Misia Arte

Between the 1950s and 1960s, Argentine designer Tito Agnoli collaborated with Pierantonio Bonacina to create a series of refined pieces made of Indian bamboo and rattan that became a...

Ettore Sottsass developed his minimalist, architectural design language in Milan during the postwar decades, well before founding Memphis in 1981. Sant’Ambrogio & De Berti, a Milanes...

Designed by Gio Ponti for Cassina, the “Leggera” chair is one of the defining pieces of postwar Italian design and the direct predecessor of the better-known “Superleggera” from 1957...

The bench, measuring 120 x 40 x 38 H cm, is made of solid light beech wood; the seat consists of seven evenly spaced slats set into two long side rails. The legs are turned and taper...

Designed by Japanese architect Kazuhide Takahama for Simon Gavina in the early 1970s, the Rennie chair is part of a body of work in which Takahama translated a Japanese sense of prop...

Disegnato da Kazuhide Takahama per la divisione Studio Simon di Gavina negli anni '70, questo divano biposto appartiene al corpus di mobili laccati nato dalla collaborazione di Takah...

Disegnato da Kazuhide Takahama per la divisione Studio Simon di Gavina negli anni ’70, questo divano biposto appartiene al corpus di mobili laccati nato dalla collaborazione di Takah...

The Tric folding chair was designed in 1965 by brothers Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni as a modern reinterpretation of the classic Thonet folding chair. With its rounded backre...

This pair features a chrome-plated steel stem attached to a circular, white-lacquered metal wall base, with an articulated black thermoplastic joint that allows the cylindrical refle...

Gastone Rinaldi designed the DU 55 armchair in 1954 for RIMA, the Padua-based metal furniture company founded by his father Mario and run by the two brothers since 1948. That same ye...

An Italian side table with a strong sculptural character, dating from the 1980s. The line is the true protagonist: a stem surges upward in a sinuous, double-curved motion, seeming to...

Designed by Eugenio Gerli for Tecno, this six-door sideboard dates from the mature phase of the designer’s long collaboration with Osvaldo and Fulgenzio Borsani, the Milan-based firm...

Designed by Ico Parisi in 1958 for MIM Roma (Mobili Italiani Moderni), the “Tolomeo” executive desk is part of one of the most well-known series in the company’s postwar catalog. Par...

Designed by Mario Bellini for Cassina in 1976–77, the Cab 412 was the first chair in design history to feature a freestanding leather structure with no internal wooden or plastic she...

This wall mirror is an Italian-made piece, stylistically dating to the late 1970s or the 1980s based on its graphic language: a figurative silhouette rendered using a halftone screen...

Giotto Stoppino He designed the Parioli sideboard for Acerbis in 1977, the same year that the Sheraton sideboard—designed with Lodovico Acerbis for the same manufacturer—won the Com...

Wall-mounted mirror-and-coat-rack panels of this kind are part of a distinctly Italian design language from the late 1970s and early 1980s, when entryway furniture shifted away from ...

Elegant bamboo picnic cutlery holder 1960s production

The "920" armchair was designed by Afra and Tobia Scarpa in the mid-1960s (c. 1966) for Figli di Amedeo Cassina in Meda, during the same design season as their "Bastiano" system. Con...

Roberto Pamio and Renato Toso formed one of the most prolific design partnerships to emerge from the Veneto region in the late 1960s, working on glass for Leucos and furniture for St...

Bruno Gecchelin (Milan, 1939) trained at the Olivetti studio directed by Ettore Sottsass before opening his own studio in 1976, working in furniture and lighting design for O-Luce, S...

The papasan chair—also known as the “bowl chair” or “moon chair”—originated in Southeast Asia, where artisans bent bamboo stalks into deep, saucer-shaped seats designed for relaxed, ...

Fontana Arte was founded in Milan in 1932 by Luigi Fontana and Gio Ponti, specializing from the outset in glasswork and lighting. Pietro Chiesa was invited by Gio Ponti to serve as c...

Arredoluce, founded in Monza in 1943, was one of the most technically and stylistically ambitious Italian lighting manufacturers of the postwar decades. The company was among the fir...

The “Valmarana” table was designed by Carlo Scarpa in 1971 for Simon International, the company founded by Dino Gavina after he left Gavina SpA. The name refers to Villa Valmarana, t...

The Memphis Group, founded by Ettore Sottsass in Milan in 1981, redefined the boundaries of Italian design by rejecting functionalist orthodoxy in favor of bold colors, geometric con...

Coppia coffee table quadrati in legno massello con ripiani in vetro fumè di Afra e Tobia Scarpa per Cassina La struttura è in noce massello, a sezione quadrata su tutta la lunghezza...

Coffe table rettangolare di Afra & Tobia Scarpa per Cassina. La struttura è interamente in noce massello, con montanti di sezione rettangolare generosa il cui profilo esterno è ...

