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.
Coffee Center Table by Marco Zanuso for Zanotta Chrome and Smoked Glass
By Zanotta, Marco Zanuso
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Midcentury table 'Marcuso' by Marco Zanuso for Zanotta steel chrome and large tempered thickness smoked cristal. Excellent condition. Measures cm: H 33, W 103, D 56 About This...
Crystal, Steel
Vintage 1970s coffee table designed by Marco Zanuso for Zanotta
By Marco Zanuso, Zanotta
Located in Torino, Piemonte
Coffee table with cylindrical chrome-plated metal legs and a smoked glass top, designed by Marco Zanuso for Zanotta, 1970s. CONDITION: In good condition, with signs of wear due to a...
Metal
Marco Zanuso for Zanotta Marcuso Round Coffee Table Smoked Glass Steel 1970s
By Marco Zanuso, Zanotta
Located in bari, IT
In the late 1960s, Marco Zanuso conceived the Marcuso while observing automobile baffles, where a bracket was glued directly onto the glass: he imagined applying that technology to f...
Steel
$1,580
H 12.6 in W 31.5 in D 31.5 in
"Marcuso" Square Chrome Coffee Table by Marco Zanuso for Zanotta, Italy 1970s
By Zanotta, Marco Zanuso
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful Mid-Century “Marcuso” square coffee in chrome plated metal completed by a thick square shaped glass. This stylish table designed by Marco Zanuso and produced by Zanotta in ...
Crystal, Chrome
Italian Design Coffee Table, 1970s
By Zanotta, Marco Zanuso
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
This is a beautiful and sophisticated piece of 20th-century furniture. 1970s Italian design is distinctive and evident in this rectangular coffee table. Made with minimalist cylindr...
Metal, Chrome
$1,170Sale Price|20% Off
H 14.18 in W 31.89 in D 31.89 in
MARCUSO model Modernist Design Coffee Table, Italy 1970's
By Marco Zanuso, Zanotta
Located in Oud-Turnhout, VAN
Vintage Modernist Italian Design "MARCUSO" model Coffee Table in the manner of Marco Zanuso for Zanotta. Made in Italy, 1970's / 80's period. Thick glass top with chrome cylindrical ...
Metal, Chrome
$5,250
H 15.5 in W 43.625 in D 43.625 in
Vintage Zanotta Quaderna Square Coffee Table by Superstudio, Italy, circa 1970s
By Superstudio, Zanotta
Located in San Diego, CA
Exceptional vintage Quaderna square coffee table designed by Superstudio for Zanotta, Italy, circa 1970s. An icon of the Italian Radical Design movement, the Quaderna series remains ...
Laminate
$7,800 / item
H 13.78 in W 31.5 in D 70.87 in
"Emi" Coffee Table by Marcos Amato, Brazilian Contemporary Design
By Marcos Amato
Located in New York, NY
Designed by Marcos Amato, the Sahara collection (that comprises the coffee tables Emi and Kou) was designed after long days trying to portray the calm and breathtaking landscape of t...
Walnut
Marco Zanuso, Coffee Table, Wood, Glass, Italy, 1960s
By Marco Zanuso
Located in High Point, NC
A wood and glass coffee table, model Square, designed by Marco Zanuso and produced by Arflex, Italy, c. 1960s. Water marks to one edge of tabletop. Minor scratches on glass; wear c...
Glass, Wood
$3,800
H 16 in W 55 in D 27 in
Brass Chrome Thick 3/4" Glass Top Mid Century Modern Oval Coffee Center Table
By Maison Jansen
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Brass chrome thick 3/4" glass top Mid-Century Modern oval coffee center table.
Brass, Chrome
Wood, glass, and steel coffee table, "CHROME ONE," 1970s
By Mice di rugiano domenico e c. s.n.c.
Located in Cantù, IT
An elegant coffee table with a modernist design, featuring a smoked glass top with rounded corners, a chrome-plated tubular steel frame, and a central wooden compartment with two sto...
Steel
$3,394
H 15.75 in W 42.52 in D 24.81 in
1970s Cassina coffee table in Teak wood with Bronzed Smoked Glass
By Cassina
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Sculptural solid coffee table by Cassina , from the 1970s, in precious teak wood beveled with central smoked glass top with rounded corners of beautiful architectural immmage Histo...
Nutwood
Marcuso Coffee Table by Marco Zanuso for Zanotta, Italy 1969
By Marco Zanuso, Zanotta
Located in Beograd, RS
Designed by Marco Zanuso for Zanotta, the Marcuso coffee table is one of the most recognizable icons of Italian post-war design. Originally introd...
Steel, Chrome
Marcuso coffee table by Marco Zanuso for Zanotta, 1970s
By Zanotta, Marco Zanuso
Located in Correggio, IT
1970s coffee table model Marcuso by Marco Zanuso for Zanotta. The legs are made of chrome-plated steel and bear the manufacturer's mark. The visually striking, 1.5 cm thick top is ma...
Stainless Steel
$1,638Sale Price|20% Off
H 16.15 in W 40.56 in D 25.6 in
Marco Zanuso ‘Springtime’ Coffee Table for Arflex, Italy 1960s
By Marco Zanuso
Located in Oirlo, LI
Discover the timeless elegance of Italian design with this original coffee table designed by Marco Zanuso for Arflex, part of the iconic Springtime collection from the 1960s. This ex...
Walnut
Carlo Mollino Coffee Table
By Zanotta, Carlo Mollino
Located in Dronten, NL
Arabesco coffee table designed by Carlo Mollino 1949 for the living room of Casa Orenga in Turin. Plywood base with glass top. Original Zanotta production. Manufacturer signature...
Steel
Double Top Coffee Table by Gae Aulenti for Zanotta, 1970
By Zanotta, Gae Aulenti
Located in MIlano, IT
Double top coffee table by Gae Aulenti for Zanotta, 1970 Eclectic Italian coffee table of important size from 1970s, designed by Gae Aulen...
Metal
Dining Table by Marco Zanuso for Zanotta, 1972, Italy
By Zanotta, Marco Zanuso
Located in London, London
Dining table by Marco Zanuso for Zanotta, 1972 Italy Just a funky table! Marco Zanuso (1916-) Zanuso was one of a group of Italian designers from Milan sha...