Luigi Massoni was one of Italy’s most prolific designers and instrumental in the growth of the country’s design industry in the postwar years through his products, advertising campaigns and journalistic work at Italian magazines.
Born in Milan, Massoni trained at the Collettivo di Architettura in Milan and worked as an architect and designer as well as a freelance journalist and consultant. He was involved with many of Italy’s most influential brands, such as Poltrona Frau, the Guzzini group and Alessi. Massoni was hired by Alessi, the legendary housewares and kitchen utensils manufacturer, which had been around since 1921, in the mid-1950s. In 1957, he collaborated with like-minded product designer Carlo Mazzeri on the universally renowned stainless-steel cocktail shaker 870, which, followed by other kitchen containers for the brand, was one of the first objects from Alessi that hadn’t been created in-house.
Together with architect Carlo De Carli, Massoni founded a magazine called Il Mobile Italiano and later Mobilia, an association of Italian furniture makers and one of the first organizations that focused on the promotion of Italian design. In the 1960s, Massoni began to design lamps and serveware for Guzzini, where he also consulted on design and company communications. He designed revolutionary furnishings for the kitchen at Boffi Cucine, producing modular kitchens, cabinets without traditional handles and more.
On 1stDibs, browse a collection of vintage Luigi Massoni vanity tables, sideboards, table lamps and more.
L. Massoni Dilly Dally White Leather Vanity Table by Poltrona Frau, Italy 1960s
By Luigi Massoni, Poltrona Frau
Located in Roma, IT
Stunning white “Dilly Dally” dressing table designed by Luigi Massoni and produced by Poltrona Frau in Italy during the 1960s. In amazing c...
Metal
20th Century Luigi Massoni for Poltrona Frau Dilly Dally Vanitiy Dressing Table
By Poltrona Frau, Luigi Massoni
Located in Turin, Turin
Dressing table model Dilly Dally designed by Luigi Massoni for Poltrona Frau in 1960s. The dressing table is composed of two pieces, one round armchair (which alone measures 74 x 66 ...
Metal
Luigi Massoni Clessidra dining table Mobilia Italy 1959
By Luigi Massoni
Located in Oirlo, LI
A remarkable round pedestal dining table designed by Luigi Massoni and produced by Mobilia in Italy, 1959. This elegant piece features a sculptural tulip-style base with finely det...
Walnut
Luigi Massoni Dilly Dally Vanity Table and Chair, Poltrona Frau, Italy, 1960s
By Poltrona Frau, Luigi Massoni
Located in Lewes, East Sussex
A rare Italian "Dilly Dally" vanity by Luigi Massoni and manufactured by Poltrona Frau Italy in the 1960s. Newly upholstered in off white leatherette. Modular vanity fully upholstere...
Faux Leather
Luigi Massoni ‘Dilly Dally’ Vanity Set in Cognac Leatherette
By Poltrona Frau, Luigi Massoni
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Luigi Massoni for Poltrona Frau, ‘Dilly Dally’ vanity set, leatherette, mirrored glass, plastic, brass, lacquered wood, metal, Italy, 1968 Outstanding It...
Metal, Brass
Dilly Dally Vanity by Luigi Massoni, Poltrona Frau, Italy 1968
By Poltrona Frau, Luigi Massoni
Located in ABCOUDE, UT
Beautiful dressing table designed by Luigi Massoni for Poltrona Frau in original white leatherette, Italy 1968. This beautifully designed and practical vanity set seamlessly combine...
Metal
Mid Century Italian “Clessidra” Table By Luigi Massoni
By Luigi Massoni
Located in Westport, CT
A graceful dining table model 2101 designed by Luigi Massoni and manufactured by Mobilia, Italy 1959. This round pedestal dining table with a dramatic striped tulip shaped base finis...
Maple
$10,476Sale Price|30% Off
Toillette with armchair Dilly Dally brown 70s by Luigi Massoni for Frau
By Luigi Massoni, Poltrona Frau
Located in Milano, MI
Outstanding Italian toilet designed by Luigi Massoni for poltrona Frau in the 1960s. The armchair and table are upholstered in leather. The toilet can be folded by integrating the ch...
Metal
Luigi Massoni Italian Midcentury Trolley Bar for Guzzini, 1970's
By Luigi Massoni, Guzzini
Located in Lisboa, PT
This trolley was designed by Luigi Massoni for Guzzini, in Italy during the 1970's. The trolley features two trays, made of off-white plastic. The two removable circular trays sit within the triangular structures with white wheels. The trays have a diameter of 56 centimeters. One wheel...
