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1972 ARDITI BT2 Steel Table Lamp, Magnetic Movable Lights by Sormani Italy
By Gruppo Arditi and Gianni Gamberini, Sormani
Located in Arosio, IT
This avantgarde lamp, duly certified by the Producer, was manufactured by Sormani Nucleo in 1972.
The Museum of Fine Arts in Houston is displaying this masterpiece of the Space Age d...
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Magnets, Stainless Steel
1990s Set of 2 Nightstands Walnut Stained Cherry and Black Lacquer, Roche Bobois
By Sormani, Roche Bobois
Located in Arosio, IT
Two convex and concave nightstands manufactured in the early Nineties by Sormani for Roche-Bobois. Top, bottom and drawers' front are in light waln...
Category
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Night Stands
Materials
Wood, Walnut
1980s Coffee Table, Italian White Marble Cylindric Legs and Glass Top
Located in Arosio, IT
This round, low table has three sculptural cylindric legs in a rare white marble originating from Brescia, Italy. It is a very white marble with crystal inclusions. The legs are poli...
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Marble
1986 Memphis Style Game and Dining Tables Glossy Black Gray Cream Lacquer
By Sormani
Located in Arosio, IT
A 3-pieces set of game and/or dining tables by Italian manufacturer Sormani, carried out for a contract work in the USA in 1986. These three tables are an example of very functional ...
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Tables
Materials
Felt, Wood
1990 Green and Stained Cherrywood Bookshelf for Roche Bobois by Sormani, Italy
By Roche Bobois, Sormani
Located in Arosio, IT
This piece by designer Emilio Rossi has been manufactured by Sormani for the French distributor Roche Bobois. It is a very particular item, with special curved doors, that rotate by ...
Category
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Bookcases
Materials
Wood
1968 Mirrored Pop Art Wall Sculpture, Concetto Pozzati, Acrylic on Canvas, Italy
By Concetto Pozzati
Located in Arosio, IT
Concetto Pozzati (1935-2017) was one of the most important painters of Italian Surrealism and Pop Art of the 1960.
His experimental works encompassed plastic, neon, hard leather, mir...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas, Mirror
1983 Barstools Set White Leather and Chromed Steel by Sormani, Italy
By Sormani
Located in Arosio, IT
These two barstools or kitchen stools have a thick cushion and a strong chromed steel structure. Light and practical, they are ideal for a kitchen snack ...
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Steel
1972 A.R.D.I.T.I. Wall Lamp Chromed Steel and Movable Lights for Sormani, Italy
By Nucleo, Gruppo Arditi and Gianni Gamberini, Sormani
Located in Arosio, IT
Extremely rare, modular, sculptural large wall lamp BT1 in stainless steel with low-voltage lights with magnetic, movable Perspex/Lucite cylinders and a movable cube, that can be det...
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Magnets, Stainless Steel
Large Antique Kazak Karachof Rug - 19th Century Handknotted Green Blue Red Beige
Located in Arosio, IT
Discover the Timeless Elegance of Karaciof Rugs: A Tribute to Caucasian Craftsmanship
Immerse yourself in the rich tapestry of history with the exquisite Karaciof rug, a testament to...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Caucasian Kazak Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
1972 Gruppo Arditi Set of 2 Table Steel Lamps, Movable Lights, by Sormani, Italy
By Gruppo Arditi and Gianni Gamberini, Sormani
Located in Arosio, IT
This avantgarde lamps, duly certified by the Producer, were manufactured by Sormani Nucleo in 1972.
The Museum of Fine Arts in Houston is displaying this masterpiece of the Space Age during the exhibition "Radical: Italian Design 1965–1985, The Dennis Freedman Collection February 14, 2020 — April 26, 2020". These lamps belong to the private collection of the manufacturer's family.
They have a polished steel prismic base, with six Lucite lighting elements that can be moved in different positions on the cube by means of magnets.
This was a patent of Duccio Trassinelli...
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Stainless Steel, Magnets
1988 Loveseat White Leather by Walter Leeman Memphis Style, Sormani, Italy
By Sormani, Walter Leeman
Located in Arosio, IT
Two-seat sofa "Arc-en-Ciel" by Walter Leeman for Sormani. Sculptural rounded shape with two triangular armrests, a high back and a fixed backrest cushion. It is in perfect condition,...
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Loveseats
Materials
Metal
1980s Adjustable Loveseat Turquoise Leather by Walter Leeman for Sormani, Italy
By Walter Leeman, Sormani
Located in Arosio, IT
Adjustable chaise longue or loveseat, named "Pièce Unique" in fine turquoise aniline leather, designed in 1988 by Walter Leeman for Sormani, Arosio, Italy.
