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Manoteca

Bologna, IT
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About Manoteca

Manoteca is an Italian collectible design studio founded in Bologna in 2012 by designer Elisa Cavani. The studio creates one-of-a-kind furniture and objects through a process of transformation that combines contemporary design, Italian craftsmanship, and experimentation. Manoteca often begins with existing objects and materials, selected for their character, history, and expressive potential. Through unexpected interventions, reinterpretations of function, and collaborations with artists and artisans, these elements are transformed into new pieces in which past and pres...Read More

Manoteca

Established in 2012

Featured Pieces

1940s Italian Wardrobe with Sliding Hand-Painted Panels, Collectible Furniture
By Manoteca
Located in Bologna, IT
A 1940s Italian wardrobe with sliding, hand-painted panels, transformed by Manoteca into a one-of-a-kind piece of interactive collectible furniture. Designed by Elisa Cavani in 2026 ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets

Materials

Aluminum

CMYK Rotating Glass Coffee Table, Italian Contemporary Collectible Furniture
By Manoteca
Located in Bologna, IT
CMYK is a handcrafted glass coffee table designed and made in Italy by Manoteca. Composed of three circular discs of laminated colored glass—one cyan, one magenta, and one yellow—th...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Center Tables

Materials

Metal

Contemporary Sculptural Verde Alpi Marble Vase Riquiqui Montaigne No. 1
By Manoteca
Located in Bologna, IT
Riquiqui Montaigne No. 1 is a contemporary sculptural vase handcrafted in Italy by Manoteca. A unique piece created from a found fragment of Verde Alpi marble, it is part of the Riqu...
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21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Vases

Materials

Marble

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