Tobia Scarpa Furniture
Italian, b. 1935
Widely recognized as superstars of postmodern Italian design, husband-and-wife team Afra and Tobia Scarpa (1937–2011; b. 1935) collaboratively created chairs, sofas and other furniture that work equally well in both traditional and cutting-edge environments.
Afra Bianchin and Tobia Scarpa met as architecture students at the Università Iuav di Venezia. In a class led by architect and furniture designer Franco Albini, they created their first collaborative piece, the Pigreco armchair, later produced with Gavina. After graduating in 1957, Tobia Scarpa worked for Murano glass company Venini & Co. before the couple opened a studio in Afra’s hometown, Montebelluna, in 1960. (Tobia, the son of famed glass artist and architect Carlo Scarpa, was born in Venice.)
Ranging from architecture and interior design to furniture and clothing, the Scarpas’ practice from its beginnings in the mid-1950s to the 21st century has included a diverse scope of projects combining new technology with thoughtful function and sculptural yet simple forms.
For Afra and Tobia, a close collaborative process was pivotal to the success of their designs. The duo was also prolific — they designed for the most influential European manufacturers, including B&B Italia, Cassina, Knoll and FLOS. With respect to the latter, Afra and Tobia were among the legendary Italian lighting maker’s earliest collaborators, and their pioneering designs for the brand included the Papillon lamp, one of the first fixtures to use halogen technology. Their most recognized designs include the Bastiano sofa (1962), the Vanessa bed (1959), the Coronado sofa (1966) and the Soriana seating collection (1970). Work on the Soriana sofa began in late 1969 for an early 1970 debut, and it feels as radical today as it did in its heyday.
Architecture was also a central part of Afra and Tobia’s practice, which spanned residential buildings and factories for Italian companies such as Benetton. Their commissions for the global fashion brand included numerous industrial projects, from textile plants to storefronts. By 1985, Afra and Tobia Scarpa’s work was celebrated in a 30-year retrospective at Center Four in Queens, New York. Looking around the 30,000-square-foot exhibition space, Afra joked to the New York Times, “Seeing all those things makes us feel very tired, and now we feel that maybe we worked too much.”
It was not too much for their legacy, as Afra and Tobia Scarpa’s work continues to inspire new generations. Scarpa designs are in collections at the Louvre, the Museum of Modern Art and the Victoria and Albert Museum. The couple was awarded the Compasso d’Oro in 1970 for the Soriana armchair.
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Creator: Tobia Scarpa
Tobia Scarpa Battuti Vase in Grape Murano Glass
By Tobia Scarpa, Venini, Ludovico Diaz de Santillana
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Battuti vase in grape Murano glass by Tobia Scarpa and Ludovico Diaz De Santillana for Venini. It evokes a lily standing tall, in tones of Grape and Amber. Its translucent appearance...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tobia Scarpa Furniture
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Murano Glass
$14,146 / item
Tobia Scarpa Vase 'occhi' for Venini, ca. 1970
By Tobia Scarpa, Venini
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Tobia Scarpa Vase 'occhi' for Venini, ca. 1970
A white 'occhi' murrine vase designed by Tobia Scarpa in 1960, manufactured by Venini, Venice ca. 1970. Etched signature 'venini itali...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Tobia Scarpa Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
Tobia Scarpa, Nice Chrome Design Dinning Table, Circa 1970
By Tobia Scarpa
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This nice design dining table is made of a chrome base with a blueish glass on top. This is a model by famous Italian designer Tobia Scarpa, circa 1970.
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1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tobia Scarpa Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Tobia Scarpa Eitie Triangle Wall Lamp For Cassina
By Tobia Scarpa
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Tobia Scarpa Eitie Triangle Wall Lamp For Cassina
A wall lamp designed by Tobia Scarpa, that takes shape as a seemingly simple structure with sophisticated, innovative technology, a...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Tobia Scarpa Furniture
Materials
Silver
$4,576 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Tobia Scarpa Eitie Table For Cassina
By Tobia Scarpa
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Tobia Scarpa Eitie Table For Cassina
A table lamp designed by Tobia Scarpa, that takes shape as a seemingly simple structure with sophisticated, innovative technology.
