Entrepreneur Aurelio Zanotta founded Zanotta in 1954 in Nova Milanese, Italy. Originally called Zanotta Poltrona, it specialized in traditional furniture. By the early 1960s, however, Zanotta had established a reputation for edgy mid-century modern design. Today’s vintage furniture collectors know the brand well for its innovative and wholly sculptural chairs, coffee tables and more.
One of Zanotta’s earliest successes was the Mezzadro stool — better known as the Tractor stool — designed by Pier Giacomo Castiglioni and his brother Achille in the late 1950s. In 1965, Zanotta was among the first furniture companies to work with expanded polyurethane foam and frameless construction, such as for the Throw-Away sofas and armchairs designed by Willie Landels. Another popular design was the Blow chair — designed by Jonathan De Pas, Donato D’Urbino, Paolo Lomazzi and Carla Scolari — viewed by many as a physical expression of late '60s carefree culture.
In 1969, amid the provocative movement we now call Italian Radical Design, Zanotta’s Sacco chair garnered major attention. The boundary-pushing beanbag chair was the brainchild of designers Piero Gatti, Cesare Paolini and Franco Teodoro who presented it to Aurelio Zanotta as a transparent vinyl sack loosely filled with small polystyrene balls. He suggested its signature brightly colored leather.
The Sacco chair won the 1970 ADI Design Museum’s Compasso d’Oro award. In 1972, the Museum of Modern Art in New York included it in the landmark exhibition “Italy: The New Domestic Landscape” curated by designer Emilio Ambasz. In 2020, it received a Compasso d’Oro ADI Lifetime Achievement Award for 50 years of enduring popularity. It is now in museum collections around the world including the Triennale Design Museum of Milan, the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, and London’s Victoria & Albert Museum.
After Aurelio Zanotta died in 1991, the company remained in his family and has been run by his three children since 2002. Zanotta continues to set the bar high for furniture design with trend-setting pieces.
On 1stDibs, find a collection of vintage Zanotta seating, tables and other furniture.
$14,140 / item
Zanotta Quaderna 756 Sideboard by Superstudio
By Zanotta, Superstudio
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Honeycomb core structure coated with white Print laminate, digitally printed with black squares at 3 cm spacing. Internal black laminate plating. Adjustable internal shelves in 10 mm...
Laminate
$12,070 / item
Zanotta Quaderna 757 Cupboard by Superstudio
By Zanotta, Superstudio
Located in New York, NY
Cupboard. Honeycomb core structure coated with white Print laminate, digitally printed with black squares at 3 cm spacing. Internal black laminate plating. Adjustable internal shelve...
Laminate
$15,230 / item
Zanotta Quaderna 756 Sideboard by Superstudio
By Superstudio, Zanotta
Located in New York, NY
Sideboard. Honeycomb core structure coated with white Print laminate, digitally printed with black squares at 3 cm spacing. Internal black laminate plating. Adjustable internal shelv...
Laminate
Swedish 19th century painted pine cupboard
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Swedish 19th century painted cupboard circa 1890. Good quality sideboard/cabinet which would be ideal as a linen cupboard or the kitchen. Double door cupboard with channeled detail...
Pine, Paint
Sideboard by Umberto Mascagni, 1950s
By Umberto Mascagni
Located in Budapest, HU
Sideboard by Umberto Mascagni. Four doors and four-drawer and the mirror. We have the complete dining suite: Table and six chairs and bar cabinet.
Aluminum
$2,497Sale Price|40% Off
H 47.64 in W 45.28 in D 21.66 in
19th Century Antique Swedish Painted Pine Cupboard
Located in Kvidinge, SE
Swedish antique sideboard from the mid-19th century. The sideboard is made of solid pine, which makes the sideboard a stable piece of furniture that fits perfectly in any home. Pai...
Pine
Art Deco Superior Quality Blonde Walnut Cupboard, circa 1930
Located in Devon, England
A real treasure from the 1930s is this Art Deco cupboard. Originally a bedroom piece with two very spacious, very generously sized open shelves with a sectioned area at the base for shoes. However this piece would also lend itself very well as a piece of office furniture. On first viewing this piece one can't not be impressed by the obvious quality and size, made from solid mahogany for the carcass with bleached blonde walnut...
Chrome
$3,596Sale Price / item|55% Off
H 23.63 in W 24.81 in D 88.98 in
Contemporary by Studio Oxi, Sideboard, Wood Veneer Sideboard, Wood, Walnut
By Interna8
Located in Pordenone, IT
A sideboard that has a particular appearance and function, thanks to the high quality workmanship and finishing with a particular attention to every details.
Wood
Teak Sideboard by Beautility
By Beautility
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Six foot long sideboard in teak wood, made by Beautility Furniture from the UK. Beautiful Danish style design with sculpted wood handles, floating top, and tapered legs. Two cabinet ...
Teak
17th Century Jacobean Carved Oak Two-Piece Sideboard Cupboard
Located in Sheffield, MA
Elizabethan period, two-piece (top and bottom) antique Jacobean oak cabinet or cupboard with inset two-doors above and two-doors below, both runni...
Oak
Sleek Sideboard by Paul Laszlo
By Paul Laszlo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Custom sleek sideboard by Paul Laszlo made in 1973. Total of four drawers on top and two storage compartments with four doors.
Wood
$2,348
H 29.14 in W 72.05 in D 17.72 in
Vintage 1960 Retro Teak Sideboard or Credenza with cocktail cupboard by Jentique
By Jentique
Located in Markington, GB
Lovely Vintage Teak Sideboard / Credenza, 1960s A beautiful example of mid-century design, this vintage teak sideboard from the 1960s is in very good condition and offers loads of s...
Teak
sideboard by Audoux Minnet
Located in Saint Ouen, France
Magnificent and charming split pencil bamboo sideboard from the 1950s by Adrien Audoux and Frida Minet. "Adrien Audoux and Frida Minnet were a French duo who worked together in the m...
Ceramic, Rattan
French Walnut Barleytwist Night Table or Side Cupboard
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
French walnut Barleytwist night table or side cupboard This is a very attractive piece of furniture from Brittany, the cabinet has a small drawer at the top with a cupboard beneat...
Walnut
Bloc sideboard by Charlotte Perriand
By Charlotte Perriand
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Rare bahut bloc trois portes par Charlotte Perriand pour la cité minière de Cansado en Mauritanie. Édition steph Simon.
Steel