About Fragile
FRAGILE is an historical and contemporary design gallery which was opened in Milan in 2000 and, since its birth, it quickly became a reference point in home decoration and for collectors, offering a unique choice of furniture, lightings, furnishing accessories and jewelry created by the most important last century designers, such as Gio Ponti, BBPR, Franco Albini, Angelo Mangiarotti, Carlo Scarpa, Osvaldo Borsani, Gae Aulenti, from the Fifties ‘till nowadays, gathered together through an accurate cataloguing and research work. FRAGILE is essentially composed of two diffe...Read More
Established in 19941stDibs seller since 2012
Featured Pieces
"Parola" wall lamp, Gae Aulenti, Piero Castiglioni, Fontana Arte, 1981
By Gae Aulenti, Fontana Arte
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Parola wall lamp, mod. 2689 with adjustable opaline blown glass diffuser and satin-finish brass frame, designed by Gae Aulenti and Piero Castiglioni for Fontana Arte. Year 1981. Avai...
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Brass
Set 4 cream "Lierna" chairs, Achille and Piergiacomo Castiglioni, Gavina, 1959
By Gavina, Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Set of no. 4 Lierna model chairs with cream-colored lacquered wood frame and brown leather upholstered seat, designed in 1959 by Achille and Piergiacomo Castiglioni, produced initial...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
Pair of black "Lierna" chairs, Achille and Piergiacomo Castiglioni, Gavina, 1959
By Gavina, Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Set of two Lierna model chairs, designed by Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni in 1959 and initially produced by Cassina, then by Gavina starting in 1960.
The chairs feature a blac...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
Cartesius table, Mario Bellini for Gavina, compasso d'oro 1962
By Gavina, Mario Bellini
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Dining, game, study table "Cartesius" designed by Mario Bellini in 1960, produced by Pedretti then by Gavina from 1962.
Square in shape, the table features a molded and veneered ply...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Tables
Materials
Wood
"Amaja" table designed by Vico Magistretti and produced by Gavina, 1960
By Gavina, Vico Magistretti
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Very rare "Amaja" table designed by Vico Magistretti and produced by Gavina in 1960 is a re-edition of the earlier model designed by Vico Magistretti, made by Azucena for the furnish...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Tables
Materials
Steel
"Ditirambo" table designed by Ignazio Gardella for Azucena, 1949
By Ignazio Gardella, Azucena
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Rare and elegant "Ditirambo" table, designed by Ignazio Gardella for Azucena in 1949, an emblematic example of refined postwar Italian design research.
Designed as a highly functiona...
Category
Vintage 1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Drop-leaf and Pembroke Tables
Materials
Metal, Brass
683 chair, Carlo De Carli, Cassina, compasso d'oro 1954
By Carlo di Carli, Cassina
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Chair mod. 683, designed by Carlo De Carli for Cassina in 1954, considered one of the most emblematic designs of postwar Italian design.
Entirely demountable, it is made of solid ash...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Metal, Brass
Pair of wall sconces model 2079/1 in brass and glass, Stilnovo, c. 1957.
By Stilnovo
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Rare pair of wall sconces mod. 2079/1 with polished brass frame, frosted glass diffuser, and cylindrical screen of colored perspex, yellow and red. Stilnovo, circa 1957.
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Brass
Brass and glass floor lamp, colored diffusers, Stilnovo, c. 1957.
By Stilnovo
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Rare two-arm floor lamp with polished brass frame, frosted glass diffusers, and cylindrical colored perspex screen. Stilnovo, circa 1957.
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
Wooden panel with four musician angels, Angelo Biancini, 1930s
By Angelo Biancini
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Rectangular wood panel/sculpture carved in high relief, depicting three musician angels with instruments and a fourth angel singing. Angelo Biancini, 1930s.
Category
Vintage 1930s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Russola pendant lamp, Tobia Scarpa for Flos, 1962
By Tobia Scarpa, Flos
Located in Milano, Lombardia
"Russola" hanging lamp, designed in 1961 by Tobia Scarpa and produced by Flos in 1962.
It appears as a deep-drawn metal shell, lacquered black on the outside and white on the inside...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Aluminum, Brass, Metal
"Alfiere" wall cabinet with shelves , Ettore Sottsass for Zanotta, 1982.
By Zanotta, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Rare "Alfiere" wall cabinet with red Verona marble base, two patterned laminated wood shelves and nickel-plated tubular element. Design by Ettore Sottsass for Zanotta, 1982.
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Shelves and Wall Cabinets
Materials
Marble, Metal
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