Cini Boeri Seating
Italian, 1924-2020
Had Cini Boeri been a man, the Milanese architect and furniture designer, who died in 2020 at age 96, might be regarded today on par with such visionaries of the mid-20th century as Gio Ponti or Marco Zanuso. She worked with both. Although she’s well known and deeply respected in Italy, her renown elsewhere has been more akin to a cult following.
“I admire the work she did across architecture, interiors and furniture,” designer Faye Toogood says of Boeri’s impact. “She practiced architecture during a time when it was considered that women were too fragile to work outside.”
Boeri was one of very few women of her era to graduate from Milan Polytechnic with an architecture degree, which she did in 1951. Her illustrious career hinged on the strict economy of her designs and limited palette of materials. For example, her innovative 1971 Serpentone sofa for Arflex was crafted from just one material, polyurethane foam, and sold by the meter. Her ingenious 1987 Ghost chair for Fiam was cut from a single sheet of thick glass.
But in Boeri’s earlier days, her pieces displayed a more youthful exuberance. The circa 1968 Cubotto cabinet, produced in small numbers by Arflex, is an elegantly irregular arrangement of eight drawers of varying dimensions. The wooden cube, two feet square, was finished in laminate — in vivid orange, blue, sand or white — with color-coordinated casters and handles of black-enameled brass. Its design reflects a Space Age interest in flexible, space-saving, multiuse furnishings.
“It’s a very clean piece of design,” says Kaisha Davierwalla, owner and founder of Vaspaar Italy. “Even with its strong, square lines, somehow the vibrant colors and asymmetry have the feel of a feminine touch.”
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Creator: Cini Boeri
Cini Boeri 'Strips' Sofa Bed for Arflex
By Cini Boeri
Located in Tilburg, NL
Cini Boeri 'Strips' Sofa Bed for Arflex. Designed 1972, current production.
At the end of the 60s, the architect Cini Boeri revolutionizes the furniture market with her model, that ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cini Boeri Seating
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Cini Boeri 'Botolo' High Chair in Natural Fur for Arflex
By Arflex, Cini Boeri
Located in Tilburg, NL
Cini Boeri 'Botolo' High Chair in Fur for Arflex. Designed in 1973, current production.
Cini Boeri designed Botolo in 1973, giving life to a new design ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cini Boeri Seating
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Metal
Cini Boeri 'Botolo' High Chair in Black Fur for Arflex
By Cini Boeri, Arflex
Located in Tilburg, NL
Cini Boeri 'Botolo' High Chair in Fur for Arflex. Designed in 1973, current production.
Cini Boeri designed Botolo in 1973, giving life to a new design ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cini Boeri Seating
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Metal
Ghost Chair designed by Cini Boeri for Fiam, 1987 Italy.
By FIAM, Cini Boeri
Located in Athens, Attiki
Monolithic Ghost Chair designed by Cini Boeri for Fiam, 1987 Italy.
Ghost was presented for the first time at the Salone del Mobile of Milan in 1987 and it immediately won a prize in...
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1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Cini Boeri Seating
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Glass
Cini Boeri 'Strips' Sofa Bed for Arflex
By Cini Boeri
Located in Tilburg, NL
Cini Boeri 'Strips' Sofa Bed for Arflex. Designed 1972, current production.
At the end of the 60s, the architect Cini Boeri revolutionizes the furniture market with her model, that ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cini Boeri Seating
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Fabric
Cini Boeri, Sofa, Plastic, Leather, Gavina Knoll, Italy 1970s
By Gavina, Cini Boeri
Located in High Point, NC
A three-seater black ABS plastic and white / light grey leather sofa, designed by Cini Boeri, and produced by Gavina, Knoll, 1970s.
Backside features a built in shelf.
13.5” seat he...
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1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Cini Boeri Seating
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Leather, Plastic
Cini Boeri Two-Seat Sofa for Knoll International, 1970s
By Knoll, Cini Boeri
Located in Den Haag, NL
Two-seat sofa designed by Cini Boeri for Knoll International. Upholstered in smooth black Leather. Model ''Brigadier''
Love the design, low and wide. So 1970s. The wooden base has re...
