Italian furniture brand Driade offers modern designs that are joyful, whimsical and slightly mischievous — words that might be used to describe the tree nymph of Greek mythology for which the company is named. Faye Toogood’s chunky, stout Roly Poly armchair and Fabio Novembre’s enigmatic Nemo chair — in which a backrest assumes the form of a human face — are just two examples of Driade’s eclectic furnishings.
Driade was founded in 1968 by brother and sister Enrico and Antonia Astori, and Adelaide Acerbi Astori, Enrico’s wife. Described by the company as a “factory of art,” Driade was focused solely on bringing distinctive and creative seating, case pieces and decorative objects to market in its early years. The brand sought to mass-produce decor and furniture that could also be seen as provocative works of art.
Driade's initial collaborations included Italian designers such as Enzo Mari, Nanda Vigo, Giotto Stoppino and Rodolfo Bonetto, to name a few. In the 1980s, the brand worked with influential and renowned designers from around the globe. In 1984, Driade partnered with French designer Philippe Starck and debuted his iconic Costes armchair during the same year. Projects with architects and furniture designers such as Ron Arad, Toyo Ito, Borek Sipek, Patricia Urquiola and others followed into the 2000s.
Over more than five decades — the company celebrated their 50th anniversary in 2018 — Driade’s fruitful partnerships have culminated in a vast catalog of chairs, sofas, coffee tables and other furnishings for the home and garden that evoke a unique and diverse blend of cultures.
Driade has also garnered international acclaim, winning the Compasso d’Oro award in 1979 and 2001 for Enzo Mari’s Delfira chair and ebony-finished, chipboard-top table, and again in 2008 for Ron Arad’s MT3 rocking armchair.
On 1stDibs, discover a range of vintage and contemporary Driade tables, cabinets, armchairs and other furniture.
Toilet Dione by Antonia Astori for Driade
By Antonia Astori, Driade
Located in Ravenna, IT
Dressing table designed by Antonia Astori for Driade in 1980, with shelf, chest of drawers and mirror attached to the top. Geometric volumes overlap and differ in color. Made entirel...
Mirror, Formica
Cidonio Dining Table by Antonia Astori for Driade, Italy, 1970s
By Driade, Antonia Astori
Located in Antwerp, BE
Designed in 1968 and produced in the 1970s, the Cidonio dining table is a refined example of Italian modernist design. The table features a dark-stained wooden round top paired with ...
Steel
Cugino Dining Table by Enzo Mari for Driade, Italy, 1973
By Enzo Mari, Driade
Located in Toronto, CA
Enzo Mari’s rigorously bent steel bars counterbalance its light transparencies, provided by its thick glass top. Designed in 1973, and in production ever since, the Cugino is conside...
Steel
Cidonio table by Antonia Astori for Cidue, Italy, 1960s
By Cidue, Antonia Astori
Located in Correggio, IT
Gorgeous table model Cidonio, designed by Antonia Astori for Cidue. Made of chrome-plated metal and glass, it features a thick smoked crystal top with a mirrored center section. The ...
Steel
$3,516
H 29.14 in Dm 47.25 in
Italian modern Round dining table Cidonio by Antonia Astori for Cidue, 1970s
By Cidue, Antonia Astori
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern Round dining table Cidonio by Antonia Astori for Cidue, 1970s Dining table mod. Cidonio with round smoked glass top. The cylindrical base is in chromed metal. Produced...
Metal
Telephone Cabinet by Edward Wormley for Dunbar
By Edward Wormley, Dunbar Furniture
Located in Sagaponack, NY
An ebonized and polished dark mahogany telephone cabinet or vanity table having a storage drawer and an innovative fold-out bench.
Mahogany
Antonia Astori Dining Table
By Antonia Astori
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Located in NY. Original condition.
Chrome
$1,289
H 47.25 in W 48.43 in D 18.51 in
Toilet or entryway console table of Italian manufacture, 1940s-50s
Located in SAN PIETRO MOSEZZO, NO
Elegant and refined dressing table or entryway console, of Italian manufacture, dating from the 1940s or 1950s. The design of this furniture a style that combines elements of Art D...
Brass
$2,442 / item
H 27.56 in W 70.87 in D 35.44 in
'Contemporary Vanity' Table by Joseph Ellwood for Six Dots
Located in London, GB
Contemporary Vanity is the first collection from British designer Joseph Ellwood, under the company name: Six Dots Design. This five piece collection made fro...
Aluminum, Metal
"Kroma" Desk by Antonia Astori for Driade, Italy, 1980s
By Antonia Astori, Driade
Located in Brussels, BE
"Kroma" desk by Antonia Astori For Driade, Italy, 1980s.
Metal
Vanity by Gilbert Rohde for Herman Miller
By Gilbert Rohde, Herman Miller
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A sculptural vanity by Gilbert Rohde for Herman Miller. Floating top with leatherette covered 'wings'. Angled base cabinets contain three drawers with original padded leatherette cov...
Faux Leather, Mahogany
Vanity Table by Edward Wormley for Dunbar
By Edward Wormley
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A cherry dressing table or vanity, with a beautifully bevelled drawer, Lucite pull and gallery edges, over double-forked base with chromed suppor...
Steel
$7,142Sale Price / item|20% Off
H 28.35 in Dm 43.31 in
Didymos Round Table with Black Marble Top by Antonia Astori for Driade
By Antonia Astori, Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
On its fiftieth anniversary, Driade modifies the design of an iconic table, for which, in its original version, Antonia Astoria had balanced the elegant minimalism of the top with a ...
Marble
Antonia Astori, hairdresser mod. Dione for Driade, 1984
By Antonia Astori, Driade
Located in Saarbrücken, SL
The piece of furniture mod. Dione by Antonia Astori is open to many possibilities. It serves its purpose as a desk, hairdresser’s table or console. An architecturally straightforward...
Metal, Chrome