Missoni Home is an offshoot of the celebrated Italian fashion label Missoni. The company's home collection was introduced in the early 1980s.
In 1953, Ottavio “Tai” Missoni (1921–2013) and Rosita Missoni (b. 1931) opened a small knitwear shop in Gallarate, Italy, paving the way for what would become an iconic style of colorful chevron knit.
Missoni began with a tracksuit, which featured zippers down the legs because, as Rosita recalls it, “Tai was too lazy to take off his shoes when putting them on.” The couple’s fashion really took off, though, once they discovered the Raschel knitting machine on a trip to a shawl factory. The machine enabled the Missonis to knit multiple colors in a zigzag pattern, a motif that would go on to become synonymous with the Missoni brand across everything from its alluring vintage day dresses and sweaters to its purses, seating and rugs.
Missoni held its first fashion show in Florence in 1967 and caused a bit of a sensation when the models’ Lurex dresses proved translucent under the lights at the Pitti Palace. Scandal aside, the show went down in history as a hit, and the Missonis soon made their debut in the United States with the help of legendary fashion editor Diana Vreeland, who gave the variegated Missoni stripe the Vogue seal of approval, saying, “Who says a rainbow has seven colors? It has many shades.” (It was also Vreeland who reportedly introduced the Missonis to Neiman Marcus president Stanley Marcus, effectively shepherding the brand to the American market.)
Missoni’s many-shaded rainbow would soon become an emblem of the 1970s fashion scene, earning the brand a permanent place in the fashion canon. In 1973, the New York Times proclaimed: “Missoni’s weaved garments have ended up universal materialistic trifles, as Vuitton sacks and Gucci shoes.” By then, Ottavio had been creating tapestries, and some of his knitted fabrics were shown in an exhibition at Galleria Il Naviglio in Venice in 1975.
The brand branched into the home market in 1983, with Rosita overseeing this new venture, Missoni Home, which included furniture, textiles and accessories.
For its popular seating and other furniture, Missoni's partners have included Paolo Stella, Piero Lissoni, Kartell and Roche Bobois. One of the latter's best-selling furniture designs has been the modular Mah Jong sofa, designed by Hans Hopfer in 1971, and editions upholstered with Missoni fabric are dazzling in any interior.
Daughter Angela succeeded her mother at the helm of the brand, where she still serves as president and creative director today; her brother Luca is CEO, while her daughter Margherita is creative director of offshoot M Missoni.
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$1,440Sale Price|40% Off
Post-Modern Missoni Table Lamp by Massimo Valloto, Italy, 1980s
By Missoni Home, Missoni
Located in Vienna, AT
An amazing colorful postmodern Missoni table or side lamp from the 1980s, designed by Massimo Valloto, executed by Ceramiche Viba, Bassano, Italy. This light has a conical unusual ce...
Metal, Brass
Missoni x Kalmar Vienna Adjustable Brass Tripod Table Side Lamp, Austria, 1950s
By Missoni Home, J.T. Kalmar, Kalmar Lighting
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful mid-century modern table or side lamp, crafted in the 1950s by J.T. Kalmar, Vienna, Austria. The lamp features an elegant tripod brass base and is height-adjustable from ...
Brass
$2,880Sale Price|20% Off
A Pair Missoni Post-Modern Table Side Lamps by Massimo Valloto, Italy, 1980s
By Missoni, Missoni Home
Located in Vienna, AT
An amazing pair of colorful postmodern Missoni table or side lamps, nightstand lights from the 1980s, designed by Massimo Valloto. This light has an ...
Metal
Viennese Kalmar Brass and Glass Table Lamps, 1950s
By J.T. Kalmar
Located in Wien, Au
Viennese Kalmar brass and glass table lamps, 1950s. Original condition.
Brass
1950s Austrian Brass 'Lily' Table Lamp Attributed to J.T. Kalmar
By J.T. Kalmar
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid-20th century table lamp composed of a pale-yellow, oversized shade (resembling a lily petal) with an interior black metal socket and tubular brass base / brass hardware. Simple, ...
Brass, Metal
J.T. KALMAR Tripod Brass Table Lamp, Josef Frank Style, 1960s, Austria
By J.T. Kalmar
Located in Biebergemund, Hessen
Elegant midcentury modern table lamp, manufactured by J.T. Kalmar in Austria, Vienna. The lamp is made of polished brass base in manner of Josef Frank, who worked many years with Ka...
Brass
Rattan Wicker and Birch Tripod Table Lamp, Austria 1950s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck, J.T. Kalmar, Josef Frank
Located in NUEMBRECHT, NRW
This unusual rattan or wicker table lamp was designed and manufactured in Austria in the 1950s. It features a minimalist birch tripod base with a clip-on rattan lampshade. The lampsh...
Wicker, Birch
J.T. Kalmar Brass and Bamboo Table Lamp with Silk Shade, Austria, 1950s
By John Colefax, J.T. Kalmar
Located in The Hague, NL
This rare table lamp was manufactured by J.T. Kalmar in Austria in the early 1950s and exemplifies the refined craftsmanship of postwar Austrian lighting design. The striking sculp...
