To join the centenarian club is a remarkable feat in itself, but to live for over a century and leave a lasting impact on the world of Italian mid-century modern furniture design — just as pioneering industrial designer and architect Luigi Caccia Dominioni had — is extraordinary. His vintage table lamps, coffee tables, chairs and other furnishings are demonstrative of exemplary technique, theory and quality workmanship — all characteristics of the Milanese designer’s signature style.
Caccia Dominioni graduated from Milan’s oldest university, the Polytechnic University of Milan, in 1936. A leading center for design innovation during the first half of the 20th century, the institution’s alumni includes notable Italian architects and designers such as Gio Ponti, Vittoriano Vigano and brothers Livio and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni. In 1937, the Castiglioni brothers and Caccia Dominioni opened a multi-award winning studio together and presented groundbreaking designs for radios in Bakelite shells at the 1940 Milan Triennial.
The Second World War forced Caccia Dominioni to pause his professional ambitions in order to serve in the Italian military, and the postwar years saw much of his most esteemed designs take shape. In 1947, alongside Ignazio Gardella and Corrado Corradi Dell’Acqua, Caccia Dominioni founded the furniture manufacturing company Azucena, where he designed iconic pieces such as the Catalina chair and a range of lighting that includes the Lp10 wall light, the Lsp3 wall light and the Lsp6 flush mount light.
Like a fine Italian wine, Caccia Dominioni got even better with time. He collaborated with the likes of Olivari and Lualdi well into his 80s, debuting legendary pieces such as the C.d.o. chair and the Super door. And while many of his celebrated architectural works materialized during the 1950s and 1960s — such as the Teatro Filodrammatici and the Galleria Strasburgo — one of Caccia Dominioni’s best known structures, the fountain in Milan’s Piazza San Babila, was built near the end of 20th century when the designer was 83 years old.
Caccia Dominioni was a winner of the Compasso d’Oro, one of the oldest and most prestigious awards in the design industry. When he died at 103 in 2016, he left behind an exceptional legacy of furniture design and architectural innovations.
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20th Century Italian Set of Lilac Murano Glass Vases by Luigi Caccia Dominioni
By Luigi Caccia Dominioni, Azucena
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A vintage set of dark-lilac Mid-Century Modern Italian vases made of hand blown colored, smoked Murano glass in good condition. The tall vase and the round one were designed by Luigi...
Murano Glass, Smoked Glass
Luigi Caccia Dominioni, Large planter (one piece), prod. Azucena, 1970s
By Luigi Caccia Dominioni, Azucena
Located in Rivoli, IT
Very rare planter, probably one of a kind, designed by Luigi Caccia Dominioni and produced by Azucena in the 1970s Prototype, coming directly from the Azucena factory Ideal to place ...
Metal, Steel
Large Vintage Multicolor Murano Glass Vase, Italy, Late 20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Large vintage multicolor Murano glass vase - featuring a white glass interior with red rim - clear cased glass to the outside and base - unsigned - Italy - late 20th century. Exce...
Art Glass
Large Rattan Vase, 1970s
Located in Lisboa, PT
Large vase decorated with rolled rattan rods and wooden slices. France, 1970s.
Rattan
20th Century Italian Murano Glass Vase
Located in Antwerp, BE
An Italian Murano glass vase manufactured in the 1960s.
Glass, Murano Glass
Lisa Larson - Unique Piece - Gustavsberg - 1970s
By Gustavsberg
Located in MAASTRICHT, LI
Product Description: This is a unique piece designed by arguably Sweden's most famous artist Lisa Larson. The signature of Lisa Larson and the hand of the studio Gustavsberg are clea...
Earthenware, Ceramic
$551Sale Price|54% Off
H 12.41 in W 7.88 in D 5.52 in
20th Century Italian Murano Artistic Glass Large Vase, 1960s
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
This refined Italian vase from the 1960s is a stunning example of Murano artistic glass, distinguished by its unique and captivating design. Crafted using the traditional blown glass...
