Giovanni Offredi Tables
Italian, 1927-2007
Of his mid-century modern furniture designs, which marry minimalist simplicity with elegance and symmetry, Italian designer Giovanni Offredi once said: “Beauty should not be confused with appearance, since the latter is the superficial part of the form.”
Born in Milan, in 1927, Offredi did not pursue formal education as an architect, unlike many of his contemporaries in the first half of the 20th century. He also did not begin designing furniture until later in his career. His earliest known furnishings were commissioned by wealthy Milanese families in 1960.
It wasn’t until the late 1960s — when Offredi met Sergio Saporiti, owner of Italian furniture manufacturer and design shop Saporiti — that his furniture designs would become more prominent. In 1970, Offredi entered into a partnership with Saporiti, producing several innovative and modernistic furniture lines.
Among Offredi’s most notable pieces are the gently curving Wave chair, sofa and lounge chair, the Onda coffee table and the Paracarro dining room table, with its cylindrical concrete base, glass top and metal cross section. He also designed a series of credenzas and sideboards in lacquered wood, featuring a high gloss finish and bold colors.
Offredi enjoyed a successful collaboration with Saporiti throughout the 1970s. In 1984, he began a partnership with Italian cabinet and kitchen manufacturer Snaidero, designing modern kitchens. His final kitchen design, Kube, in 2006, featured streamlined forms, contrasting materials and colors and a recessed aluminum toe kick with a reflective mirror finish, which made the kitchen appear suspended above the ground. The kitchen won a Good Design Award from the Chicago Design Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design, in 2008. Offredi never had the opportunity to accept that prize — he died in 2007.
Although Offredi’s works are relatively obscure, they are sought out by in-the-know furniture collectors and enthusiasts worldwide.
On 1stDibs, discover a range of vintage Giovanni Offredi chairs, tables, case pieces and storage cabinets.
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Creator: Giovanni Offredi
Midcentury Giovanni Offredi "Paracarro" Dining Table, Italy 1973
By Saporiti, Giovanni Offredi
Located in Roma, IT
Unique "Paracarro" model dining table designed by Giovanni Offredi and produced by Saporiti in Italy during 1973.
Based on a prototype project, it has a peculiar dome-shaped concret...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giovanni Offredi Tables
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Concrete, Steel, Chrome
Rare Maple Desk with Return by Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti, 1970's
By Giovanni Offredi, Saporiti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Simply gorgeous maple desk with return and generous storage by Italian design great Giovanni Offredi for the internationally acclaimed Saporiti company. Meticulously designed and ins...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giovanni Offredi Tables
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Maple
Cabinet with writing desk 'Bauletto' production Saporiti, design by Giovanni Offredi
By Giovanni Offredi
Located in Milano, IT
Chest of drawers with sliding door top for rolling up, pull-out top that can be used as a writing desk, one drawer and internal storage compartments, four drawers. Metal handles and ...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giovanni Offredi Tables
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Metal
Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti Concrete Cantilever Coffee Table
By Saporiti, Giovanni Offredi
Located in Jensen Beach, FL
Rare coffee table designed in the late 1970s by Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti Italia.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Post-Modern Giovanni Offredi Tables
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Concrete, Metal
Giovanni Offredi Polished Steel Coffee table "Tebe" for Saporiti, 1980s Italy
By Giovanni Offredi, Saporiti
Located in Grand Cayman, KY
Giovanni Offredi designed polished stainless steel coffee table for Saporiti. Model name is "Tebe". Made in Italy in the 1980s this coffee table has an elegant quadratic form. The sq...
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1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Giovanni Offredi Tables
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Stainless Steel
Giovanni Offredi Onda Glass Coffee Table for Saporiti ca. 1970's
By Giovanni Offredi, Saporiti
Located in New York, NY
Classic Post Modern Italian design glass top coffee table designed by Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti. This example is in good original condition, the metal base shows some oxidation, ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Post-Modern Giovanni Offredi Tables
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Steel
Extra Large Maple Brass Coffee Table Giovanni Offredi Saporiti 1980s
By Saporiti, Giovanni Offredi
Located in Paris, IDF
Designed by Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti Italia in the early 1980s, this beautiful coffee table is fully veneered with birdseye maple wood, with brass inlays on the feet. Its symmet...