Brass
$521Sale Price|59% Off
H 23.63 in Dm 14.18 in
1970s Post-Modern Lucite Table Lamp with Custom Feather Shade, Italy
Located in Antwerp, BE
Lucite post-modern table lamp, Italy, 1970s A Custom designed shade of faux leaves and ostrich feathers make this lamp very fitting to the ugly cool design trend. Post-Modern circa 1970s Measures: H 60 Ø 36 cm. Would fit well in a contemporary functional art...
Fabric, Plastic, Acrylic
$852
H 16.15 in W 8.27 in D 10.24 in
Scandinavian Modern Table Lamp by Lamp Gustaf, Pine & Linen, 1980s
By Svenskt Tenn, Lamp Gustaf, Josef Frank, Markslöjd, Ateljé Lyktan
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Vintage art deco style table lamp manufactured by Lamp Gustaf AB in Sweden in the 1980s. Solid circular pine wood base with black lacquered metal swan neck. Original draped flower li...
Metal
$3,353
H 11.82 in W 7.88 in D 5.91 in
Post Modern Metal Brass Vintage Table Lamp Osqar by Ygnacio Baranga, Italy, 1985
By Ygnacio Baranga
Located in Vienna, AT
Postmodern metal brass table lamp or light object named "Osqar" is a registered trademark International. This light object has flexible legs and arms ...
Metal, Brass, Steel
"Incamiciato" Murano Glass Modern Mushroom Table Lamp, 1980s
By Maestri Muranesi
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Large mushroom-shaped table lamp, handcrafted by the Murano Masters, made of Murano glass "Incamiciato", white and transparent multi-layered glass.
Murano Glass
$3,274Sale Price|20% Off
H 22.45 in W 11.03 in D 16.54 in
Josef Frank J.T. Kalmar Brass & Leather Desk Table Lamp, 1950s, Austria
By Josef Frank, Haus & Garten, J.T. Kalmar
Located in Biebergemund, Hessen
Important 1950s desk lamp, designed by Josef Frank and manufactured by J.T. Kalmar in the Viennese Modern Age era. The light is made of massive brass in very elegant shape and high q...
Brass
$460Sale Price / set|50% Off
H 11.82 in W 8.67 in D 2.56 in
Postmodern Pair of "Delta" Table Lamps by Mario Bertorelle for JM RDM, 1980s
By Mario Bertorelle
Located in Badajoz, Badajoz
Unique Italian pair of table lamps by Mario Bertorelle, from 1980s. These pieces were made during the 1980s in Massanzago by JM RMD. These table lamps are named Delta. Delta is the ...
Plastic
$3,747
H 55.52 in W 18.9 in D 31.5 in
Adjustable Kalmar Floor Lamp with Swiveling Shade, Vienna, circa 1950s
By J.T. Kalmar, Kalmar Lighting
Located in Wien, Au
Adjustable Kalmar floor lamp, Vienna, around 1950s. Brass polished and stove enameled Original wicker shade in good condition Swiveling shade Adjustable height from 141cm - 176cm.
Brass
$1,023 / set
H 18.12 in Dm 6.7 in
2 hight adjustable J.T.Kalmar table lamps with fabric shades vienna around 1950s
By Rupert Nikoll
Located in Wien, Au
2 hight adjustable J.T.Kalmar table lamps with fabric shades vienna around 1950s Brass polished and stove enameled The fabric shade are replaced ( new ) The hight is adjustable from ...
Brass
Post-Modern Italian Design Steel Chrome Abstract Table Lamp
Located in Brescia, IT
This Italian table lamp is designed by Edmondo Cirillo, an Italian sculptor (born 1931). Italian hand made in steel chrome finished. EU wiring 240V....
Steel
Post Modern Desk Lamp by Ron Rezek, ca. 1980's
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in New York, NY
Chic 1980's desk lamp by Ron Rezek, in excellent original, clean and working condition, showing only light cosmetic wear, normal and consistent with age. The hood shade (6.5 in. diam...
Metal
Passiflora Bubble Suspension Pendant Lamp by Missoni Home
By Missoni Home
Located in Chicago, IL
Bubble lamp in Missoni Home in Passiflora pattern. Removable zip fabric cover. Power coated steel rod structure. Black wire and canopy. Dimensions 23.6 " Ø.
Steel
Bubble Suspension Pendant Lamp by Missoni Home
By Missoni Home
Located in Chicago, IL
Bubble lamp in Missoni Home in Jarris 159 multi colored zig zag pattern. Removable zip fabric cover. Power coated steel rod structure. Black wire and cano...
Steel
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H 34.26 in Dm 25.2 in
Ottavio Missoni, Chandelier with Incalmo and Calcedonia Murano Glass, 1980s
By Missoni Home, Ottavio Missoni
Located in Tavarnelle val di Pesa, Florence
This intriguing and lovely chandelier that represents the quintessential of the 1980s. That was the roaring decade of fashion houses, in particular Italians, and the Expansion beyon...
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Milk Glass, Murano Glass