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SEM Sofas

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 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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other SEM Sofas

Materials

Brass

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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other SEM Sofas

Materials

Leather, Wood

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Sem sofas for sale on 1stDibs.

SEM sofas are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of leather and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of SEM sofas, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider sofas by and Hebanon Fratelli Basile. Prices for SEM sofas can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $28,900 and can go as high as $44,710, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $36,805.

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