Vico Magistretti Furniture
Italian, 1920-2006
As one of the founding fathers of modern Italian design, prolific architect and industrial designer Ludovico Magistretti (known by his nickname Vico) was guided by his philosophy, “There is no excuse for bad design.” His architectural projects are widely revered, and an ingenious meld of form and function can be found in his stylish and deceptively simple table lamps, sofas, armchairs and other mid-century furnishings.
Born in Milan, Magistretti followed in the footsteps of his father and grandfather (both architects) to study architecture at the Polytechnic University of Milan. At the outbreak of World War II, he fled to Switzerland, and it was there he met his role model and mentor, renowned humanist architect Ernesto Nathan Rogers. Magistretti was inspired by Rogers’s vision to revive postwar Italy, and they collaborated on several reconstruction projects. Among Magistretti’s first architectural designs is a “poetic” round church, which he created for the QT8, an experimental Milanese neighborhood.
When Magistretti returned to Milan in 1945, he worked at his father’s architectural firm. It wasn’t until the early 1950s that he expanded his talents into design while working with furniture artisans.
In the 1960s, Magistretti began his 30-year working relationship with famed entrepreneur Cesare Cassina of the Cassina furniture manufacturing company. In their design approach, the two men shared a vision of the relationship between modernity and tradition and enjoyed a close bond (Magistretti designed Cassina’s luxurious villa in 1965). However, their friendship was not without contention.
Legend has it that upon seeing the prototype for Magistretti’s Maralunga sofa, Cassina hated it so much that he punched it, breaking the back of the sofa, which crumpled into itself.
“Right, great, it looks perfect to me like that,” an unfazed Magistretti allegedly responded, and the Maralunga’s slumped, adjustable-height backrest was born. Incidentally, the Maralunga sofa won Italy’s Compasso d’Oro award as did his Eclisse lamp for Artemide and his Atollo lamp for Oluce.
Magistretti died in 2006, but his designs live on in galleries, museums and private residences and offices around the world.
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Creator: Vico Magistretti
Vico Magistretti Beech + Woven Rush Carimate Chair
By Vico Magistretti
Located in Round Top, TX
Gorgeous vintage Vico Magistretti "Carimate" chair with Cassina attribution. The original woven rush seat remains in good condition.
The original design was created for the Club Hou...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vico Magistretti Furniture
Materials
Rush, Beech
$920 Sale Price
20% Off
Sedie in noce e pelle modello 122 Vico Magistretti per Cassina 1967
By Cassina, Vico Magistretti
Located in Milano, MI
Le sedie Modello 122 sono una creazione del celebre designer italiano Vico Magistretti, noto per la sua capacità di combinare estetica moderna e funzionalità senza tempo
Realizzate d...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Vico Magistretti Furniture
Materials
Leather, Wood
$4,695 Sale Price / set
42% Off
FOUR CIRENE 03 DINING ARMCHAIRS DESiGNED BY VICO MAGISTRETTI FOR DE PADOVA
By Vico Magistretti
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this suite of four Vico Magistretti Cirene 03 bent Ash dining chairs made for De Padova
Please note the de...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vico Magistretti Furniture
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Ash
Vico Magistretti “Carimate” Chairs for Cassina, Black Wood, 1960, set of 6
By Cassina, Vico Magistretti
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Vico Magistretti "Carimate" dining chairs for Cassina, black lacquered wood and straw seat, Italy, 1960, set of six.
Vico Magistretti’s “Carimate 892/115” chair, crafted for Cassina...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vico Magistretti Furniture
Materials
Straw, Wood
Vico Magistretti "Carimate" Dining Chairs for Cassina, 1960, Set of 8
By Vico Magistretti, Cassina
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Vico Magistretti "Carimate" dining chairs for Cassina, green lacquered wood and straw seat, Italy, 1960, set of eight.