The sofa takes up some eig...
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chaise Longues
Materials
Steel
One-Off 1964 Rotating Bookshelf Centro, Claudio Salocchi for Sormani, Italy
By Claudio Salocchi, Sormani
Located in Arosio, IT
This is a one-off piece, made especially for Luigi Sormani, manufacturer of the renowned "Centro" bookshelf by designer Claudio Salocchi, a true design-hit of the '60s and '70s and a collector's item.
This rotating high bookshelf...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Bookcases
Materials
Metal
Highboard with Vitrine, Glossy Black Lacquer by Sormani, Italy, 1985
By Luigi Sormani, Sormani
Located in Arosio, IT
A highboard of the fabulous 1980s with a smoked glass vitrine with a tilt door.
The lower part has two doors and one inner shelf, the upper part with the vitrine has two side compar...
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Smoked Glass, Wood
4-Seater Sofa Gray Leather with Silk and Leather Cushions, Sormani Italy, 1980s
By Sormani, Luigi Sormani and Casabella Design Miami
Located in Arosio, IT
This four-seater, designed in the early 1980s by Luigi Sormani and Casabella Miami for a line of maxi-furniture destined to the United States is a comfortable one-block sofa for a luxury villa. The structure is in a warm gray leather and the fabric was especially made for this series called "Intrigue": a special very light grey silk fabric interwoven with burgundy leather threads. All cushions have grey leather inlays, entirely hand sewn. Julio Iglesias...
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Minimalist Sofas
Materials
Leather, Fabric
1981 White Marble Coffee Table with Round Glass Top, Italy
Located in Arosio, IT
A light and prestigious coffee table with three polished "pencil-shaped" legs in precious Italian white marble "bianco neve" (snow white) with a felt tip and a round crystal top, wit...
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Marble
1980s Handmade Tie Rack Display Cabinet Green Glossy Lacquer by Sormani, Italy
By Sormani
Located in Arosio, IT
This is a one-off Piece, made for Ichthys Boutique in Montecarlo, France. An unusual design to showcase about 40 precious ties, scarves, or any small collectibles. It is also a case ...
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Wood
1980s Green Canopy Bed and Chest of Drawers Dark Lacquer for Sormani, Italy
By Davide Pizzigoni & Manolo De Giorgi, Marco Comolli, Sormani
Located in Arosio, IT
Canopy bed
An unusual canopy bed, named Fauno, manufactured by Sormani in very dark green (almost black) glossy lacquer, with 4 columns in grey nextel and a metal canopy in light apple green. The bed has multifunctional structures all around: two trays that work as night tables, one front tray that works as further support (for a TV-screen, for instance), and a back shelf of 17cm (6" 11/16) for your favorite books.
All "trays" are adjustable as seen in pictures and can be also adjusted in height.
The bed includes a wooden bed slat (see picture) with a metal frame, and a provisional mattress, while you buy your own favorite. Mattress size should be cm 160x200x20-25 (63 in × 79 in x ca. 9" 27/32).
Size of bed: H 225 x W 175 x D 235 cm (7' 4" 37/64 x 5' 8" 57/64 x 7' 8" 33/64)
Size of trays: cm 47 x 32 (1' 6" 1/2 x 1' 19/32).
Height of bed (without mattress) cm 40 (1' 3" 3/4)
Commode
Chest of drawers in very dark green lacquer (the famous 20-gloss silky mat lacquer of Sormani) with six spacious drawers: two in elegant salmon lacquer, standing out with a colorful touch and four in dark green. Please note the skillful shape of each drawer front: a triangular shape with a recessed, convex upper part. In its simplicity, a real work of craftsmanship for an Industrial manufacturer such as Sormani of Arosio, Italy.
Size of commode: cm H 78 W 160 D 52 (H 2' 6" 45/64 x W 5' 2" 63/64 x D 1' 8" 15/32)
Perfect for the entrance or the bedroom of a sleek city apartment or even for a contemporary mountain hut.
The piece is in very good conditions. Just normal wear and tear in some parts.
Davide Pizzigoni...
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Bedroom Sets
Materials
Steel
1980s Italian Dark Green Satin Lacquer Chest of Drawers by Sormani
By Sormani, Davide Pizzigoni & Manolo De Giorgi
Located in Arosio, IT
Chest of drawers in very dark green lacquer (the famous 20-gloss silky mat lacquer of Sormani) with six spacious drawers: two in elegant salmon lacquer, standing out with a colorful touch and four in dark green. Please note the skillful shape of each drawer front: a triangular shape with a recessed, convex upper part. In its simplicity, a real work of craftsmanship for an industrial manufacturer such as Sormani of Arosio, Italy.