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1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Cini Boeri Seating
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Leather
Boborelax Chair Cini Boeri For Arflex Red Velvet, Italy, circa 1955
By Arflex, Cini Boeri
Located in Vienna, AT
Boborelax lounge chair, designed by Cini Boeri, Italy circa 1965
Measures: 33.85" x 21.5" x 28.74" - seat height is circa 16.5".
Very stylish chaise-lounge Boborelax upholstered in alcantara faux leather fabric, which resembles suede leather but is more durable and resilient. It has been designed by Cini Boeri and is a modern take on traditional seating...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cini Boeri Seating
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Steel
Brigadier Sofa
By Cini Boeri, Knoll
Located in London, GB
Cream leather Brigadier two-seater sofa, designed by Cini Boeri for Knoll in 1976. This architectural, minimalistic piece features a high, comfortable backrest and embodies postmoder...
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1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Cini Boeri Seating
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Leather, Wood
Arflex Botolo Chair in Heidi Fabric by Cini Boeri
By Arflex, Cini Boeri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Botolo Chair is designed by Cini Boeri for Arflex. An innovative upholstered rolling chair with three large tubular legs. Botolo is an ideal place to sit,...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cini Boeri Seating
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Metal
Arflex Strips Modular Sofa S3 in White Fabric and Aluminium Feet by Cini Boeri
By Arflex, Cini Boeri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
At the end of the 60s, the architect Cini Boeri revolutionizes the furniture market with her model, that is now an ""evergreen"": the seat system Strips.
Additional information:
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cini Boeri Seating
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Aluminum
Burgundy Velvet Strips sofa by Cini Boeri, 1960s
By Arflex, Cini Boeri
Located in Antwerpen, BE
This stunning Strip Sofa by Cini Boeri for Arflex is a true masterpiece of Italian modernist design, originally created in 1972. Its distinctive modular form and plush, quilted uphol...
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1960s Italian Vintage Cini Boeri Seating
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Velvet
Cini Boeri for Knoll 'Brigadiere' Sofas in Black Leather
By Cini Boeri, Knoll
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Cini Boeri for Knoll, sofas, model 'Brigadiere', leather, lacquered wood, Italy, 1976.
Architectural 'Brigadiere' living room set designed by Italian designer Cini Boeri for Knoll....
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1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Cini Boeri Seating
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Leather, Wood
Strips Sofa - 2 seater with arms, Cini Boeri, Arflex. Pair available.
By Cini Boeri
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Designed in 1968 by iconic Italian architect Cini Boeri. Polyurethane foam wrapped in a removable puffy quilt. The designer’s and manufacturer’s most famous furniture...
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Late 20th Century Italian Cini Boeri Seating
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Foam
Vintage Sofa "Gradual Lounge" by Cini Boeri for Knoll Gavina, Italy, 1970s
By Gavina, Cini Boeri, Knoll
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Sofa "Gradual Lounge" is an original design item realized it Italy in 1970s.
Top Rare sofa, designed by Cini Boeri for Knowll Gavina.
A totally innovative modular syste...
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1970s Italian Vintage Cini Boeri Seating
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Leather
Cini Boeri for Arflex Modular Strips Sofa with Ottomans in Beige Upholstery
By Arflex, Cini Boeri
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Cini Boeri for Arflex, modular 'strips' sofa with ottomans, fabric, chrome, Italy, 1968
The iconic Strips sofa, designed by Italian designer Cini Boeri for Arflex, offers both versa...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cini Boeri Seating
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Chrome
Fiam Italia Ghost Glass Lounge Chair by Cini Boeri
By Cini Boeri, FIAM
Located in New York, NY
ARMCHAIR IN CURVED GLASS
Monolithic chair in 12 mm-thick curved glass.
“ I would never have thought of making a chair from glass… My initial distrust of an idea which seemed quite u...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cini Boeri Seating
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Glass
Boborelax Chaise Longue by Cini Boeri for Arflex, Italy (First Edition)
By Arflex, Cini Boeri
Located in Argelato, BO
Rare and original Boborelax Chaise Longue by Cini Boeri for Arflex, Italy 1967
Bobo, designed by Cini Boeri in 1967, is one of the first examples of a monobloc seat made exclusively...
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1960s Italian Space Age Vintage Cini Boeri Seating
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Fabric
Cini Boeri Cognac Leather 2 Seater "Bengodi" Sofa For Arflex, 1970 Italy
By Cini Boeri
Located in The Hague, NL
Mid- Century modern period stunning and rare Bengodi 2-seat sofa.