The "Carimate" chair is one of Vico Magistretti’s most famou...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vico Magistretti Furniture
Materials
Straw, Wood
1969, Vico Magistretti for Artemide, Set of Four White Selene Chairs
By Vico Magistretti, Artemide
Located in Amsterdam IJMuiden, NL
This item is part of the private collection of Casey Godrie and is situated in his private house. Ask him for competitive shipping quotes. His incredible Dune Villa, Amsterdam Beach, check last pictures on this listing and/or find more details on his family name plus eu, is for sale soon too. :-)
Set of four Selene chairs...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vico Magistretti Furniture
Materials
Plastic
Mid-century 'Cetra' hanging lamp by Vico Magistretti for Artemide, 1960s
By Vico Magistretti
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century 'Cetra' hanging lamp by Vico Magistretti for Artemide, 1960s
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vico Magistretti Furniture
Materials
Metal
"Carimate 930" Armchair
By Vico Magistretti
Located in Forest, BE
An icon of Italian design, the Carimate 930 armchair combines a lacquered solid wood frame with a handwoven straw seat. Designed by Vico Magistretti for the Carimate Golf Club-House ...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vico Magistretti Furniture
Materials
Straw, Wood, Lacquer
$8,085
Italian modern green plastic Chairs Selene Vico Magistretti for Artemide, 1960s
By Artemide, Vico Magistretti
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern green plastic Chairs Selene by Vico Magistretti for Artemide, 1960s
Set of eight iconic chairs model Selene in green plastic with square seat. The structure is monoco...
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1960s Italian Modern Vintage Vico Magistretti Furniture
Materials
Plastic
Metal Black/White Table Lamp Atollo 233 by Vico Magistretti for Oluce
By Vico Magistretti, Oluce
Located in Vienna, AT
The Atollo table lamp (1977) is distinguished by its minimal geometric construction. The worldwide imitated and yet inimitable lamp won numerous awards, and it can also be found as a...
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2010s Italian Vico Magistretti Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Italian Midcentury Black Wood Golem Chairs, Vico Magistretti, Carlo Poggi, 1968
By Vico Magistretti, Succ. Carlo Poggi
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid century modern set of four black lacquered curved wood Golem chairs by Vico Magistretti for Carlo Poggi Pavia, 1968.
Golem model chairs with black lacquered wooden struct...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vico Magistretti Furniture
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Wood
Vico Magistretti “Carimate” Chairs for Cassina, Black Wood, 1960, set of 4
By Vico Magistretti, Cassina
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Vico Magistretti "Carimate" dining chairs for Cassina, black lacquered wood and straw seat, Italy, 1960, set of four.
Vico Magistretti’s “Carimate 892/115” chair, crafted for Cassin...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vico Magistretti Furniture
Materials
Straw, Wood
Vico Magistretti “Carimate” Chairs for Cassina, Black Wood, 1960, set of 10
By Vico Magistretti, Cassina
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Vico Magistretti "Carimate" dining chairs for Cassina, black lacquered wood and straw seat, Italy, 1960, set of ten.
Vico Magistretti’s “Carimate 892/115” chair, crafted for Cassina...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vico Magistretti Furniture
Materials
Straw, Wood
Vico Magistretti 'Atollo' Small Metal Satin Gold Table Lamp by Oluce
By Vico Magistretti, Oluce
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Table lamp designed by Vico Magistretti in 1977
Manufactured by Oluce, Italy.
Designed in 1977 by Vico Magistretti, over the years, Atollo has become the archetype of the table l...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vico Magistretti Furniture
Materials
Metal
Vico Magistretti "Carimate" Dining Chairs for Cassina, 1960, Set of 12
By Cassina, Vico Magistretti
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Vico Magistretti "Carimate" dining chairs for Cassina, black lacquered wood and straw seat, Italy, 1960, set of twelve.
The "Carimate" chair is one of Vico Magistretti’s most famous...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vico Magistretti Furniture
Materials
Straw, Wood
4 VICO MAGISTRETTI „PAN“ CHAIRS FOR ROSENTHAL ASH WOOD & BLACK LEATHER, 1980s
By Vico Magistretti
Located in Reutlingen, DE
Dreamily beautiful, highly exceptional, and very rare set of four “Pan” dining chairs by Vico Magistretti, made of ebonized/blackened ash wood and leather for Rosenthal Einrichtung, ...
