B&B Italia Sofas
In 1966, Piero Ambrogio Busnelli cofounded C&B Italia, a modern Italian furniture manufacturer, with Cesare Cassina in northern Milan. From the outset, Busnelli and Cassina set about recruiting the most talented modernists in Italy to conceive of creative furnishings manufactured in modern ways. In the early 1970s, the company split, with Cassina founding his own eponymous firm and Busnelli taking leadership of what became B&B Italia.
For decades, Busnelli cultivated relationships with the world’s best design talent, resulting in furniture pieces that remain iconic today — be they Gaetano Pesce’s outwardly curvaceous Up seating (made for C&B, reintroduced by B&B) or tables from industrial designer Paolo Piva, each more sophisticated than the next in their geometrically complex steel-tube bases. B&B Italia earned four prestigious Compasso d’Oro design awards: in 1979 for Mario Bellini’s Le Bambole, in 1984 for the Sisamo wardrobe system by Studio Kairos, in 1987 for Antonio Citterio’s modular Sity sofa and, in 1989, the first award given to a manufacturing company itself.
Other notable names who designed for B&B Italia over the course of its 54-year history include Patricia Urquiola, Naoto Fukasawa, Zaha Hadid, Ettore Sottsass and Vincent Van Duysen, to name a very few. And while these names bring star power to the B&B brand, in many cases, it was B&B Italia who helped usher in their celebrity, fostering a wave of design talent on the world stage.
The company’s forward-thinking vision manifested in its own headquarters, too: In 1972, B&B Italia tapped architects Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers to design a steel-framed, postmodern-style home for the brand, whose crisscrossing metal exoskeleton is reminiscent of the pair’s Centre Pompidou in Paris, which was built at roughly the same time. Now, B&B Italia manages a contract division and outdoor section as well as its residential arm, and it also controls production for Maxalto, a brand spun out with furniture designs by Antonio Citterio.
At 1stDibs, find a range of vintage B&B Italia furniture — including sofas, cocktail tables and more.
1970s Italian Modern Vintage B&B Italia Sofas
Fabric, Plastic
1980s Italian Modern Vintage B&B Italia Sofas
Leather, Fabric, Silk
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage B&B Italia Sofas
Leather
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern B&B Italia Sofas
Leather, Foam
Early 2000s Italian Modern B&B Italia Sofas
Steel
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage B&B Italia Sofas
Leather
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage B&B Italia Sofas
Fabric
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage B&B Italia Sofas
Leather
Mid-20th Century B&B Italia Sofas
Leather
1960s Italian Modern Vintage B&B Italia Sofas
Metal
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage B&B Italia Sofas
Leather
Early 2000s Italian B&B Italia Sofas
Faux Leather
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage B&B Italia Sofas
Fabric
2010s Italian Modern B&B Italia Sofas
Steel
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage B&B Italia Sofas
Metal
1960s Italian Modern Vintage B&B Italia Sofas
Upholstery, Polyester
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage B&B Italia Sofas
Metal
2010s Italian B&B Italia Sofas
Linen
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage B&B Italia Sofas
Metal
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage B&B Italia Sofas
Fabric, Wood
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage B&B Italia Sofas
Metal
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage B&B Italia Sofas
Leather
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern B&B Italia Sofas
Alpaca
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern B&B Italia Sofas
Alpaca
1960s Italian Modern Vintage B&B Italia Sofas
Leather
1960s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage B&B Italia Sofas
Leather
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage B&B Italia Sofas
Velvet, Foam, Chenille
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage B&B Italia Sofas
Metal
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage B&B Italia Sofas
Steel
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage B&B Italia Sofas
Metal
2010s Italian Modern B&B Italia Sofas
Steel
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage B&B Italia Sofas
Metal
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage B&B Italia Sofas
Metal
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage B&B Italia Sofas
Cotton, Foam
1980s Italian Modern Vintage B&B Italia Sofas
Metal
1980s Italian Modern Vintage B&B Italia Sofas
Metal
1970s Italian Modern Vintage B&B Italia Sofas
Fabric
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage B&B Italia Sofas
Metal
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage B&B Italia Sofas
Fabric
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage B&B Italia Sofas
Cotton, Velvet, Foam
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage B&B Italia Sofas
Bouclé
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage B&B Italia Sofas
Metal
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage B&B Italia Sofas
Iron
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage B&B Italia Sofas
Steel
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage B&B Italia Sofas
Metal
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage B&B Italia Sofas
Metal
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage B&B Italia Sofas
Iron
1970s Vintage B&B Italia Sofas
Velvet
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage B&B Italia Sofas
Upholstery
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern B&B Italia Sofas
Steel
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage B&B Italia Sofas
Leather
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage B&B Italia Sofas
Linen, Velvet, Foam
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage B&B Italia Sofas
Leather
Early 2000s Italian Mid-Century Modern B&B Italia Sofas
Fabric, Foam
Mid-20th Century Italian Post-Modern B&B Italia Sofas
Leather, Foam
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage B&B Italia Sofas
Metal
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage B&B Italia Sofas
Leather
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage B&B Italia Sofas
Fabric
B&b Italia sofas for sale on 1stDibs.
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