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.
Postmodern Italian Marcuso Coffee Glass Table by Marco Zanuso for Zanotta
By Zanotta, Marco Zanuso
Located in Hamburg, DE
Heavy glass coffee table from the Italian manufacturer Zanotta based on a design by Marco Zanuso from the late 1960s. A classic of Italian design. The design impresses with its simp...
Stainless Steel
$1,995Sale Price|34% Off
Living room table by Marco Zanuso for Zanotta
By Zanotta, Marco Zanuso
Located in Lugo, IT
Living room table by Marco Zanuso for Zanotta. The height to the glass. Custom shipping costs, please contact Good condition. Thanks
Steel
$1,582
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 Marco Zanuso, Zanotta
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
$2,588
H 13 in W 40.56 in D 22.05 in
Coffee Center Table by Marco Zanuso for Zanotta Chrome and Smoked Glass
By Marco Zanuso, Zanotta
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
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
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
Italian Design Square Coffee Table, 1970s
By Zanotta, Marco Zanuso
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
This is a beautiful and sophisticated piece of furniture from the 20th century. The Italian design of the 70s is distinctive and evident in this square coffee table. Made of minimal...
Metal, 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
Customizable Zanotta Marcuso Table by Marco Zanuso
By Zanotta
Located in New York, NY
Table. Clear plate glass top. Stainless steel legs. At the end of the 1960s, Marco Zanuso – ‘design incarnate’ – came along. His gaze was caught by a car deflector, the type with th...
Stainless Steel
$4,471
H 16.93 in W 31.7 in D 31.7 in
Midcentury coffee table by Marco Zanuso for Techniform, Italy 1960s
By Marco Zanuso
Located in Piacenza, Italy
Midcentury coffee table by Marco Zanuso for Techniform. Stunning square coffee or bar table, wood structure, central top and storage compartment. Perfect vintage condition Italy 1960s
Wood
$1,641
H 12.6 in W 26.58 in D 26.58 in
Square Glass and Chrome Coffee Table by Zanuso for Zanotta, Italy, 1960s
By Marco Zanuso, Zanotta
Located in Roma, IT
Marco Zanuso square coffee table for Zanotta. Italy, 1960s. Chrome-plated glass top. Measures: 67.5 x 67.5 x 32 cm in height.
Fiberglass
$19,700
H 11.75 in W 51.75 in D 30.25 in
Italian Midcentury Ash & Glass Grid Motif Coffee Table Marco Zanuso, Attributed
By Marco Zanuso, Poggi
Located in New York, NY
Elegant, timeless Italian Mid-Century Modern cocktail table made of interlaced ash hard wood in a grid motif with inset glass top attributed to Marco Zanuso for Pogi.
Glass, Ash
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
$1,470Sale Price|50% Off
H 13 in W 49.22 in D 25.6 in
Tavolino Da Caffè Marco Zanuso Per Zanotta 1970-1980
By Marco Zanuso
Located in Manzano, IT
Tavolino da caffè Marco Zanuso per Zanotta1970-1980 Tavolino con doppio piano in vetro temperato fumè. Gambe in ferro cromate. PERIODO DEL DESIGN 1970-1980 ANNO DI PRODUZIONE 1970...
Metal, Chrome
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
Sold
H 27.56 in Dm 21.66 in
Folding Table Cumano Designed by Achille Castiglioni for Italian Manufactured
By Zanotta, Achille Castiglioni
Located in MIlano, IT
Folding table Cumano designed by Achille Castiglioni fort Italian manufactured Zanotta in 1978 The space-saving Cumano Folding Table was designed by Achille Castiglioni for the Italian manufacturer Zanotta in the year 1978. The frame and table top Cumano Folding Table/Side Table by Zanotta are made of steel, is in white. The timeless design was inspired by the classic shape of a bistro table, Achille Castiglioni took this idea in 1978, then reduced to a minimum, creating an iconic design, which is exhibited in the most important design museums of the world today. The shape of Cumano isn't only important for Italian's design history, the shape refers to the special object character of Castiglioni's designs. Cumano is much more than only a side table. When it is folded and hung from a wall, the table becomes a sculptural wall object...
Steel
Sold
H 14 in W 51 in D 25 in
'Marcuso' Table in Smoked Glass & Chrome by Marco Zanuso for Zanotta, circa 1965
By Marco Zanuso, Zanotta
Located in Brooklyn, NY
'Marcuso' coffee table with original smoked glass top supported by four chrome-plated steel screws on legs. This piece was designed by noted Italian architect Marco Zanuso, circa 196...
Steel, Chrome