Plastic
Leather and bronze mirrored coffee table by L. Massoni for Poltrona Frau 70s
By Poltrona Frau, Luigi Massoni
Located in Padova, IT
Luigi Massoni was one of the greatest Italian designers of the 20th century. Born in Milan in 1930, he studied architecture at the University of Milan before starting his career in design. Massoni worked for many Italian design companies, including Boffi and Alessi. He was also one of the founders of Gruppo Architetti Urbanisti Città Nuova, an organization that deals with urban planning and architecture. Poltrona Frau is an Italian company that operates in the high-end furniture sector based in Tolentino. Founded in 1912 in Turin by Renzo Frau from Cagliari, in 1962 it was acquired by the Nazareno Gabrielli brand, managed and developed by Cavalier Franco Moschini until 2004, when the Charme fund entered the capital of Poltrona Frau and established the Poltrona Frau Group. Franco Moschini remained president until 2016 but since 2014 the company has been controlled by the American company Haworth Inc. which expands the group. In the summer of 2019 Lifestyle Design was born, which in addition to Poltrona Frau includes Cassina, Cappellini, Zanotta, Ceccotti Collezioni, Janus et Cie, Luminaire, Karakter, Interni and Luxury Living Group.
Leather, Mirror
Red Plastic Space Age Vintage Tray Bed Table Luigi Massoni Guzzini, 1970s, Italy
By Luigi Massoni, Guzzini
Located in Vienna, AT
Space Age red vintage tray or breakfast table Model pepito from plastic designed by Luigi Massoni Grafico Studio Zeto for Guzzini 1970s Italy. Perfect to use as foldable breakfast bed table or tray or as computer table...
Plastic
1970s Luigi Massoni for Poltrona Frau Modular 'Dilly Dally' Vanity and Chair
By Luigi Massoni
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is a ‘Dilly Dally’ Vanity and coordinating Chair, designed by Luigi Massoni for Poltrona Frau in 1968. This example was produced in Italy in the 1970s. The set features a va...
Leather, Wood, Glass, Plastic, Acrylic
Space Age Red Plastic Tray Table or Gueridon Pepito Luigi Massoni for Guzzini
By Luigi Massoni, Guzzini
Located in Vienna, AT
Soace Age red vintage tray table, gueridon or serving table model Pepito from plastic by Luigi Massoni for Guzzin 1970s Italy. A bold colored pract...
Plastic
$3,835Sale Price|20% Off
Crystal table by Luigi Massoni for Gallotti & Radice
By Gallotti & Radice, Luigi Massoni
Located in Torino, IT
Table designed by Luigi Massoni for Gallotti & Radice. Elegant table totally made of teal green crystal. The bow-tie-shaped legs are obtained mediane the juxtaposition of numerous ...
Crystal
Guzzini Trolley with Removable Shelves by Luigi Massoni
By Guzzini, Luigi Massoni
Located in Toronto, CA
The 1970s had no shortage of fun, and this trolley rolled right into the middle of it. Designed by Luigi Massoni for Guzzini, its removable shelves and geometric flair made it as rea...
Metal, Chrome
"Clessidra" Coffee Table by Luigi Massoni for Mobilia
By Luigi Massoni
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Teak "Clessidra" cocktail table by Luigi Massoni for Mobilia Manufacture. Made in italy circa 1959.
Wood, Teak
Luigi Massoni Minimalist Plastic White Bed Tray Element by Guzzini, Italy, 1980s
By Luigi Massoni, Guzzini
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Plastic tray Design: Luigi Massoni Producer: Guzzini, Italy Decade: 1980s Description: This tray table was designed by Luigi Massoni and produced by Guzzini in Italy in the 1980s. It is made from white-colored plastic and is in very good vintage condition, and would be ideal to serve breakfast in bed. It still features the original Guzzini box...
Plastic
Luigi Massoni for Poltrona Frau Dining Table in Leather and Smoked Glass
By Poltrona Frau, Luigi Massoni
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Luigi Massoni for Poltrona Frau, dining table model ‘Dinette’, leather, smoked glass, Italy, 1972 A remarkable Dinette dining table, designed by Luigi Massoni for Poltrona Frau in 1...
Leather, Glass
Pair of coffee tables - Model GOLF - Gallotti & Radice
By Luigi Massoni, Gallotti & Radice
Located in Milano, IT
A pair of thick crystal coffee tables with excellent quality metal frame , model GOLF, designed by designer Luigi Massoni and executed by the firm Gallotti & Radice in 1980. Moisture...
Crystal
$3,420Sale Price|35% Off
Tavolo da pranzo un pelle serie Dinette Luigi Massoni per Poltrona Frau 1970's
By Luigi Massoni, Paltrona Frau
Located in Milano, MI
Stupendo Tavolo da pranzo o da ufficio Tondo con struttura tappezzata in Pelle beige e top in vetro incassato color ambra. Design Luigi Massoni, produzione Frau anni 70. Il tavolo si...
Leather, Glass, Wood
Mid Century Teak Dressing Table from White & Newton, 1960s
By White & Newton
Located in South Shields, GB
A mid century teak dressing table from White and Newton, circa 1960's Complete with a mirror There are six drawers in total - The handles are solid teak The piece stands on solid te...
