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.
Sem CORE Collection BR2 Bas Relief in Mahogany solid wood by Hannes Peer
By SEM, Hannes Peer
Located in Brooklyn, NY
On the occasion of Milano Design Week 2026, Spotti Milano hosts SEM presenting CORE, a new furniture collection by Hannes Peer, unveiled through the dedicated installation HARDCORE. ...
Wood, Mahogany
Sem CORE Collection BR1 Bas Relief in Cherry solid wood by Hannes Peer
By SEM, Hannes Peer
Located in Brooklyn, NY
On the occasion of Milano Design Week 2026, Spotti Milano hosts SEM presenting CORE, a new furniture collection by Hannes Peer, unveiled through the dedicated installation HARDCORE. ...
Wood, Cherry
$8,500
H 1.5 in Dm 11.75 in
"Aphrodite, " Masterful Marble Bas Relief Rondel by Flanagan, Sculptor for Mint
By John Flanagan
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Created by one of the great masters of bas relief sculpture in America, John Flanagan, this profile depiction of the goddess Aphrodite was used as the model for the famous "Aphrodite/Swift Runners" bronze medal issued in 1932 by the Society of Medalists...
Marble
Chuck Dodson Wall-Mounted Bas-Relief Art Deco Plaque
By Chuck Dodson
Located in North Miami, FL
A wonderful depiction of a worker hanging from a crane at task. Art Deco buildings incorporated figural panels in their facades such as this exquisite bas reliefs sculpted by Chuck D...
Concrete, Iron
Pair of Framed Neo-Classical Carved Wood Bas Relief Plaques
Located in Hanover, MA
Pair of decorative bas-relief wall plaques in carved wood suggestive of bronze and featuring figures reminiscent of Greco-Roman art, set within a silver leafed wood frame. From an o...
Wood
$2,720Sale Price|20% Off
H 10.5 in W 18.5 in D 1.5 in
"Pegasus and Bellerophon", Lovely, Belle Epoch Gilded Bas Relief Panel by Geler
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This lovely depiction of Bellerophon and Pegasus, the nude God holding the head of the winged horse, beautifully captures a Classic Greek mythological scene in sculpted bas relief. T...
Plaster
$519Sale Price|20% Off
H 9.85 in W 7.09 in D 0.79 in
A carved fir wood bas-relief with the profile of the Virgin Mary - Italy - 1960
Located in SOTTEVILLE-LÈS-ROUEN, FR
A carved fir wood bas-relief depicting the profile of the Virgin Mary. Adorned with the sacred inscription 'Regina Pacis', this piece evokes the serenity and maternal protection of t...
Pine
$11,213
H 60.44 in W 44.69 in D 2.37 in
Bas-relief panel “Les Jumeaux” (The Twins) in weathered wood. Contemporary.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Bas-relief panel entitled “Les Jumeaux” (The Twins), carved from wood with an “oxidized iron” patina, presented in a natural oak box frame. Artist’s proof /IV. Work by a contempora...
Wood
Mid-Century Modern Abstract Bas-Relief Wall Sculpture, C. 1960s.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A mid-century modern abstract bas-relief wall hanging sculpture, circa 1960s, executed in painted fiberglass. The composition features dynamic layered forms and a rhythmic abstract s...
Fiberglass
Dali Bronze Bas-Relief Fécondité
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Bridgewater, CT
Salvador Dalí (Spanish, 1904-1989.) Fécondité, 1977. Bas relief in silvered bronze. Publishing Year : 1990-1992. Referenced in the catalogue raisonne "Dali Sculptures And ...
Bronze
Terra Cotta Minstrels Bas-Relief
Located in Asheville, NC
Terra Cotta Minstrels Bas Relief, Plaster of Paris with Terra Cotta Finish
$1,912Sale Price / set|25% Off
H 19.69 in W 6.7 in D 1.38 in
Pair of Bas-Relief, "Women carrying water"
Located in Paris, FR
Pair of bronze bas-relief from the end of the 19th century, with brown patina, fixed on a wood veneer support, representing two women draped in the antique style carrying a jar. One ...
Bronze
"Nude with Cape, " Large and Important Bas Relief Panel by Mayodon
By Jean-Leon Mayodon
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This large, unique sculptural panel demonstrates, in a bold and dramatic way, Jean Mayodon's fascination with the classical nude, interpreted of course in a modern way. Mayodon was o...
Ceramic
$2,800
H 15.75 in W 9.75 in D 0.75 in
"Algernon Sullivan Plaque, " Rare Bas Relief with Nude Figures by Jules Roine
By Jules-Edouard Roiné 1
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This rare and important relief sculpture honors Algernon Sydney Sullivan, one of the most admired and respected attorneys and civic leaders active in New York in the late 19th century. Born a Hoosier, he moved to New York by 1860, and though an ardent abolitionist, felt honor-bound to step forward to defend the sailors of the Confederate ship Savannah, captured by the Union early in the Civil War. He served in the public sector for a decade and fought the Tweed gang. Later, Sullivan created two of the more important and influential law firms in New York in his era -- one of them, Sullivan and Cromwell, continues today -- but he always remained supportive of the poor who could not afford to retain an attorney for legal assistance. In his honor, the Sullivan Fountain was erected in Van Cortlandt...
Copper