The lamp is ...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Tobia Scarpa Furniture
Materials
Metal
$2,365 Sale Price / item
20% Off
20th Century Tobia Scarpa for Flos Pendant Lamp mod. Fior di Loto
By Flos, Tobia Scarpa
Located in Turin, Turin
Tobia Scarpa is an Italian designer and architect. He is known for his furniture design that melds cutting-edge technology, ergonomic function, and cultural history.
After graduatin...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tobia Scarpa Furniture
Materials
Metal, Brass
Puff Armchair by Tobia Scarpa for Cassina
By Tobia Scarpa, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
A design puff with soft, generous contours, designed to bring home casual, sophisticated comfort that opens the door to new, freer lifestyles.
The idea for this puff that changed t...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Tobia Scarpa Furniture
Materials
Metal
$7,595 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Mid-Century Design Jucker table lamp by Tobia Scarpa for Flos , Italy , 1960s
By Tobia Scarpa
Located in Delft, NL
Mid-Century Design ‘Jucker’ table lamp by Tobia Scarpa for Flos , Italy ,1960’s
Dimensions: 18cm Diameter, 21cmH
Period: 1960’s
Color: Yellow
Material: Metal
Designer: Tobia Scarpa
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tobia Scarpa Furniture
Materials
Metal
Tobia Scarpa Chrome Base Rectangle Glass Top 4 Cylinder legs Dining Table Mint!
By Tobia Scarpa, Knoll
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Tobia Scarpa Chrome Base Rectangle Glass Top 4 Cylinder legs Dining Table Mint!
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Tobia Scarpa Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Tacchini Sempronia Chair by Tobia Scarpa in STOCK
By Tobia Scarpa
Located in New York, NY
SEMPRONIA CHAIR 50x53
CAT. V - VITE 03
MATT BLACK NICKEL RINGS T148 WITH
INTERLINER CAL117
Circular elements fit together in a double circle that evoke...
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2010s Italian Tobia Scarpa Furniture
Materials
Fabric
Set of Six Dining Chairs by Tobia Scarpa, Italy, 1970s – Original Upholstery
By Tobia Scarpa
Located in Almelo, NL
Set of Six Dining Chairs by Tobia Scarpa, Italy, 1970s – Original Upholstery
This exceptional set of six dining chairs was designed by renowned Italian architect and designer Tobia ...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tobia Scarpa Furniture
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Fabric, Beech
Biagio Table Lamp by Tobia Scarpa
By Tobia Scarpa
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Biagio table lamp by Tobia Scarpa. Designed and manufactured in Italy, 1968. Carved from a single piece of Carrara marble. Original EU cord. We recom...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tobia Scarpa Furniture
Materials
Carrara Marble
Tobia Scarpa, Italy Murano Blown Glass Large "Occhi" Murrine Vase
By Venini, Tobia Scarpa
Located in Uccle, BE
A large "occhi" vase with quadranglular base in "talpa" (mole grey) murrine with a clear centre.
Known as model 8526 in venini archives.
We are located in Belgium, we present Po...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tobia Scarpa Furniture
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Midcentury wall light model "802" by Tobia Scarpa for Venini, Italy 1970
By Tobia Scarpa, Venini
Located in Piacenza, Italy
Rare single Midcentury wall light model "802" by Tobia Scarpa for Venini, Italy 1970
Stunning hand blown glass and metal structure.
This light can be re-oriented to point up as wel...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tobia Scarpa Furniture
Materials
Brass
$7,210 Sale Price
20% Off
Italian 20th Century Beige "Soriana" Leather Sofa By Tobia Scarpa For Cassina
By Cassina, Tobia Scarpa
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A beautiful “Soriana“ leather sofa by Tobia Scarpa for Cassina, made in Italy around the latter part of the 20th century. Finished in a very rare cognac colour leather, it is lovely ...
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1980s Italian Other Vintage Tobia Scarpa Furniture
Materials
Metal
Vintage Wall Lights by Tobia Scarpa for Flos, Set of 2
By Flos, Tobia Scarpa
Located in KUTNO, PL
Foglio is a legendary wall lamp. Designed in 1966 by Tobia Scarpa for Flos, it continues to impress with its clean lines, functionality, and subtle expression. Its name – Italian for...