Teak
French Early 20th Century Vanity
Located in Stockbridge, GA
Charming French vanity made of rosewood and inlay. There is 3 fake drawers and an ext Slider covered with green leather in the front.
Rosewood
Early 20th Century Spanish Carved Walnut Console Table
Located in Miami, FL
Early 20th century Spanish carved walnut console table with two drawers and green marble top. This early 20th century Spanish Console tabl...
Marble
$6,898
H 71.66 in W 71.66 in D 18.12 in
Italian Midcentury Vanity Dresser in Parchment by Pierluigi Colli, 1950s
By Colli Torino
Located in Traversetolo, IT
This is a splendid vanity table or petineuse designed by Pierluigi Colli and crafted in Turin in the first half of the 1900s. The attention to detail is remarkable, with a plethora of exquisite features that elevate it to a true design masterpiece. The panels are adorned with parchment, while the solid maple is expertly carved with intricate designs. The golden frames finished with pure gold leaf add an opulent touch, the marvelous embossed brass lamps...
Glass, Mirror, Maple
$526
H 9.06 in W 24.02 in D 13.78 in
Luigi Massoni Minimalist Plastic White Bed Tray Element by Guzzini, Italy, 1980s
By Luigi Massoni, Guzzini
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Plastic tray Design: Luigi Massoni Producer: Guzzini, Italy Decade: 1980s Description: This tray table was designed by Luigi Massoni and produced by Guzzini in Italy in the 1980s. It is made from white-colored plastic and is in very good vintage condition, and would be ideal to serve breakfast in bed. It still features the original Guzzini box...
Plastic
$2,572Sale Price|50% Off
H 56.7 in W 24.81 in D 16.54 in
19th Century French Mahogany Vanity Table with Swan's Heads in Empire Style
Located in Sofia, BG
French hand carved mahogany vanity table with black marble top. There is an original crystal oval mirror on the top part surrounded by two asymme...
Marble
$2,338
H 59.06 in W 42.13 in D 19.69 in
19th Century English Softwood & Mahogany Veneer Vanity Table, Signed Maple & Co.
Located in Opole, PL
19th Century English Softwood & Mahogany Veneer Vanity Table, Signed Maple & Co. We present you this vanity table circa the late 19th century in mahogany veneer. The whole is signed by the British furniture manufactory of Maple & Co. that was founded in the early 19th century. The vanity is of a simple form, placed on high, angular legs, and composed of a base with three drawers, an upper section with a movable mirror, and two adjacent to the rear wall compartments with small drawers. Moreover, the mirror is oval, in a wooden frame, and mounted to the wall with brass hooks. The legs of the vanity are on the porcelain rolls. The fronts of the drawers, pulpit, and the mirror frame are inlaid with fillet stripes. Presented vanity has been restored and finished in French polish. The Maple manufactory was one of the major producers and suppliers of furniture to the British aristocracy...
Softwood, Mahogany
$4,845Sale Price|38% Off
H 70.87 in W 75.6 in D 23.63 in
Space Age White Italy Dresser Vanity Table Lacquer Wood Fibreglass
By MB Italy
Located in Valladolid, ES
One of a kind dressing table, space age style, 70s, with great influence of Art Deco aesthetics. In white lacquered wood, with a black marble effect fiberglass top. Large circular mirror in the upper part and the storage part is divided into two drawers on each side. With lighting in the upper and lower fin shapes. A piece of great sophistication and glamour, very difficult to find. It has a plate with the name of the Italian manufacturer DBM. The period known as the Space Age or Space Age was the post Atomic Age, that is, the late 50's and early 70's. It is part of the “stylings” that reigned in the US during the 20th century. The concept of an optimistic world based on a possible "Earth of Tomorrow" reigned by the dominance of atomic energy and space travel. This "Styling" is inspired by the North American space race, but above all, the aesthetics based on Science Fiction, space satellites, helmets, ships, the effect of weightlessness and a "cinematic" proposal of a new style. of life of the future. Movies like Barbarella 1968, James Bond, Space Odyssey 2001...
Mirror, Fiberglass, Wood, Lacquer
$456Sale Price|50% Off
H 28.35 in W 31.5 in D 17.72 in
Lady’s Desk or Vanity in Mahogany, Czechoslovakia, 1970s
By Up Závody
Located in Zohor, SK
Beautiful midcentury desk, originally used as a desk for a lady, or vanity in the bedroom. The table is elegant combination of lighter birch wood on the sides and mahogany wood on to...
Birch, Mahogany
$2,338
H 48.04 in W 39.38 in D 15.16 in
1960s Small Elegant Fully Restored Rosewood Vanity Table in Excellent Condition
By Niels Clausen
Located in Knebel, DK
1960s small elegant fully restored rosewood vanity table in excellent condition The well designed and manufactored table is flexible and can be turned into a small desk by removing ...
