Corrado Corradi Dell'acqua

Founded in 1947 by Luigi Caccia Dominioni, Ignazio Gardella, and Corrado Corradi Dell'Acqua, the Italian brand Azucena has always stood out for its collections that combine formal el...

Rare pair of the Larger version Corrado Corradi Dell' Acqua "Vipera" mirrors for Azucena. With the original brass wall buttons to hold the metal chain.

This elegant Italian midcentury circular wall mirror was designed by Corrado Corradi dell Acqua for Azucena as Model SP1 Viper in the 1960s. It features a chromed frame with a height...

Corrado Corradi dell'Acqua pair of T12 also called Montecarlo bedside tables. Azucena, Italy 1960s.

Coppa Aperta embodies the Milanese design cleverness of the 1950s. With a simple industrial glass, used to illuminate the old trams of the city of Milan, the two designer friends cre...

Rare side table with marble base by Corrado Corradi Dell'acqua and Ignazio Gardella for Azucena. Made in Milan, circa 1950s. Literature: I. de Gutry, M.P. Maino - Il mobile Italia...

Sleek, minimalist Mid-Century Modern pair of console tables by Corrado Corradi Dellácqua for Azucena in thick crystal and sculpted chrome...

A set of two Montecarlo (T12) side tables with a simple and elegant brass structure and tabletops in crystal, they are the perfect companion for any seats, beds, or desks. The brass structure present a pleasant patina due to the age of the tables. Designed by Corrado Corradi dell'Acqua and manufactured by Azucena during the 1950s. Corrado Corradi Dell’Acqua (Milan 1905 – Varese 1982) was a law expert, an amateur writer, and silently became a designer. His dachshund’s name was Azucena, as the gipsy of a Giuseppe Verdi’s opera. After all Maria Callas was hosted after the dress rehearsal of the legendary 1955’s Traviata, at La Scala, that Luchino Visconti built around her Violetta. Azucena was also the name of the company Corradi had started in 1947 with two other young Milanese intellectuals, Luigi Caccia Dominioni and Ignazio Gardella – the last one had already been his schoolmate at the Liceo Berchet, and would have later joined him in many other projects. The premises of his adventure had materialized in two different editions of the Milan Triennial Exhibition. In 1933, Corradi had presented his black nickel and copper bookends, and in 1939 he had exhibited a silver and golden copper tea service wrapped in the coils of a snake. In those objects, the simplicity and the elegance of his future works could be foreseen but not fully recognized. Some years later he would have designed objects such as his lamps made with glass from Milan tramcars, his two-seat sofa for an intimate talk, his saddle-shaped armchairs that forced the body in a perfect posture, his little-tree-shaped photo frame that could be wore as a cameo collier, or his marble ashtray with pestle...