Designed by Cini Boeri for Aflex Italy, 1970's circa.
Original cognac leather with a stunning patina!
Very good ...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cini Boeri Seating
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Leather
Cini Boeri for Knoll 'Brigadiere' Chairs in Black Leather
By Knoll, Cini Boeri
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Cini Boeri for Knoll, armchairs, model 'Brigadiere', leather, lacquered wood, Italy, 1976.
Architectural 'Brigadiere' living room set designed by Italian designer Cini Boeri for Kn...
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1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Cini Boeri Seating
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Leather, Wood
Cini Boeri for Knoll 'Brigadiere' Chair in Black Leather
By Cini Boeri, Knoll
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Cini Boeri for Knoll, armchair, model 'Brigadiere', leather, lacquered wood, Italy, 1976.
Architectural 'Brigadiere' chair designed by Italian designer Cini Boeri for Knoll. This p...
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1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Cini Boeri Seating
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Leather, Wood
Arflex Botolo High Back Armchair in Black Fur and Black Metal Legs by Cini Boeri
By Arflex, Cini Boeri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An innovative upholstered rolling chair with three large tubular legs. Botolo is an ideal place to sit, relax and be creative.Cini Boeri designed Botolo in 1973, giving life to a new design style, where you could choose the height of the legs to have a dining chair in the high version or a style, at that time modern, "the living at a low level", a way of living...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cini Boeri Seating
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Fur
Cini Boeri for Arflex Modular Strips Sofa in Ocre velvet, Italy 1968
By Arflex, Cini Boeri
Located in ABCOUDE, UT
Cini Boeri for Arflex, modular strips sofa in ocre/golden velvet, Italy 1968
The iconic Strips sofa, a comfortable and verstatile design. This modular sofa features five seating ele...
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1960s Vintage Cini Boeri Seating
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Velvet
Arflex Botolo Low Back Armchair in Natural Fur & Black Metal Legs by Cini Boeri
By Arflex, Cini Boeri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An innovative upholstered rolling chair with three large tubular legs. Botolo is an ideal place to sit, relax and be creative.Cini Boeri designed Botolo in 1973, giving life to a new design style, where you could choose the height of the legs to have a dining chair in the high version or a style, at that time modern, "the living at a low level", a way of living...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cini Boeri Seating
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Fur
Cini Boeri, Sofa, ABS Plastic, Leather, Italy 1970s
By Cini Boeri
Located in High Point, NC
A two-seater black ABS plastic and white / light grey leather sofa, designed by Cini Boeri, and produced by Gavina, Knoll, 1970s.
seat height 14”.
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1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Cini Boeri Seating
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Leather, Plastic
'Brigadier' Loveseats by Cini Boeri for Knoll, Italy, 1980s
By Knoll, Cini Boeri
Located in Antwerp, BE
Two exceptional sofas from the award-winning Brigadier Series by renowned Italian architect and designer, Cini Boeri (1924–2020). Crafted in the 1980s for Knoll, these sofas feature ...
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1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Cini Boeri Seating
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Leather, Lacquer
Arflex Botolo High Back Armchair in Natural Fur & Black Metal Legs by Cini Boeri
By Cini Boeri, Arflex
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An innovative upholstered rolling chair with three large tubular legs. Botolo is an ideal place to sit, relax and be creative.Cini Boeri designed Botolo in 1973, giving life to a new design style, where you could choose the height of the legs to have a dining chair in the high version or a style, at that time modern, "the living at a low level", a way of living...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cini Boeri Seating
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Fur
"Bacone" Corner Leather Lounge Chair by Cini Boeri for Arflex, Italy, 1970s
By Cini Boeri, Arflex
Located in Milan, IT
Rare Bacone lounge chair by Cini Boeri for Arflex.
Extra large piece with generous squared proportions.
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1970s Vintage Cini Boeri Seating
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Leather
Strips Long Lounger by Cini Boeri for Arflex, 1960s
By Arflex, Cini Boeri
Located in amstelveen, NL
Very rare strips lounger by Cini Boeri for Arflex, 1960s, It is reupholstered in a sand color recycled fabric. The upholstery can be zipped off so you can snuggle under a blanket. On...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Cini Boeri Seating
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Fabric
Rare Vintage Gradual lounge sofa in black leather by Cini Boeri for Knoll
By Cini Boeri
Located in Buggenhout, Oost-Vlaanderen
Gradual lounge sofa - Cini Boeri - Knoll
Stunning & rare Gradual sofa in black leather.