Rosewood
French 19th Century Empire-Style Dressing Table
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This exceptional mahogany dressing table is complete with its original mercury glass pivoting mirror and white marble top. The mirror exhibits some foxing and is framed with beautifu...
Ormolu
Vintage Oval Wicker Dressing Table with Stool, 20th Century Design
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Vintage wicker dressing table / writing table with stool. It is oval shaped with a raised galleried back. There is one center drawer. This very ...
Wicker
Original white leather ‘Dilly Dally’ Vanity by Luigi Massoni Italy c1968
By Poltrona Frau, Luigi Massoni
Located in London, GB
Original vanity table, model 'Dilly Dally' designed by Luigi Massoni for Poltrona Frau Italy c1968. Upholstered in original ivory white leather. Comprises a chair on castors whic...
Metal
Carrello vintage in plastica anni '70 design L.Massoni per Guzzini
By Luigi Massoni, Guzzini
Located in None, IT
Carrello bar in plastica trasparente con vassoi a tema floreale, disegnato da Luigi Massoni per Guzzini, anni '70. CONDITION: In buone condizioni, potrebbe presentare segni di usura...
Plastic
Vintage Italian Serving Cart By Luigi Massoni For Guzzini, 1970’s
By Guzzini, Luigi Massoni
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Space Age 1980's rolling cart with removable serving trays by Luigi Massoni for Guzzini. Off white acrylic trays with triangular base and chrome wheels. A sleek, MOD rolling cart wit...
Acrylic
Luigi Massoni Poltrona Frau Brown Faux Fur Vanity
By Poltrona Frau, Luigi Massoni
Located in North Charleston, SC
Fun Poltroon Frau brown faux fur dressing table. Designed by Luigi Massoni in the 1970s. Single unit that folds out and has a stand alone stool. On wheels, featuring a mirror, glass ...
Faux Fur, Glass, Mirror, Wood
Luigi Massoni. Rare elegant table with turned and veneered base.
By Luigi Massoni
Located in Milano, IT
COD-Z200x Luigi Massoni (1930) Rare elegant table with turned and veneered base. Manufacture Mobilia, Italy 1959. Bibliography: Domus n. 461. April 1968
Wood
Space Age Trolley by Luigi Massoni for Guzzini, Italy, 1970s
By Luigi Massoni
Located in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District
Designed by Luigi Massoni for Guzzini in the 1970s, this Space Age trolley is a true icon of futuristic Italian design. Featuring a sleek, molded plastic frame with smooth, flowing l...
Plastic
Sold
H 48.43 in Dm 25.99 in
Dilly Dally Vanity with lamp by Luigi Massoni for Poltrona Frau, Italy 1968
By Poltrona Frau, Luigi Massoni
Located in ABCOUDE, UT
Beautiful dressing table designed by Luigi Massoni for Poltrona Frau in original white leatherette with original lamp, Italy 1968.. This beautifully designed and practical vanity se...
Metal
Large Oval Glass Dining Table by Luigi Massoni
By Luigi Massoni, Galotti & Radice
Located in Dronten, NL
Versatile oval all glass table designed circa 1980 by Luigi Massoni for Gallotti & Radice. Useable as a desk or a conference table depending on how the 2 glass bases are placed under...
Glass
Sold
H 48.43 in Dm 25.99 in
Dilly Dally Vanity in leather by Luigi Massoni for Poltrona Frau, Italy 1968
By Poltrona Frau, Luigi Massoni
Located in ABCOUDE, UT
Beautiful dressing table designed by Luigi Massoni for Poltrona Frau in original white leather, Italy 1968.. This beautifully designed and practical vanity set seamlessly combines s...
Metal
Mid century vanity cabinet by Luigi Massoni for Poltrona Frau, 1970s
By Poltrona Frau, Luigi Massoni
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Very 'seventies' make up cabinet on wheels with integrated mirrors, lights, a drawer and glass shelves, complete with stool which is mostly missing. ...
Faux Fur, Mirror, Wood
Vanity Mod. Dilly Daily by Luigi Massoni for Poltrona Frau, 1968
By Poltrona Frau, Luigi Massoni
Located in Brussels, BE
Vanity Mod. Dilly Daily by Luigi Massoni for Poltrona Frau, 1968
Leather
Sold
H 22.45 in Dm 22.25 in
Round Bar Cart / Side Table in Maroon Leather by L. Massoni for Frau, Italy 1968
By Luigi Massoni, Poltrona Frau
Located in Roma, IT
Stunning round bar cart or side table with wheels in a gorgeous maroon full grain leather and lacquered wood. This incredibly rare and stylish piece was designed by Luigi Massoni an...
Metal, Chrome