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1980s German Post-Modern Vintage Vico Magistretti Furniture
Materials
Leather, Ash
Pair of Wall Lamps by Vico Magistretti for Oluce, Italy, 1970s
By Vico Magistretti, Artemide
Located in Hagenbach, DE
This rare pair of wall lamps was designed by the renowned Italian designer Vico Magistretti for Oluce in the 1970s. Exemplifying Magistretti’s minimalist and functional aesthetic, th...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vico Magistretti Furniture
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Metal
"Clitunno" Floor Lmap by Vico Magistretti for Artemide
By Vico Magistretti, Artemide
Located in Milan, IT
"Clitunno" floor lamp by Vico Magistretti for Artemide.
Nickel plated brass frame and two opaline glass shades.
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1960s Italian Vintage Vico Magistretti Furniture
Materials
Nickel
Table Lamp Nemea Model by Vico Magistretti for Artemide
By Artemide, Vico Magistretti
Located in Milan, Italy
"Simplicity is the most complicated thing in the world." Vico Magistretti
Nemea is an "inverted lamp" that, as Magistretti said in an interview released to Modo in 1979, is perhaps ...
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1970s Italian Modern Vintage Vico Magistretti Furniture
Materials
Metal
Cassina Maralunga Zweisitzer Sofa Couch Vico Magistretti Leder
By Cassina, Vico Magistretti
Located in Berlin, DE
Wir bieten ein wunderschönes Vintage Maralunga Zweisitzer Sofa von Cassina zum Verkauf an. Das Design stammt vom renommierten italienischen Designer Vico Magistretti, erfreut sich bi...
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1980s Italian Vintage Vico Magistretti Furniture
Materials
Leather
Mid-century Vintage Red Dalù Table Lamp by Vico Magistretti for Artemide, 1960s
By Vico Magistretti, Artemide
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
This rare table lamp was designed by Vico Magistretti for the Italian manufacture Artemide during the 1960s. The lamp is made of red plastic. Dalù is one of the best designs to reflect the strict style of the great artist, who placed beauty and everyday use on the same level.
Vico Magistretti was born in Milan. He attended Parini High School before enrolled in the Regio Politecnico Faculty of Architecture in Milan in the fall of 1939. In 1943-1944 he moved to Switzerland, where he attended several academic courses at the Champ Universitarie Italien in Lausanne. It was then that he spent time with Ernesto Nathan Rogers, who had a key influence on his intellectual education. In 1945 he returned to Milan, where he graduated from the Faculty of Architecture at the Polytechnic University. He immediately started working for his father's company, the architect Piergiulio Magistretti, in via Conservatorio. The 1950s were a very busy and fruitful period for the young architect, who came up with many innovative ideas and very quickly became one of the most outstanding representatives of the third generation. Over the next few years he worked as a designer as well as an architect, creating furniture and objects that will always be classics of contemporary production. It was then that he was awarded the Golden Compass for the Eclisse lamp...
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1960s Italian Space Age Vintage Vico Magistretti Furniture
Materials
Plastic
$886 Sale Price
25% Off
Vico Magistretti for Artemide "Triteti" ceiling or wall light, Italy circa 1960s
By Artemide, Vico Magistretti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vico Magistretti fro Artemide "Triteti" ceiling or wall light
Designed and made in Italy in 1960s
Can be used as ceiling light or wall light.
Take 3 medium base bulbs each.
Complimen...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vico Magistretti Furniture
Materials
Plastic
Mid-Century Modern Two Seater in Bouclé Lacquered Wood Sofa Model "Carimate"
By Vico Magistretti
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Two Seater in Bouclé Lacquered Wood Sofa Model "Carimate"
Vico Magistretti (October 6, 1920 – September 19, 2006) was an Italian architect who was also active as ...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vico Magistretti Furniture
Materials
Bouclé, Wood
Side Table in Metal, Crystal and Carrara Marble by Magistretti, Italy, 1970s
By Vico Magistretti
Located in Roma, IT
Stunning and very rare Mid-Century side table designed by Vico Magistretti and produced in Italy during the 1970s. A superb example of Magistretti’s minimalist and architectural desi...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vico Magistretti Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Carrara Marble, Metal
Ronda wall lamp Oluce Vico Magistretti 80s style
By Vico Magistretti, Oluce
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Postmodern style Lamp "Ronda" wall lamp. Silver painted model.
Designed by Vico Magistretti for Oluce. Unused condition.
Light source E27 light bulbs.
Using with 100-120V Able to ...