Designed by Cini Boeri for Knoll.
In 1970, Boeri introduced her ...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Cini Boeri Seating
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Leather
Set of vintage Bengodi sofas in cognac leather by Cini Boeri for Arflex Italy
By Cini Boeri
Located in Buggenhout, Oost-Vlaanderen
Stunning and rare vintage Bengodi sofa’s in their original cognac leather.
Designed by Cini Boeri for Arflex Italy.
Maria Cristina Mariani Dameno (19 June 1924 – 9 September 2020),...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Cini Boeri Seating
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Leather
New Ghost Chair by Cini Boeri for Fiam Glass Chair
By FIAM, Cini Boeri, Cini Boeri & Tomu Katayanagi
Located in Alsdorf, NW
“A perfect synthesis of technological experimentation and formal research, the Ghost armchair, designed by Cini Boeri and Tomu Katayanagi, represents the desire to dematerialise the ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Cini Boeri Seating
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Glass
Mid Century Modern Gradual Sofa with Brown Base by Cini Boeri for Knoll
By Cini Boeri, Knoll
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Amazing pair of Gradual sofas/ loveseats in black leather by Cini Boeri for Knoll, Italy 1970s. This sophisticated, yet practical design will be the perfe...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cini Boeri Seating
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Velvet, Plastic
Set of two 'Pecorelle Armchiars' designed by Cini Boeri for Artflex, 1968
By Arflex, Cini Boeri
Located in Milan, IT
Set of two 'Pecorelle Armchiars' designed by Cini Boeri for Artflex, 1968 .
The original armchairs in their shape have been reupholstered with an ocher fabric.
The feet are made of w...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cini Boeri Seating
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Fabric, Wood
Arflex Pecorelle Armchair in Denver Fabric and Black Fur Corners by Cini Boeri
By Cini Boeri, Arflex
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The architect Cini Boeri tells that she was inspired by Christo Vladimirov Javasev's and Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon's works, masters in the art of landscape painting. Nature pr...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cini Boeri Seating
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Metal
1st Series of Pecorelle Sofa, Cini Boeri for Arflex
By Cini Boeri
Located in VILLEURBANNE, FR
Sofa model Pecorelle designed in the 1970s by Cini Boeri for Arflex, awarded the Compasso d'Oro in 1979 and now an emblematic model of the brand.
This is a first edition, preserve...
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1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Cini Boeri Seating
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Wood
Arflex Pecorelle Armchair in Denver Fabric with Black Metal Legs by Cini Boeri
By Arflex, Cini Boeri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The architect Cini Boeri tells that she was inspired by Christo Vladimirov Javasev's and Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon's works, masters in the art of landscape painting. Nature pr...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cini Boeri Seating
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Metal
Cini Boeri Oversized Black Leather Lounge Chair for Knoll, 2000s
By Cini Boeri
Located in Coronado, CA
A sleek, comfortable, oversized lounge chair designed by Cini Boeri and manufactured by Knoll in the 2000s. This piece is big enough to totally curl up in or lay on horizontally with...
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Early 2000s American Modern Cini Boeri Seating
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Steel
Arflex Pecorelle Sofa in Denver Fabric with Black Metal Legs by Cini Boeri
By Cini Boeri, Arflex
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The architect Cini Boeri tells that she was inspired by Christo Vladimirov Javasev's and Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon's works, masters in the art of landscape painting. Nature pr...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cini Boeri Seating
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Metal
Cini Boeri seating for sale on 1stDibs.
Cini Boeri seating are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of animal skin and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Cini Boeri seating, although black editions of this piece are particularly popular. We have 41 vintage editions of these items in-stock, while there is 10 modern edition to choose from as well. Many of the original seating by Cini Boeri were created in the mid-century modern style in europe during the 20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider seating by Giovanni Offredi, Vivai del Sud, and Tobia Scarpa. Prices for Cini Boeri seating can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $1,947 and can go as high as $24,500, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $5,525.