SEM Vases
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.
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Contemporary Geometric Sculptural Marble Vase Tray Bolide, Italian Manufacture
By Valentina Cameranesi (VCS), SEM
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Geometric vase tray in Arabescato marble, Simultanea collection. Centripetal, centrifugal, and movement forces are channeled into stone forms, and rotation on the axis becomes a vase...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern SEM Vases
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Marble
Contemporary Sculptural Geometric Marble Vase Magnetico, Italian Manufacture
By Valentina Cameranesi (VCS), SEM
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Geometric sculptural vase in Sodalite marble, Simultanea Collection. Centripetal, centrifugal, and movement forces are channeled into stone forms, and rotation on the axis becomes a ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern SEM Vases
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Contemporary Geometric Sculptural Marble Vase Bolide, Italian Manufacture
By Valentina Cameranesi (VCS), SEM
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Geometric sculptural vase in Botticino marble, Simultanea collection. Centripetal, centrifugal, and movement forces are channeled into stone forms, and rotation on the axis become a ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern SEM Vases
Materials
Marble
Contemporary Sculptural Geometric Marble Vase Simultaneo, Italian Manufacture
By Valentina Cameranesi (VCS), SEM
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Geometric sculptural vase in Rosa Carnico and Verde Carnico marble, Simultanea collection. Centripetal, centrifugal, and movement forces are channeled into stone forms, and rotation ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern SEM Vases
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Contemporary Geometric Sculptural Marble Vase Vortice Italian Manufacture
By Valentina Cameranesi (VCS), SEM
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Geometric sculptural vase in Sodalite marble, Simultanea collection. Centripetal, centrifugal, and movement forces are channeled into stone forms, and rotation on the axis become a v...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern SEM Vases
Materials
Marble
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Sem vases for sale on 1stDibs.
SEM vases are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of stone and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of SEM vases, although beige editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original vases by SEM were created in the modern style in italy during the 21st century and contemporary. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider vases by Valentina Cameranesi (VCS), Mario Bellini, and Capperidicasa. Prices for SEM vases can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $791 and can go as high as $3,944, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $1,496.