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SEM Chairs

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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Creator: SEM
Contemporary Tailor Made Gomito L Chair, Handcrafted Folded Leather Backrest
Contemporary Tailor Made Gomito L Chair, Handcrafted Folded Leather Backrest

Contemporary Tailor Made Gomito L Chair, Handcrafted Folded Leather Backrest

$2,168Sale Price / item|20% Off

Contemporary Tailor Made Gomito L Chair, Handcrafted Folded Leather Backrest

By SEM, vormen

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Lounge armchair made with a thin and elegant hand-welded steel frame whose curvature supports the precious leather, folded and sewn to act as a backrest and the same time as an armrest. Available in red, blue, black structure as per the full grain leather backrest in Havana, natural and black which is destined over time to soften and accomodate the anatomy of the body...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern SEM Chairs

Materials

Steel

Contemporary Tailor Made Gomito L Chair, Handcrafted Folded Leather Backrest
Contemporary Tailor Made Gomito L Chair, Handcrafted Folded Leather Backrest

Contemporary Tailor Made Gomito L Chair, Handcrafted Folded Leather Backrest

$2,168Sale Price / item|20% Off

Contemporary Tailor Made Gomito L Chair, Handcrafted Folded Leather Backrest

By vormen, SEM

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Lounge armchair made with a thin and elegant hand-welded steel frame whose curvature supports the precious leather, folded and sewn to act as a backrest and the same time as an armre...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern SEM Chairs

Materials

Steel

Contemporary Tailor Made Gomito Chair, Handcrafted Folded Leather Backrest
Contemporary Tailor Made Gomito Chair, Handcrafted Folded Leather Backrest

Contemporary Tailor Made Gomito Chair, Handcrafted Folded Leather Backrest

$2,169Sale Price / item|20% Off

Contemporary Tailor Made Gomito Chair, Handcrafted Folded Leather Backrest

By vormen, SEM

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Armchair made with a thin and elegant hand-welded steel frame whose curvature supports the precious leather, folded and sewn to act as a backrest and the same time as an armrest. Available in red, blue, black structure as per the full-grain leather backrest in Havana, natural and black which is destined over time to soften and accommodate the anatomy of the body...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern SEM Chairs

Materials

Steel

Contemporary Tailor Made Gomito Chair, Handcrafted Folded Leather Backrest
Contemporary Tailor Made Gomito Chair, Handcrafted Folded Leather Backrest

Contemporary Tailor Made Gomito Chair, Handcrafted Folded Leather Backrest

$2,468Sale Price / item|20% Off

Contemporary Tailor Made Gomito Chair, Handcrafted Folded Leather Backrest

By vormen, SEM

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Armchair made with a thin and elegant hand-welded steel frame whose curvature supports the precious leather, folded and sewn to act as a backrest and the same time as an armrest. Available in red, blue, black structure as per the full-grain leather backrest in Havana, natural and black which is destined over time to soften and accommodate the anatomy of the body...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern SEM Chairs

Materials

Steel

Contemporary Tailor Made Gomito L Chair, Handcrafted Folded Leather Backrest
Contemporary Tailor Made Gomito L Chair, Handcrafted Folded Leather Backrest

Contemporary Tailor Made Gomito L Chair, Handcrafted Folded Leather Backrest

$2,468Sale Price / item|20% Off

Contemporary Tailor Made Gomito L Chair, Handcrafted Folded Leather Backrest

By SEM, vormen

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Lounge armchair made with a thin and elegant hand-welded steel frame whose curvature supports the precious leather, folded and sewn to act as a backrest and the same time as an armrest. Available in red, blue, black structure as per the full grain leather backrest in Havana, natural and black which is destined over time to soften and accomodate the anatomy of the body...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern SEM Chairs

Materials

Steel

Contemporary Tailor Made Gomito Chair, Handcrafted Folded Leather Backrest
Contemporary Tailor Made Gomito Chair, Handcrafted Folded Leather Backrest

Contemporary Tailor Made Gomito Chair, Handcrafted Folded Leather Backrest

$2,169Sale Price / item|20% Off

Contemporary Tailor Made Gomito Chair, Handcrafted Folded Leather Backrest

By vormen, SEM

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Armchair made with a thin and elegant hand-welded steel frame whose curvature supports the precious leather, folded and sewn to act as a backrest and the same time as an armrest. Available in red, blue, black structure as per the full-grain leather backrest in Havana, natural and black which is destined over time to soften and accommodate the anatomy of the body...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern SEM Chairs

Materials

Steel

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Sem chairs for sale on 1stDibs.

SEM chairs are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of steel and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of SEM chairs, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original chairs 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 chairs by Andrea Branzi, Sergio Bicego, and vormen. Prices for SEM chairs can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $2,464 and can go as high as $2,805, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $2,465.

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