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1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Vico Magistretti Furniture
Materials
Steel
"Carimate" Bench
By Vico Magistretti
Located in Forest, BE
An icon of Italian design, the Carimate bench combines a lacquered solid wood frame with a handwoven straw seat. Designed by Vico Magistretti for the Carimate Golf Club-House for Cas...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vico Magistretti Furniture
Materials
Straw, Wood, Lacquer
$7,268
Metal Black/White Table Lamp Atollo 233 by Vico Magistretti for Oluce
By Vico Magistretti, Oluce
Located in Vienna, AT
The Atollo table lamp (1977) is distinguished by its minimal geometric construction. The worldwide imitated and yet inimitable lamp won numerous awards, and it can also be found as a...
Category
2010s Italian Vico Magistretti Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Set of 4 "Carimate" Chairs
By Vico Magistretti, Cassina
Located in Forest, BE
An icon of Italian design, the Carimate chair combines a lacquered solid wood frame with a handwoven straw seat. Designed by Vico Magistretti for Cassina in the 1960s, it stands out ...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vico Magistretti Furniture
Materials
Straw, Wood, Lacquer
$9,702 / set
Red Gaudi Chairs by Vico Magistretti for Artemide, 1970s, Set of 4
By Vico Magistretti, Artemide
Located in Rouen, FR
Édités par Artemide dans les années 70, ces fauteuils Gaudi signés Vico Magistretti sont devenus des classiques du design italien. Avec leur silhouette sculpturale en polypropylène m...
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1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Vico Magistretti Furniture
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Plastic
Vico Magistretti "Carimate" Dining Chairs for Cassina, 1960, Set of 10
By Vico Magistretti, Cassina
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Vico Magistretti "Carimate" dining chairs for Cassina, green lacquered wood and straw seat, Italy, 1960, set of ten.
The "Carimate" chair is one of Vico Magistretti’s most famous ...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vico Magistretti Furniture
Materials
Straw, Wood
Pair of Vico Magistretti Cassina black leather Veranda sofas
By Cassina, Vico Magistretti
Located in Ferndale, MI
Pair of black leather " Veranda " sofas . Designed by Vico Magistretti produced by Cassina distributed by Atelier International (ai) . Each couch has three soft supple leather seats ...
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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Vico Magistretti Furniture
Materials
Steel
Poltrone 'Maralunga' di Vico Magistretti per Cassina anni 80-90 in pelle nera
By Vico Magistretti, Cassina
Located in Milano, IT
Coppia di poltrona con imbottitura in espanso e rivestimento in pelle nera. Schienale dotato di poggiatesta ribaltabile "atto a consentire l'utilizzazione in versione bassa o alta, c...
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1980s Italian Other Vintage Vico Magistretti Furniture
Materials
Leather
Stackable Tables Demetrio 45 by Vico Magistretti for Artemide, Italy 60s
By Vico Magistretti, Artemide
Located in Lucija, SI
Set of three stackable coffee table designed by Vico Magistretti for Artemide Italy
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vico Magistretti Furniture
Materials
Fiberglass
Veranda Sofa and Armchair Set by Vico Magistretti for Cassina
By Vico Magistretti, Cassina
Located in Austin, TX
Sofa and armchair set by Vico Magistretti for Cassina from Italy. This adjustable sofa and armchair was designed in the 1980s by Italian designer Magistretti and is known as the “Ver...
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1970s Italian Modern Vintage Vico Magistretti Furniture
Materials
Leather
Mid-Century Snow Floor Lamp by Vico Magistretti for Oluce, 1970s
By Vico Magistretti
Located in Hamburg, DE
This is a very rare floor lamp from the italian manufacturer oluce after a design by vico magistretti from the early 70s. A striking feature of this lamp is the coloring with the str...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vico Magistretti Furniture
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Marble, Metal
Oluce Atollo Lamp Vico Magistrati 233 Mid-Century Modern
By Vico Magistretti, Oluce
Located in Oxford, GB
233 black original dimmer very rare fabulous piece Designed in 1977 by Vico Magistretti, over the years, Atollo has become the archetype of the table lamp, winning the Compasso d’Oro...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vico Magistretti Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Nemo Claritas Floor Lamp in Black Aluminium & Steel by Vico Magistretti
By Vico Magistretti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Claritas is the first lamp designed by Vico Magistretti, produced with Mario Tedeschi in 1946. The lamp is made of bent metal tubes, painted in black. Parts of the structure are in c...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Vico Magistretti Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Italian Glass and Chrome Pendant Lamp CIRENE by Vico Magistretti for Artemide
By Artemide, Vico Magistretti
Located in Morazzone, Varese
Gorgeous pendant lamp made of a big white glass screen and a chrome dome, hold by chrome bar to ceiling and matching canopy.
