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 Armchair Nuvola by Hannes Peer in Santos Rosewood and Full Leather
By SEM, Hannes Peer
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
Contemporary Sofa Nuvola by Hannes Peer in Santos Rosewood and Full Leather
By Hannes Peer, SEM
Located in Brooklyn, NY
By definition this variant of the 'Nuvola' armchair is a 3 seater sofa but it is so much more. Like the armchair it is a sculpture of iron, wood and a wide and soft padding that give...
Brass
$21,793Sale Price|20% Off
H 31.5 in W 125.6 in D 62.21 in
Contemporary Galapinhos Leather Sofa, Caramel Nubuck, Handmade by Greenapple
By Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Contemporary Galapinhos Leather Sofa, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple. The Galapinhos leather sofa brings the essence of nature indoors, insp...
Bouclé, Wood, Linen, Wool, Walnut, Oak, Leather
Stunning Vintage English Red Leather Chesterfield 3 Seater Sofa
Located in Berlin, DE
3-seat chesterfield sofa with button tufted detail, circa 1970. Exceptional quality. Double hand-stitching, and applied brass nailhead trim details. The ebonized composite orb feet h...
Leather
$2,143 / 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
$6,500Sale Price|48% Off
H 29 in W 98 in D 51 in
Mid-Century Modern Curved Serpentine Cloud Sofa by Weiman
By Weiman
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A sleek modern sofa designed by Weiman in the 1980s. It features a curved design, with circular platform bases, and original textured print upholster...
Fabric, Wood
$2,495
H 32 in W 89 in D 36 in
Vintage Art Deco Hollywood Regency Sofa Tufted Back and Concave Pillowed Arms
Located in Topeka, KS
Fabulous vintage Art Deco or Hollywood Regency sofa with a tufted back and concave pillowed arms. The sofa is in solid wonderful condition, but its original white damask fabric will ...
Fabric
$30,226Sale Price|20% Off
H 59.85 in W 34.65 in D 37.8 in
Savage Horse Armchair with Aries and Buffalo and Wildebeest Horns
Located in Paris, FR
Armchair savage horse with structure in solid wood and covered with Mongolia horse skin an with deer leather. With real horns of Aries, Buffalo and wildeb...
Bronze
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
$11,515 / set
H 27.56 in W 36.23 in D 55.12 in
Superb Pair of Minotti “Andersen” Chaise Sofas Daybed in Geometric Linen Fabric
By Minotti
Located in Barrowford, GB
This is a superb, identical pair of Minotti “Andersen” Chaise Sofas (which, as you will see, can be configured to create a sofa/daybed) dressed in a p...
Linen
$14,600 / item
H 31.5 in W 106 in D 38 in
Custom Tete-a-tete Sofa Bench in Grey Velvet with Walnut Base by Adesso Imports
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Custom tete-a-tete sofa bench in grey silk velvet with American walnut wood base. Made in Los Angeles by Adesso Imports. Can be done in different fabrics, colors, sizes and woods. ...
Velvet, Walnut
Brass-Mounted Rosewood Campaign Armchair
Located in Sheffield, MA
A Brass-Mounted Rosewood Campaign Armchair Signed and Dated 1909 The turned collapsible frame with leather seat and footrest, the back stretcher wi...
$3,600 / item
H 28.35 in W 29.53 in D 27.56 in
Natural Brazilian Wood Pipa Armchair in Naked Style from Tiago Curioni
By Tiago Curioni
Located in Sao Paulo, SP
From the Pipa collection, we launched the armchair, with the same principle of Industrial rationalization and constructive simplicity used by the chair that started this line. In sol...
Hardwood
Midcentury Sofa by José Zanine Caldas, Brazilian Design
By José Zanine Caldas
Located in Sao Paulo, SP
This midcentury sofa, in wood and grey fabric, was produced in the 1950s in São Paulo by Zanine's studio, is a good example of his earlier pieces. José Zanine Caldas was a designer,...