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1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tobia Scarpa Furniture
Materials
Metal
Tobia Scarpa , Table lamp mod. Biagio, prod. Flos, 1960s
By Tobia Scarpa, Flos
Located in Rivoli, IT
Designed in 1968 by Tobia Scarpa and produced by Flos, the Biagio table lamp consists of a body carved from a single hollowed block of white Carrara marble.
The Biagio table lamp is...
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1960s Italian Vintage Tobia Scarpa Furniture
Materials
Carrara Marble
PIGRECO Chair *Showroom sample
By Tacchini, Tobia Scarpa
Located in Carson, CA
Pigreco
Designed by Tobia Scarpa
Pigreco expresses itself in the essentiality of the line, the balance between solids and voids, and the harmony between straight lines and curves, de...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Tobia Scarpa Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
"Pigreco Chairs" By Tobia Scarpa
By Tobia Scarpa
Located in Potts Point, NSW
Tobia Scarpa, born in Venice in 1935, is an influential Italian architect and designer known for his refined yet innovative approach to modern design. The son of celebrated architect...
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1960s Italian Modern Vintage Tobia Scarpa Furniture
Materials
Velvet, Wood
$2,500 / set
1970s Pair of Pigreco Dining Arm Chairs by Tobia Scarpa for Gavina/ Knoll
By Tobia Scarpa, Gavina
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is a Pair of Pigreco Armchairs, initially designed by Italian Architect Tobia Scarpa in 1959. The chair was the first product that Tobia ever designed, and it was his graduation...
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1970s Italian Modern Vintage Tobia Scarpa Furniture
Materials
Steel
Tobia Scarpa Eitie Table For Cassina
By Tobia Scarpa
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Tobia Scarpa Eitie Table For Cassina
A table lamp designed by Tobia Scarpa, that takes shape as a seemingly simple structure with sophisticated, innovative technology.
The lamp is ...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Tobia Scarpa Furniture
Materials
Metal
$2,365 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Molteni & C MHC.3 MISS Dining Chair by Tobia Scarpa
By Tobia Scarpa, Molteni & C
Located in Boston, MA
Designed by Tobia Scarpa
Miss chair, designed by Afra and Tobia Scarpa in 1986. The form is linked to a system of soft, unbroken, linear rhythms. The legs are slim and divaricated, ...
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2010s Italian Modern Tobia Scarpa Furniture
Materials
Leather, Oak
$1,367 Sale Price / item
30% Off
21st Century Occhi Small Glass Vase in Coral/Crystal by Tobia Scarpa
By Tobia Scarpa, Venini
Located in murano, IT
Tobia Scarpa creates a fine exchange of glances: glass lenses with thin coloured rims form an interplay of softly rounded volumes. Tall or short, rounded or slender, this vase never ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Tobia Scarpa Furniture
Materials
Glass
Tobia Scarpa sconce for Flos 1970s.
By Tobia Scarpa, Flos
Located in bari, IT
Lacquered brass wall sconce model Quarto by Tobia Scarpa for Flos 1970s.Tobia Scarpa is a visionary designer whose work transcends the boundaries of form and function. Known for his ...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tobia Scarpa Furniture
Materials
Brass
Tobia Scarpa, Velati vase, model #515.2 by Venini
By Tobia Scarpa
Located in Zurich, CH
Velati vase, model #515.2
Venini
Italy, c. 1965
wheel-carved glass 13 × 17 cm
Excellent condition, signed with Venini paperlabel
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Tobia Scarpa Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
$4,614 Sale Price
20% Off
Tobia Scarpa Nictea Pendant Lamp in Nickel-Plated Brass by Flos 1960s
By Tobia Scarpa, Flos
Located in Montecatini Terme, IT
Nictea pendant lamp in nickel-plated brass, and glass was designed by Tobia Scarpa in 1961 and produced by Flos.