The glass screen is hold below by 3 chrome plated screws ...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vico Magistretti Furniture
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Chrome
Vico Magistretti table lamp 'Telegono' by Artimide, 1970s
By Vico Magistretti
Located in Stockholm, SE
Original Telegono table lamp designed in 1968 by Vico Magistretti for Artemide, Italy.
The pale white hemispherical inner shade can be swiveled.
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vico Magistretti Furniture
Materials
Plastic
Vico Magistretti 905 Armchair by Cassina
By Cassina, Vico Magistretti
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Armchair model 905 designed by Vico Magistretti in 1964.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
A modern chair with a cultural heritage, expression of the creative genius of Vico Magi...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vico Magistretti Furniture
Materials
Wood
$4,192 / item
Chimera Floor Lamp By Vico Magistretti, Italy, 1970s
By Vico Magistretti
Located in Charmes, FR
Very good condition for this 1st edition with neon of the iconic Chimera floor lamp designed by Vico Magistretti for Artemide and produced in Italy in the 1960s. Metal base with obvi...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vico Magistretti Furniture
Materials
Plexiglass
Important dining table Mod 781 by Vico Magistretti for Cassina
By Vico Magistretti, Cassina
Located in Milano, IT
The Model 781 dining table, designed by Vico Magistretti for Cassina in the 1960s-1970s, is a masterpiece of Italian design that embodies the perfect synthesis of elegance and functionality. This piece represents a benchmark for lovers of minimalist design, thanks to its clean geometric lines and the formal rigor that characterizes Magistretti's work.
Structure in Walnut Wood and Top in Aniline Testa di Moro.
The table's frame is made of solid walnut wood, a fine material that lends strength and durability to the piece of furniture. The table top, finished in dark brown aniline, creates a refined contrast with the wood, offering a balance between tradition and modernity. In the center of the top is a distinctive detail: a square in dark brown foil that enriches the design with a contemporary touch.
The table's legs are the real focal point of its design. Made of turned wood with a rounded, tubular shape, they feature elegant indentations and sharp carvings that demonstrate the craftsmanship behind this piece. The legs not only provide stability to the table, but also become an eye-catching decorative element, enriching the design with a sculptural and sophisticated touch.
he Model 781 table...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vico Magistretti Furniture
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Wood
Vico Magistretti Suspension Lamp 'Sonora' White Outside and Gold Inside by Oluce
By Vico Magistretti, Oluce
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Suspension lamp 'Sonora' designed by Vico Magistretti in 1976.
Suspension lamp, giving direct and diffused light in blown PMMA. Manufactured by Oluce, Italy.
The story of Sonora ...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vico Magistretti Furniture
Materials
Acrylic
Opaline Glass, Brass Omega ceiling Lamp by Vico Magistretti for Artemide, 1960s
By Artemide, Vico Magistretti
Located in Varese, Lombardia
This large "Omega" ceiling lamp was designed in the 1960s by Vico Magistretti for Artemide.
It is made from a white painted metal structure, 3 brass stops with 2 white opaline glass ...
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1960s Italian Space Age Vintage Vico Magistretti Furniture
Materials
Metal, Nickel
Vico Magistretti “Cetra” Artemide Chandelier Metal Crome Glass 1960 Italy
By Vico Magistretti
Located in Milano, IT
Chandelier Vico Magistretti.
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1960s Italian Other Vintage Vico Magistretti Furniture
Materials
Glass
Metal Black/White Table Lamp Atollo 238 by Vico Magistretti for Oluce
By Vico Magistretti, Oluce
Located in Vienna, AT
The Atollo table lamp (1977) is distinguished by its minimal geometric construction. The worldwide imitated and yet inimitable lamp won numerous awards, and it can also be found as a...