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1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giovanni Offredi Tables
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Brass
Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti 'Paracarro' Dining Table in Glass and Mosaic
By Saporiti, Giovanni Offredi
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti, 'Paracarro' dining table, glass, concrete, chrome-plated steel, mosaic, Italy, 1970
This sculptural dining table is designed by Giovanni Offredi for S...
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1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Giovanni Offredi Tables
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Concrete, Steel, Chrome
Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti Italia Postmodern Freeform Coffee Table, 1980s
By Saporiti, Giovanni Offredi
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional postmodern free form coffee table
By Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti Italia
Italy, 1980s
Red lacquered tiger...
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1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Giovanni Offredi Tables
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Metal
Pair of Giovanni Offredi Round Coffee Tables
By Saporiti, Giovanni Offredi
Located in New York, NY
A matching pair of Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti round coffee tables.
Made in Italy, circa 1970.
Crafted from wood featuring a birdseye maple veneer, The base is supported by four ...
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1980s Italian Minimalist Vintage Giovanni Offredi Tables
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Birdseye Maple
Midcentury Giovanni Offredi Paracarro Dining Table and Chairs for Saporiti, 1973
By Saporiti, Giovanni Offredi
Located in Roma, IT
Unique "Paracarro" model dining table with a set of four chairs. It was designed by Giovanni Offredi and produced by Saporiti in Italy during 1973.
Based on a prototype project, i...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giovanni Offredi Tables
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Concrete, Steel, Chrome
Colored wooden table with geometric inlays and metal base by G.Offredi Saporiti
By Fratelli Saporiti, Giovanni Offredi
Located in Varese, Lombardia
Rare coffee table with wooden top with geometric colored inlays and base in craquelè painted metal. The top, bevelled on 4 sides, is made up of a geometric design with aniline-dyed r...
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1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Giovanni Offredi Tables
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Metal
Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti Executive Desk, Italy, 1980s Maple Wood
By Giovanni Offredi, Saporiti
Located in Sacile, PN
Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti, executive desk, bird’s-eye maple, Italy, 1980s.
This postmodern pieces is sculptural and holds various striking elements. Firstly the execution of the...
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1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Giovanni Offredi Tables
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Birdseye Maple
Tavolo da pranzo "Paracarro", design Giovanni OFFREDI per SAPORITI. Italia, 1973
By Saporiti, Giovanni Offredi
Located in Milano, IT
Tavolo da pranzo "Paracarro", design Giovanni OFFREDI per SAPORITI. Italia, 1973
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1970s Italian Modern Vintage Giovanni Offredi Tables
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Granite
$3,135 Sale Price
31% Off
Paracarro table by Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti - 1970s
By Giovanni Offredi
Located in Uccle, Bruxelles
Sculptural glass dining table on a concrete base named "Paracarro."
This model was designed by Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti in the 1970s.
The round glass top rests on a recessed chr...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Giovanni Offredi Tables
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Concrete, Chrome
Giovanni Offredi round table for Saporiti Italia 1980s.
By Saporiti, Giovanni Offredi
Located in bari, IT
Round table in maple wood designer Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti Italia 1980s.
Giovanni Offredi was born in Milan in 1927 and began his career between 1963 and 1965. He was a member ...
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1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giovanni Offredi Tables
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Maple
Italy modern Glass and cast iron Consoles by Offredi for Saporiti, 1970s
By Saporiti, Giovanni Offredi
Located in MIlano, IT
Italy modern glass and cast iron consoles by Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti Italia, 1970s
Pair of consoles with semi-oval top in thick glass. The cast iron base is composed by an upp...
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1970s Italian Modern Vintage Giovanni Offredi Tables
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Metal
Dinner Extendable Table by Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti Italia
By Giovanni Offredi, Saporiti
Located in Conversano, IT
Extraordinary and extremely rare folding table, model "Dinner," designed by Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti Italia in the 1980s. Entirely crafted in two-tone bird's-eye maple veneer in...
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1980s Italian Vintage Giovanni Offredi Tables
Materials
Steel
Square Birdseye Maple Coffee Table by Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti, Italy 1980s
By Giovanni Offredi, Saporiti
Located in Chicago, IL
A gorgeous square coffee table designed by Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti in the 1980s. This table was constructed with wood and has a striking birdseye maple veneer. The base consist...
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1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Giovanni Offredi Tables
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Brass
Tavoino Paracarro Giovanni Offredi
By Giovanni Offredi
Located in Milano, Lombardia
The Paracarro table, designed by Giovanni Offredi, is a true masterpiece that seamlessly blends functionality and aesthetic appeal. With its elegant and contemporary design, this tab...
