SEM

Italian, 1863-1934

Furniture brand SEM started as a spin-off from Milanese brand Spotti and now has an exceptional reputation of its own. Working with acclaimed furniture designers, including Valentina Cameranesi Sgroi, Vormen and Elisa Ossino, SEM creates personalized and finely crafted solutions for modern living.

During the 1950s, large furniture manufacturers often had difficulty providing customized, high-quality furniture while producing other products on a mass scale. SEM originated from that demand and has evolved to complement Spotti and offer simple, functional and highly ergonomic furniture for both work and home environments.

SEM, which stands for Spotti Edizioni Milano, has attracted a wide range of talent to design its furniture collections. Pivot, named for a hingeless door mechanism in its cupboards, is a design by Giacomo Moor, named as Elle Decor Italia’s Best Young Designer of 2016. Futuraforma, designed by architecture and interior design team Marcante-Testa, is a sophisticated collection featuring the Duale table, the Genio chandelier and the Magico carpet.

Italian architect Hannes Peer lent his expertise to the Paesaggio collection, which features notable designs like the Nuvola armchair, the Alea dining chair, the Petali table lamp and the Butterfly table. Peer’s Butterfly console tables and other tables are a meeting between architecture, design and engineering to produce a complex and organic form that catches the eye.

SEM displayed collections at Milan Design Week in 2018 and 2019 and with AD France’s AD Intérieurs in 2019. SEM also expanded the Paesaggio collection during the 2021 FuoriSalone, Alcova, in Milan.

On 1stDibs, find a collection of SEM tables, seating, lighting and more.

Average Sold Price

$4,054

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Contemporary Oblong Table Butterfly by Hannes Peer

$35,530 / item

H 30.91 in W 98.43 in D 43.31 in

Contemporary Oblong Table Butterfly by Hannes Peer

By Hannes Peer, SEM

Located in Brooklyn, NY

The 'Butterfly in the dining table version made of solid wood is a project that Hannes Peer together with Claudio Spotti of SEM have been pursuing for a long time. The final decision came in view of the Salone 2021. The aim was to create a piece of furniture that was aesthetically the child of the iconic 'Butterfly' console but constructively it had to be diametrically opposed. The 'Butterfly' Dining Table is in fact made with several layers of solid poplar wood composed as a structure and receives its external finish with a 'Masselletto' of Canaletto Walnut with a velvety surface. An immediately visible detail is the so called 'Butterfly' Joint at the center of each leg that characterizes this design object and renders it unique. These joints are typical for Japanese carpentry...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other SEM

Materials

Cement

1960s Teak Cabinet / Highboard by SEM, Switzerland

$1,072

H 37.41 in W 48.43 in D 12.6 in

1960s Teak Cabinet / Highboard by SEM, Switzerland

By SEM

Located in Praha, CZ

- 1960, Switzerland - Good original condition with minor signs of use jt.

Category

1960s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage SEM

Materials

Teak

Contemporary Console Butterfly by Hannes Peer in Porcelain Finish

$18,139 / item

H 36.42 in W 78.75 in D 13.78 in

Contemporary Console Butterfly by Hannes Peer in Porcelain Finish

By Hannes Peer, SEM

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Contemporary console butterfly, Paesaggio collection designed by Hannes Peer for SEM. Wooden structure, concrete/cement handmade resin finish. Behind the natural iconography of furniture pieces names, there are hidden elements with a strong and defined identity, made possible by precise design and material choices. Butterfly console...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other SEM

Materials

Cement

Contemporary Sofa Muir by Hannes Peer

$31,790 / item

H 30.32 in W 104.34 in D 37.8 in

Contemporary Sofa Muir by Hannes Peer

By SEM, Hannes Peer

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Contemporary Sofa Muir Paesaggio collection designed by Hannes Peer for SEM. The idea for the 'MUIR' sofa was born during a trip by Hannes Peer to the Northern California coast, specifically during a stay in a typical modernist house overlooking Muir Beach, this rough beach with surf waves...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other SEM

Materials

Leather, Wood

Duale Contemporary Table, Lasa White Marble, Red Glossy Mahogany, Steel

$29,920 / item

H 29.53 in W 122.05 in D 57.09 in

Duale Contemporary Table, Lasa White Marble, Red Glossy Mahogany, Steel

By SEM, MARCANTE - TESTA

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Duale table is in fact two tables in one: the round top is in Lasa white marble, taken from Croda di Jenn quarries at 1500 meters above sea level, the rectangular top (cm 128 x 186) ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern SEM

Materials

Marble, Metal, Stainless Steel

Contemporary Dining Alea Chair by Hannes Peer for SEM Paesaggio Collection

$4,208 / item

H 32.68 in W 20.87 in D 19.69 in

Contemporary Dining Alea Chair by Hannes Peer for SEM Paesaggio Collection

By SEM, Hannes Peer

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Contemporary dining chair Alea Paesaggio collection designed by Hannes Peer for SEM. 'Alea' is a very particular chair, born from an idea of deconstruction of the basic chair...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other SEM

Materials

Leather, Mahogany

Contemporary Bookcase C, Etched Brass, Pivoting Doors and Stone Elm Shelves

$27,676 / item

H 79.93 in W 109.45 in D 14.97 in

Contemporary Bookcase C, Etched Brass, Pivoting Doors and Stone Elm Shelves

By SEM, Giacomo Moor

Located in Brooklyn, NY

SEM Pivot collection, bookcase C, simple and sculptural. The supporting structure is a rigid system of metal tubes to which are added shelves in beautiful stone elm wood combined with various lacquered...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern SEM

Materials

Metal, Brass

Contemporary Round Coffee Table Butterfly by Hannes Peer for SEM

$4,769 / item

H 12.29 in Dm 39.38 in

Contemporary Round Coffee Table Butterfly by Hannes Peer for SEM

By SEM, Hannes Peer

Located in Brooklyn, NY

The 'Butterfly' coffee table is also a new entry to the 'Paesaggio' collection. Hannes Peer translated the biomorphic aesthetic of his 'Butterfly' console into a low table with equal...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other SEM

Materials

Cement

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SEM Sale Prices

Sold Date

Sold Price

Category

Material

Creation Year

2025

$4,054

Console Tables, Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Resin, Cement, Wood, Glass

2021

$4,054

Average sold price of items in the past 12 months

$4,054-$4,054

Sold price range of items in the past 12 months

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Sem furniture for sale on 1stDibs.

SEM furniture are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of wood and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of SEM furniture, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. We have 2 vintage editions of these items in-stock, while there is 58 modern edition to choose from as well. Many of the original furniture by SEM were created in the modern style in europe during the 21st century and contemporary. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider furniture by Cara e Davide, Dom Edizioni, and Dilmos Edizioni. Prices for SEM furniture can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $791 and can go as high as $118,567, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $9,945.