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2010s Italian Vico Magistretti Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Shigeto Box bookcase by Vico Magistretti for De Padova
By Vico Magistretti, DePadova 1
Located in modena, Emilia-Romagna
In De Padova's philosophy, which also meets Magistretti's approach, furniture must adapt to different contexts, so the Shigeto Box version, in the form of a bookcase, is the solution...
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1990s Italian Modern Vico Magistretti Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Vico Magistretti Black Leather Golem Dining Chairs for Pozzi, 1968, Set of 8
By Vico Magistretti, Poggi
Located in Vicenza, IT
Set of 8 Golem chairs designed by Vico Magistretti and manufactured by the Italian brand Poggi in 1968.
Excellent vintage condition.
This design creation speaks for itself. It fea...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vico Magistretti Furniture
Materials
Leather, Beech
Vico Magistretti 905 Armchair by Cassina
By Cassina, Vico Magistretti
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Armchair model 905 designed by Vico Magistretti in 1964.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
A modern chair with a cultural heritage, expression of the creative genius of Vico Magistretti who designed it in 1964. 905 is an elegant chair made of solid wood and cowhide, where design translates to practical simplicity.
Produced by Cassina until 2000, this chair has now been relaunched, the finishes and details having been updated from the original archive model. The sophisticated elegance of the frame, which features cylindrical legs and curved arm-rests, has been rejuvenated thanks to Cassina’s extensive experience in handling leather, not to mention the company’s high quality carpentry skills. The complex nature of this piece is expressed in a design that looks simple but fully reflects the genius quality of the original concept, a veritable masterpiece of the crafts tradition proper to Meda, in the Brianza area north of Milan, the trademark registered by Cassina and a guarantee of utmost quality. The frame, in finest quality wood, bespeaks the perfect combination of the artisanal tradition and premier CNC technology, while the overall design stands out for the self-supporting seat crafted from one single piece of saddle leather, curved and slotted into the frame. The decorative stitching has been discontinued, while the rear of the chair still features the leather belt that lends support to the back and enhances its comfort quotient.
The 905 chair features a solid wood structure with cylindrical legs and curved armrests, joined to a self-supporting cowhide seat, the quintessential expression of the time-tested experience of the Cassina joinery and saddlery.
A masterpiece of complexity, this cowhide chair symbolizes the company’s talent at perfectly blending traditional artisan craftsmanship and the cutting-edge technology of latest-generation 5-axis CNC machines.
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About the designer:
In 1920 Magistretti was born in Milan, the city in which he graduated in architecture in 1945, and where his professional career has spun its story ever since, chiefly in the fields of architecture, town planning and industrial design. The first recognition of his work came in 1948, when he won the Gran Premio at the 8th Triennale. After that came almost forty years of activity with other prizes and awards in recognition of Magistretti’s work in various sectors in different countries. Giving lessons and lectures in various faculties of architecture and schools of design in Italy and abroad, from Milan to New York, from Paris to London, a city to which he is particularly devoted, he has been an “Honorary Fellow” of the Royal College of Art since 1983. Furniture, lamps and other objects that he designed may be found all over the world and the most important design museums have given exhibitions in his honour and kept examples of his work in their permanent collections. Magistretti’s research has been continuous - into design, the culture of the project and innovative experimentation with materials and space solutions, not to mention shapes and functions far from the rigours of fashion that they have passed through during the years. He started designing for Cassina in 1960, and from that date on his signature is to be found on very many products. We recall in particular the Maralunga sofa of 1973 and the Nuvola Rossa...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vico Magistretti Furniture
Materials
Wood
$4,192 / item
Vico Magistretti Suspension Lamps 'Sonora' Large White Opaline Glass by Oluce
By Vico Magistretti, Oluce
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Suspension lamp 'Sonora' designed by Vico Magistretti in 1976.
Suspension lamp giving direct and diffused light, opaline blown Murano glass diffuser. Manufactured by Oluce, Italy.
T...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vico Magistretti Furniture
Materials
Metal
Midcentury Table Lamp Vico Magistretti Black Plastic Italian Design 1970s
By Vico Magistretti
Located in Palermo, IT
Table lamp with 1 E27 light designed by Vico Magistretti and produced in Italy in the 70s.