Murano Glass
$1,452Sale Price|20% Off
H 16.54 in Dm 9.85 in
20th Century Italian Murano Artistic Glass Red Tall Vase, 1960s
By Murano Glass Sommerso
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Refined Italian tall vase in Murano art glass, 1960s. This vase is characterized by a particular design shape. The vase is of high artistic quality made with the submerged glass tech...
Murano Glass
$793Sale Price|34% Off
H 16.54 in Dm 7.49 in
20th Century Italian Murano Artistic Glass Tall Vase, 1960s
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Refined Italian tall vase in Murano art glass, 1960s. This vase is characterized by a particular design shape. The vase is of high artistic quality made with the blown glass techniqu...
Murano Glass
20th Century Multicolored Murano Glass Vase, Italy ca. 1970
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Lovely late mid-century multicolored glass vase from the famous workshops of the little island of Murano in Venice/ Italy. Elaborately handcrafted in the period around 1970, this hig...
Murano Glass
Modern Mirrored Planter Cachepot Jardinière, circa 1970s
Located in New York, NY
A substantial square mirrored planter cachepot jardinière, '70s Modern/Postmodern period, circa 1970s. Entire piece is mirror with a graduated design. A great piece for a plant or fl...
Mirror, Wood
$745Sale Price|65% Off
H 14.18 in Dm 5.52 in
20th Century Italian Murano Artistic Glass Large Vase, 1960s
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Refined artistic glass vase, Italy, production 1960s Murano. Not signed. High quality artistic craftsmanship hand-blown glass in shades of green with red decorations. Perfect conditi...
Murano Glass
$550Sale Price / item|52% Off
H 6 in W 25.75 in D 6.75 in
Willy Guhl for Eternit Large Rectangle Concrete Outdoor Planter, 1970s, Signed
By Eternit, Willy Guhl
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This designer on-trend architectural 25.75" long rectangular concrete planter is by Swiss architect Willy Guhl for Eternit, crafted in the 1970s Switzerland and signed and dated underneath. This special low-profile and rare long sized rectangle-shaped concrete planter has a patinated natural exterior finish and organic aging over decades of UK climate. Excellent planter size for a variety of various uses such as succulents, plants, weeping grass with the planter on a Stand, balcony privacy hedge, or any other outdoor decorative use. Consider using this Willy Guhl Concrete Planter Pot...
Concrete
$3,600Sale Price|35% Off
H 17.33 in Dm 22.84 in
Very Large Brutalist Middle Eastern Ceramic Planter 1970s
Located in Melbourne, AU
This wonderful footed earthenware planter can be used as a vase or bowl. It presents as an impressive object in it's own right, or can be used as a plant pot holder. Based on ancient Middle Eastern hand-building and mineral glazing techniques, it has wonderful Organic Modern styling potential, but will also interest those who like ancient pottery and/or the Brutalist aesthetic of the 1970s. It was purchased in the late 1960s or early 1970s from Israel by a dedicated collector of ceramics for use as an Ikebana vessel, and shipped to Australia...
Earthenware
Sold
H 17.33 in W 32.88 in D 26.78 in
'Fasce Cromate' planter Luigi Caccia Dominioni for Azucena, 1970s
By Luigi Caccia Dominioni, Azucena
Located in Milano, IT
Large metal planter from the 'Fasce Cromate' series made in the 1970s. Supported by three wheels that facilitate its movement; Good condition.
Metal
Sold
H 23.63 in Dm 10.24 in
Luigi Caccia Dominioni 0g13 Brass and Metal Umbrella Stand for Azucena, 1955ca
By Luigi Caccia Dominioni, Azucena
Located in Cascina, Pisa
Umbrella stand model 0G13 also known as Cartuccia with a structure in black enameled sheet metal and brass. It was designed by Luigi Caccia Dominioni for Azucena 1955ca, Italy. Lu...
Brass, Sheet Metal