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1970s Italian Brutalist Vintage Giovanni Offredi Tables
Materials
Cement
Giovanni Offredi Dining Table for Saporiti, 1970s
By Saporiti, Giovanni Offredi
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Concrete and metal center or dining table designed by Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti Italy model 'Paracarro'.
The table comes with its original squared with rounded edges table...
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1970s Italian Brutalist Vintage Giovanni Offredi Tables
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Concrete
Table by Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti
By Saporiti, Giovanni Offredi
Located in Ravenna, IT
Table designed by Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti in 1970.
The thin table top rests on four wider support legs, each of which has two storage compartments, rotated in each direction. M...
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1970s Italian Vintage Giovanni Offredi Tables
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Wood
Mid-Century Modern Diagonal Desk By Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti
By Giovanni Offredi
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Diagonal Desk By Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti
Giovanni Offredi (born 1927, Milan–died 2007, Milan) was a prominent Italian furniture and...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giovanni Offredi Tables
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Metal
Tavolo in radica rossa di Giovanni Offredi per Saporiti Italia
By Saporiti, Giovanni Offredi
Located in Ghedi, IT
Tavolo Quadrato: Dimensioni 130 cm (lunghezza) x 130 cm (larghezza) x circa 73 cm (altezza, standard per tavoli da pranzo). La struttura è realizzata con un telaio robusto, probabilm...
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1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giovanni Offredi Tables
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Glass
Customized 'Paracarro' Dining Table Base by Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti 1970s
By Giovanni Offredi, Saporiti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This pair of 'Paracarro' dining table bases are by Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti Italia which are sculpted from concrete and chromed steel with ceramic tiles in a mosaic form during ...
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1970s Italian Modern Vintage Giovanni Offredi Tables
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Concrete, Steel, Chrome
$2,600 Sale Price
42% Off
Giovanni Offredi Saporiti Design Dining Table Opening Giovanni Offredi Design Anni 70
By Saporiti, Giovanni Offredi
Located in Taranto, IT
Giovanni Offredi dining table for Saporiti Italia - 1980s
Elegant extending table designed by Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti Italia in the 1980s. Polished steel frame and dark rosewo...
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1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Giovanni Offredi Tables
Materials
Metal, Steel
Folding Table by Giovanni Offredi for MC Selvini Italy
By Giovanni Offredi
Located in Albano Laziale, Rome/Lazio
Table by designer Giovanni Offredi and produced by MC Selvini, 1970s. Works excellent as a freestanding table, desk or against a wall and it can be ...
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20th Century Italian Modern Giovanni Offredi Tables
Materials
Laminate
$997 Sale Price
30% Off
Modernist Vintage Stone Dining Table Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti 1973 Italy
By Giovanni Offredi
Located in Vienna, AT
Mid Century Modern vintage dining table Paracarro from stone by Giovanni Offredi 1973, Italy and executed by Saporiti.
The circular base from stone shows a chrome cross for placing t...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giovanni Offredi Tables
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Stone
Italian Birdseye Maple Dining Table by Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti, 1980s
By Giovanni Offredi
Located in Chicago, IL
An expression of Postmodern Italian design, this dining table was crafted by Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti in the 1980s. Its surface features a mesmerizing marquetry composition, whe...
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1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Giovanni Offredi Tables
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Birdseye Maple, Lacquer
Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti Dining Table in Birdseye Maple
By Saporiti, Giovanni Offredi
Located in Chicago, IL
Giovanni Offredi for saporiti dining table in birdseye maple, with marquetry abstract designs on the surface.
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1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Giovanni Offredi Tables
Materials
Wood, Birdseye Maple
GIOVANNI OFFREDI Coffee Table
By Giovanni Offredi
Located in Shibuya-ku, 13
This coffee table is a beautiful combination of glass and metal. This is a vintage item from Italy. I think this kind of design is possible because Italy is a country of design. Mirr...
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1670s Italian Mid-Century Modern Antique Giovanni Offredi Tables
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Steel
Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti Italian Texture Concrete and Glass Dining Table
By Giovanni Offredi
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Mid-Century (circa 1979) 'Paracarro' circular dining table with a textured concrete plinth base with an inset polished chrome support beneath a...
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Late 20th Century Post-Modern Giovanni Offredi Tables
Materials
Concrete
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