The lamp was made of black plastic and can be directed via its flexible arm. Please watch ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vico Magistretti Furniture
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Plastic
Vintage Dresser Model CS49 by Vico Magistretti for Poggi Productions Italy 1970s
By Poggi, Vico Magistretti
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage dresser model CS49 by Vico Magistretti for Poggi Productions, Italy 1970s dresser model CS49 is an original design dresser created by Vico Magistretti (Milan, 1920-Milan, 200...
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1970s Italian Vintage Vico Magistretti Furniture
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Wood
Set of Two Vico Magistretti 905 Armchairs by Cassina
By Vico Magistretti, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Set of two Armchairs model 905 designed by Vico Magistretti in 1964.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
A modern chair with a cultural heritage, expression of the creative genius of ...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vico Magistretti Furniture
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Wood
Large Ceiling Lamp PENTACLINIO, designed by Vico MAGISTRETTI for Artemide, 1961
By Vico Magistretti
Located in Berlin, Berlin
Ceiling lamp, designed by Vico Magistretti in 1961. Italy, Artemide.
The 'Pentaclinio' ceiling lamp by Magistretti, uses 5 double diffuser glass shades. Opaline glass pieces and brus...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vico Magistretti Furniture
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Opaline Glass
Vico Magistretti Suspension Lamps 'Sonora' Medium Gold by Oluce
By Vico Magistretti, Oluce
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Suspension lamp 'Sonora' designed by Vico Magistretti in 1976.
Suspension lamp giving direct and reflected light. Turned aluminium reflector. Manufactured by Oluce, Italy.
The story...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vico Magistretti Furniture
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Aluminum
Vico Magistretti Set of Twelve Black Carimate Chairs by Cassina 1960s
By Vico Magistretti, Cassina
Located in Cascina, Pisa
Set of twelve Carimate chairs with structure in black lacquered beech wood and woven straw seat, designed by Vico Magistretti and produced by Cassina in the 1960s.
The Carimate cha...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vico Magistretti Furniture
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Straw, Beech
Moon Dome counterweight lamp designed by Vico Magistretti for Elio Martinelli
By Vico Magistretti, Elio Martinelli
Located in Offenburg, Baden Wurthemberg
Large, postmodern Moon Dome ceiling light designed by Vico Magistretti for Italian manufacturer Elio Martinelli, Martinelli Luce
White lacquered shade. Striking and part of Magistr...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Post-Modern Vico Magistretti Furniture
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Aluminum, Steel
“Eclisse” Table Lamp by Vico Magistretti for Artemide, Italy, 1970s – Orange
By Vico Magistretti
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
“Eclisse” table lamp by Vico Magistretti for Artemide, Italy, 1970s – Orange
Iconic “Eclisse” table lamp designed by Vico Magistretti for Artemide, Italy, originally conceived in 196...
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20th Century Italian Post-Modern Vico Magistretti Furniture
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Metal
Vico Magistretti 'Atollo' Large Metal Black Table Lamp by Oluce
By Vico Magistretti, Oluce
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Table lamp designed by Vico Magistretti in 1977
Manufactured by Oluce, Italy.
Designed in 1977 by Vico Magistretti, over the years, Atollo has become the archetype of the table lamp...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vico Magistretti Furniture
Materials
Metal
Set of 'Atollo' Medium and Small Bronze Table Lamp Designed by Vico Magistretti
By Vico Magistretti, Oluce
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Set of two table lamp -medium and small- "Atollo" designed by Vico Magistretti in 1977
Manufactured by Oluce, Italy.
Designed in 1977 by Vico Magistretti, over the years, Atollo has...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vico Magistretti Furniture
Materials
Metal
Vico Magistretti furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Vico Magistretti 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 Vico Magistretti furniture, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. We have 434 vintage editions of these items in-stock, while there is 156 modern edition to choose from as well. Many of the original furniture by Vico Magistretti 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 Joe Colombo, Carlo Nason, and Gaetano Sciolari. Prices for Vico Magistretti furniture can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $125 and can go as high as $33,600, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $2,860.
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- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022The Carimate chair for Cassina is one of the most celebrated pieces of Vico Magistretti but this designer is also well known for the Eclipse Table Lamp, Selene Stacking Chair, Chimera Lamp and more. He is seen as one of Italy’s most influential industrial designers, furniture designers and architects. Shop a collection of Magistretti furniture from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
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