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
Leather table lamp, design by Angelo Lelii for Arredoluce, Italy
By Arredoluce, Angelo Lelii
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Table lamp with molded metal and painted aluminum base, leather-covered frame, adjustable brass reflector, and painted aluminum projector with frosted glass shielding lens. A second ...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Aluminum, Brass
Canguro table lamp, design by Angelo Lelii for Arredoluce, Italy
By Arredoluce, Angelo Lelii
Located in Milano, Lombardia
"Canguro" table lamp, mod. 12990, made of painted brass, nickel-plated and brushed metal and painted aluminum. The removable spotlight, from which the lamp gets its playful name, all...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Aluminum, Brass
Iceberg table lamp, design by Nanda Vigo for Arredoluce, Italy
By Arredoluce, Nanda Vigo
Located in Milano, Lombardia
"Iceberg" table lamp/sculpture mod. 14088, design Nanda Vigo for Arredoluce, Italy, 1969.
An emblematic example of 1970s Italian design, Iceberg expresses Nanda Vigo's research into ...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Steel
"340/9" wall sconce with steel discs, Luigi Argenta for Reggiani, ca. 1970.
Located in Milano, Lombardia
"340/9" stainless steel and brass wall sconce with convex disc diffuser elements, designed by Luigi Argenta for Reggiani, ca. 1970.
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Brass, Steel
"f1158" pendant lamp, design by Sandro Pizzi for Candle
By Candle
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Suspension lamp that can also be used as a ceiling light, mod. f1158, designed by Sandro Pizzi and produced by Candle c. 1980.
The lamp consists of a long white painted metal reflec...
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal
Quatour table, Carlo Scarpa for Gavina, 1974
By Carlo Scarpa, Gavina
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Large square "Quatour" table in beech, made by assembling various L-shaped elements, designed by Carlo Scarpa from a 1947 sketch of his and later produced by Gavina in 1974.
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Tables
Materials
Wood, Beech
Elegant round table, Italian design, 1950s
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Circular wooden table from the 1950s, with black formica top, circular wooden ribbon, black lacquered iron legs, brass tie rods.
With its subtle and refined components, the table exe...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Tables
Materials
Brass, Iron
"Oz" pendant lamp, Daniela Puppa and Franco Raggi, Fontana Arte
By Fontana Arte, Daniela Puppa and Franco Raggi
Located in Milano, Lombardia
"Oz" pendant lamp, model 2662, with a cone-shaped diffuser made of gray opal glass encapsulated with a diagonal base, on which a lozenge of transparent anthelium glass fits.
Design b...
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Opaline Glass, Glass
"Calotta" pendant lamp, Elio Martinelli for Martinelli Luce, 1960s
By Elio Martinelli, Martinelli Luce
Located in Milano, Lombardia
"Calotta" reflected light pendant lamp model 1749, design by Elio Martinelli for Martinelli Luce, 1963.
The lamp consists of a dome-shaped diffuser made entirely of satin-finished s...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Steel
Sphere pendant lamp, La Murrina, circa 1970s
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Suspension lamp consisting of a large polychrome Murano glass sphere with converging line pattern and brass structure. Adjustable in height. La Murrina, circa 1970.
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Glass
Bahuahus metal clamp table lamp, 1930s
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Rare Bauhaus table lamp with swiveling burnished metal frame and black lacquered metal conical shade from the 1930s. The arched arm, fixed by clamp, allows the position of the light ...
Category
Vintage 1930s German Bauhaus Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Floor lamp mod. 4097 with height sliding shade Stilnovo, ca. 1960.
By Stilnovo
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Floor lamp mod. 4097 by Stilnovo with oval white fabric shade adjustable in height, nickel-plated brass stem and iron base. Year ca. 1960.
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass, Iron
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