Tito Agnoli was born to an Italian family in Peru in 1931 and graduated in architecture from the Milan Polytechnic in 1949, where he came into contact with Gio Ponti and Carlo De Car...

Ico Parisi (1916-1996) was among the most rigorous interpreters of Italian mid-century design. Based in Como, he worked in close collaboration with his wife Luisa and maintained a lo...

The Sciangai was designed in 1973 by the Milanese trio De Pas, D'Urbino and Lomazzi-a folding coat stand whose operating mechanism draws direct inspiration from the Mikado pick-up st...

The 1970s in Italy produced a parallel track of decorative lighting that ran alongside the canonical names: a dense network of smaller Turin-based and northern Italian manufacturers ...

This shaped mirror panel belongs to the Italian decorative arts production of the interwar decades, a period in which worked glass became one of the most expressive languages of the ...

The Eames Contract Table was designed by Charles and Ray Eames for Vitra in 1968 as a companion piece to the Aluminium Group seating series. Contr...

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...

Lamp with a distinctly industrial vintage charm, coming straight from a mid-twentieth-century machine shop or workshop. It is a piece that is bursting with character, thanks to that ...

Two-module bookcase model Urio designed by Ico Parisi for MIM Roma in the 1960s. The two modules contain three storage cabinets and a teak drawer cabinet all anchored to aluminum upr...

Historical Editions Bookstore - Misia Art This one-of-a-kind bookcase represents the excellence of Misia Arte's design, the result of 42 years of creative activity and research in s...

Pendant chandelier attributed to Carlo Nason composed of 14 tubular glass elements with their steel bases. Chandelier inspired by musical organs inside cathedrals. Some glass element...

A Fiat storage container, this iron artifact represents an authentic fragment of Italian manufacturing memory, a loading unit from the historic FIAT plants of the mid-20th century. M...

Round table by Sandro Petti for Metalarte a 1970s production. Round table with a round top made of brushed steel, the feet are made of plexiglass with brass trim directly inserted in...

Imposing cherrywood sideboard that is a masterful example of rationalist cabinetry, where the purity of geometric lines meets the luster of period finishes. Characterized by generous...

This console table is a tangible sign of the bold and elegant design of the Italian postmodern period, blending architectural monumentality with refined attention to materials. Bridg...

The Calypso armchair (often identified as C35), designed by Vittorio Introini for Saporiti Italia in 1979, is a masterful piece that marks the transition between the rigor of the 197...

This work table recalls the structure and functional logic of the famous "Leonardo" table designed by Achille Castiglioni in 1969. This is a piece that blends industrial aesthetics ...

A Stilnovo-style pendant light comprising five white plexiglass elements with colored rings, mounted on a metal frame that can be adjusted in height via the power cable.

Ten-light chandelier with aluminum diffusers and brass frame, the style and shape are reminiscent of the famous 1960s game in the style of Stilnovo, a one-of-a-kind piece from the 19...

Empty pockets with oval shape in forest green with brown shades, thick Murano glass from the 1960s.

Gorgeous vintage rattan and bamboo wall cabinet, probably dating from the late 1960s. It is a style often associated with the "Boho Chic" movements or the "Tiki" revival, where natur...

Set of five black lacquered walnut chairs with gray velvet seats, attributable to Vittorio Dassi, one of the most important names in 20th-century Italian cabinetmaking. His company, ...

Italian Midcentury Glass and Cork Table Lamp, 1972

A pair of Brutalist sconces, Italy from the sixties.

Walnut wood frame mirror with pentagon shape Italian production 1960s.

Early 1970s red-colored metal industrial shelf. Red lacquered metal frame. I cinque ripiani sono regolabili in altezza. The shelving system in the Lips Vago style. Made entirely of ...

1960s modular bookcase in the Poggi or Tomado style. Five wood essence shelves with iconic colored metal shelf supports. A versatile piece of modern antiques, perfect for adding an i...

Refined pair of Karl Springer-style Art Deco mirrors, rare for their generous size of about 80×50 cm. Entirely upholstered in fine handmade snakeskin, they feature a rigorous and exo...

Splendid pair of Chiavarine chairs attributed to Gaetano Descalzi, a timeless classic of Italian craft design, in a particularly elegant and slender version. The frame is made of bra...

This imposing polished white ceramic sculpture depicts a lion in a standing position, a masterful example of the animalistic production of the famous Ronzan manufacture. Founded by t...

This original 1970s rug features a minimalist design and a high, dense pile typical of the "shaggy" style of the period. The uniform cream shade enhances the rich texture of the surf...

The Hayine armchair is not just a piece of furniture, but a true technological statement of intent. Fabio Lenci, a master in the use of then-avant-garde materials, conceives this sea...