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.
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...
Leather, Mahogany
Contemporary Armchair Nuvola by Hannes Peer in Santos Rosewood and Full Leather
By Hannes Peer, SEM
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Contemporary armchair Nuvola Paesaggio collection designed by Hannes Peer for SEM. Structure in lacquered iron, brass details. Shell in wood veneered w...
Brass
$11,700 / set
H 28.35 in W 24.41 in D 21.66 in
Gianni Moscatelli Dining Chairs for Formanova, 1968, Set of 6
By Gianni Moscatelli, Formanova
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Gianni Moscatelli dining chairs for Formanova, faux-fur and iron, Italy, 1968, set of six. Designed by Gianni Moscatelli...
Faux Fur
Set of Ten Dining Chairs by Anton Lorenz for Thonet
By Thonet, Anton Lorenz
Located in Dallas, TX
Set of ten armchairs designed by Anton Lorenz for Thonet. Each chair has tan upholstered backrest and seat with polished chrome tubular frames. Mid-Century Modern S-37 chairs were originally designed by Anton Lorenz in 1929 and later manufactured by Gebruder Thonet in the 1970s. In 1929 Anton Lorenz founded the firm Desta (Deutsche Stahlmobel) in Berlin making Anton Lorenz the first to manufacture tubular-steel furniture on a commercial scale.
Chrome
$7,900 / set
H 28.35 in W 24.41 in D 21.66 in
Gianni Moscatelli Dining Chairs for Formanova, 1968, Set of 4
By Gianni Moscatelli, Formanova
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Gianni Moscatelli dining chairs for Formanova, faux-fur and iron, Italy, 1968, set of four. Designed by Gianni Moscatell...
Faux Fur
$43,830 / set
H 31.89 in W 20.48 in D 16.54 in
Dining Chairs Designed by Hans Wegner for Johannes Hansen, Denmark, 1960s
By Hans J. Wegner, Johannes Hansen
Located in Stockholm, SE
Dining chairs designed by Hans Wegner for Johannes Hansen, Denmark, 1960s. Wenge, steel, and leather. Set of six. Measurements: H: 81 cm/ 31 3/4'' W: 52 cm/ 20 1/2'' D: 42 cm/ 16 1...
Steel
$15,600 / set
H 28.35 in W 24.41 in D 21.66 in
Gianni Moscatelli Dining Chairs for Formanova, 1968, Set of 8
By Formanova, Gianni Moscatelli
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Gianni Moscatelli dining chairs for Formanova, faux-fur and iron, Italy, 1968, set of eight. Designed by Gianni Moscatelli for Formanova in 1968, these dining chairs are offered in ...
Faux Fur
$8,500
H 44.49 in W 25.2 in D 19.69 in
Set of Four Bamboo Dining Chairs by Axel Einthoven for Rohe Noorwolde
By Rohe Noordwolde, Axel Enthoven
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Unique set off four sculptural and confortable black lacquered Bamboo dining chairs, seats reupholstered with sheep skin.
Sheepskin, Bamboo
$36,000 / set
H 30 in W 24.75 in D 23 in
Set of Six Cane Back Dining Chairs by Edward Wormley for Dunbar, 1940s
By Dunbar Furniture, Edward Wormley
Located in Sagaponack, NY
An elegant and unusual set of six dining chairs with a cane wrapped barrel back and an upholstered seat atop four slender legs.
Upholstery, Mahogany
Alea Chair
Located in London, GB
Designed by Hannes Peer for SEM, Alea is part of the Paesaggio collection, a series that reflects a refined balance between sculptural form and everyday functionality. The chair off...
Leather, Ash
$3,900 / set
H 28.35 in W 24.41 in D 21.66 in
Gianni Moscatelli Dining Chairs for Formanova, 1968, Set of 2
By Gianni Moscatelli, Formanova
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Gianni Moscatelli dining chairs for Formanova, faux-fur and iron, Italy, 1968, set of two. Designed by Gianni Moscatelli for Formanova in 1968, these dining chairs are offered in a ...
Faux Fur
$2,942 / set
H 38.19 in W 28.75 in D 31.5 in
1970s in Style Zanuso Reclining Purple Velvet Armchairs, one piece
By Marco Zanuso
Located in IT
One Reclining Armchairs from Italy from 1970s Attributed to Zanuso. Reupholstered in Purple Velvet , it has been attributed to Zanuso for lines, shapes and proportions. The reclinin...
Velvet
T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings for Widdicomb Dining Chairs
By Widdicomb Furniture Co., T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A complete set of six dining chairs designed by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings for Widdicomb. Two armchairs and four sides. A matching dining table is also available. Upholstery is original ...
Wood
Art Deco Italian Walnut and Velvet Armchair and Ottoman, 1920s
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Armchair and ottoman. From the early Art Deco period of Northern Italy, in walnut and ivory velvet upholstery, the chair's back is gracefully curved and extends to accentuate the cur...
Velvet, Walnut