The Nictea lamp gives filtered and concentrated light thanks to the ...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tobia Scarpa Furniture
Materials
Brass, Nickel
Monumental Tobia Scarpa BATTUTO Vase, 17.5"H, Murano
By Tobia Scarpa, Venini
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Tobia Scarpa (Italian, b. 1935); Venini (Italy)
Marking(s); notes: signed, marking(s); ed. 90/100; 1979
Materials: glass
Dimensions (H, W, D): 17.5"h, ...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Tobia Scarpa Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
Italian mid-century modern Glass Chandelier Bilobo by Tobia Scarpa Flos, 1960s
By Flos, Tobia Scarpa
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid-century modern Glass Chandelier Bilobo by Tobia Scarpa for Flos, 1960s
Chandelier mod. Bilobo with rounded diffuser in Murano bollicine glass. The structure that supports...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tobia Scarpa Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Geometrie Nascoste Print by Tobia Scarpa Paradisoterrestre Edition
By Tobia Scarpa, Paradisoterrestre
Located in Ozzano Dell'emilia, IT
An artistic project by the Venetian architect who, on the occasion of the exhibition Tobia Scarpa _ Dall’arte della misura silenziosamente (Paradisoterrestre Gallery – Bologna, 2020)...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Tobia Scarpa Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Scudo Magico by Tobia Scarpa Paradisoterrestre Edition
By Paradisoterrestre, Tobia Scarpa
Located in Ozzano Dell'emilia, IT
Materials: metal structure with brass welds, circular base in natural iron, brass sphere that allows manual rotation of the sculpture
An artistic project by the Venetian architect who, on the occasion of the exhibition Tobia Scarpa _ Dall’arte della misura silenziosamente(Paradisoterrestre Gallery – Bologna, 2020), creates three limited edition artworks for Paradisoterrestre, starting from an interpretation of Melencolia I, enigmatic masterpiece realized by Albrecht Dürer in 1514.
Tobia Scarpa breaks down the representation, extrapolating two of the key elements present in Dürer’s engraving related to the geometric-mathematical field: the polyhedron and the magic square.
Scudo Magico...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Tobia Scarpa Furniture
Materials
Metal, Brass, Iron
$11,820 / item
Tobia Scarpa for Venini 802.1 Pendant
By Tobia Scarpa, Venini
Located in New York, NY
Hand blown frosted glass, chromed metal.. *2nd matching pendant available.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tobia Scarpa Furniture
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Italian mid-century modern Glass Chandelier Bilobo by Tobia Scarpa Flos, 1960s
By Flos, Tobia Scarpa
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid-century modern Glass Chandelier Bilobo by Tobia Scarpa for Flos, 1960s
Chandelier mod. Bilobo with rounded diffuser in Murano bollicine glass. The structure that supports...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tobia Scarpa Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Biagio Table Lamp by Tobia Scarpa for Flos, Marble, Italy, 1970s
By Tobia Scarpa
Located in Brussels, BE
Biagio Table Lamp by Tobia Scarpa for Flos, Marble, Italy, 1970s
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tobia Scarpa Furniture
Materials
Marble
Tobia Scarpa BATTUTO Bowl, Murano
By Venini, Tobia Scarpa
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Tobia Scarpa (Italian, b. 1935); Venini (Italy)
Marking(s); notes: incised Venini Italia, marking(s)
Materials: glass
Dimensions (H, W, D): 3"h, 8.75"d...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Tobia Scarpa Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
Biagio Table Light by Tobia Scarpa for FLOS
By Tobia Scarpa, Flos
Located in Vancouver, BC
Designed by Tobia Scarpa in 1968.
Table lamp providing direct light. Lamp body carved seamlessly from a single block of Carrara marble. Elegant and unique, this light is a sculptu...
Category
1960s European Vintage Tobia Scarpa Furniture
Materials
Carrara Marble
Tobia Scarpa furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Tobia Scarpa furniture are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of metal and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Tobia Scarpa furniture, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. We have 128 vintage editions of these items in-stock, while there is 36 modern edition to choose from as well. Many of the original furniture by Tobia Scarpa were created in the mid-century modern style in europe during the 20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider furniture by Carlo De Carli, Giovanni Offredi, and Gastone Rinaldi. Prices for Tobia Scarpa furniture can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $345 and can go as high as $29,456, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $4,358.
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Questions About Tobia Scarpa Furniture
- 1stDibs ExpertJune 6, 2024Yes, Tobia Scarpa is related to Carlo Scarpa. A well-known architect and designer in his own right, Tobia is the son of the legendary architect Carlo Scarpa. Tobia studied architecture at the Università Iuav di Venezia in Venice, where he met designer Afra Bianchin, who would become his wife and long-time collaborator. On 1stDibs, shop a collection of Tobia Scarpa furniture.
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