian Sofas
Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sofas
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Brass, Steel
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Daybeds
Metal
Vintage 1950s French Sofas
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Daybeds
Metal
Late 20th Century Italian Sofas
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Metal
Vintage 1950s Italian Sofas
Metal
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Metal
Vintage 1950s Italian Sofas
Steel
Vintage 1950s Italian Sofas
Brass, Metal
Vintage 1970s Italian Modern Sofas
Metal
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Daybeds
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Brass, Steel
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Metal, Brass
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Brass, Metal
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Metal
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Metal
Vintage 1950s Sofas
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Metal
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Metal, Brass
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Tecno D70 For Sale on 1stDibs
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Osvaldo Borsani for sale on 1stDibs
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.