Perfect for the entrance or the bedroom of a sleek city apartment or even for a contemporary mountain hut.
Davide Pizzigoni...
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Steel
1972 Floor Lamp Opaline White Glass, Steel, Black Base by Sormani Nucleo, Italy
By Sormani, G. Gentile
Located in Arosio, IT
This floor lamp is a mix of traditional Italian techniques like hand blown opaline glass and a very contemporary chromed and texturized black metal base. It was manufactured in 1972 ...
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal, Chrome
1960s Ruby and Bronze Italian Murano Glass Vases for Seguso, Italy
By Flavio Poli, Seguso Vetri d'Arte
Located in Arosio, IT
A set of two midcentury vases, one still bearing the label of Seguso Vetri and the number of the model (14345) are a great example of the art of Seguso's creative director Flavio Pol...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
White Marble Dining Table and Bar Unit, Claudio Salocchi for Sormani Italy 1960s
By Claudio Salocchi, Sormani
Located in Arosio, IT
Dining table, it belongs to the Ellisse collection by Claudio Salocchi, who developed most of his cutting edge designs for the Sormani Ccompany in Arosio, Italy.
Ellisse, together w...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Materials
Marble, Aluminum
1989 Memphis Style Dresser Gray and Blue Satin Lacquer, Sormani, Italy
By Sormani, Marco Comolli
Located in Arosio, IT
A one-of-a-kind gray Memphis style dresser with seven drawers, and a China blue top and side wings. Small black handles complete the piece.
It w...
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dressers
Materials
Wood
1963 Danish Writing Desk and Mirrored Vanity, Wood, Oestergaard
By Harry Østergaard
Located in Arosio, IT
A Mid-Century Modern small desk that can also be used as mirrored vanity. It has one tilt mirror (still bearing the original label) and one drawer. Legs are in hardwood and the top i...
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Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
ARDITI 1972 Wall Lamp Chromed Steel with Movable Lucite Lights BT, Sormani Italy
By Nucleo, Gruppo Arditi and Gianni Gamberini, Sormani
Located in Arosio, IT
Low-voltage, modular, sculptural small wall lamp in stainless steel with eight lights as per 1972 catalog, with magnetic, movable Perspex cylinders and a movable cube, that can be detached from the main board and repositioned with ease in any part of the main board.
Duccio Trassinelli of Studio A.R.D.I.T.I. patented this original lighting system in the early 1970s and made it a highlight of Sormani's Nucleo Division, a special, state-of-the-art department for lighting designs and accessories of all kinds.
These unique Sormani lighting systems are a first example of sculptural lighting, way before the Oled technique came to life. The piece bears the original Sormani Nucleo label and has a certification in vintage original letterhead by the owner.
Measures: Full size of panel 90 x 90 x 2 cm (2.95 x 2.95 x 0.07 ft.), cube is cm 25 x 25 x 11.5 (ft. 0.82 x 0.82 x 0.38)
European cabling 220V AC, we can recable it according to US specifications.
Easy wall mount with two hooks.
Comes with “Certificate of Authenticity” on original vintage head...
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Stainless Steel, Magnets
1970s Adjustable White Marble Floor Lamp by Gruppo ARDITI for Sormani, Italy
By Gruppo Arditi and Gianni Gamberini, Sormani
Located in Arosio, IT
Only a few pieces of the vertical "Ponte" floor lamp were manufactured, both in black and white marble, with vertical steel supports and the usual lexan adjustable sphere with a 50W-...
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Floor Lamps
Materials
Carrara Marble, Stainless Steel, Chrome
1967 Salocchi White Mirrored Vanity with Light and Tilting Top Sormani, Italy
By Sormani, Claudio Salocchi
Located in Arosio, IT
This is an original piece of 1967, that was meant to be put in the middle of a room, thus its name "centro".
It is a white cube with a tilt-top that turns into a mirror with a built-in light on two sides.
Size is cm 59 H x 81 x 81 (ft: H 1' 11" 15/64 x 2' 7" 57/64 x 2' 7" 57/64).
Even the two light bulbs are still the original ones, perfectly functioning. A transformer must be applied for US plugging.
All drawers (4 rotating on the back and two on the front) work perfectly. The finish is slightly damaged on the lower back drawers (shows some not very noticeable swelling) and one of the front drawers has a slightly different hue (due to light and time). All the hardware and the tilting hardware in chrome-stained brass are perfect.
Amina was a disruptive series of extremely contemporary containers for the home, envisaged by Claudio Salocchi for Sormani in the mid-1960s. It was the first series of totally white, squared furniture for the living- dining- and bedroom of international level. Almost a scandal for an era still tied to traditional wooden finishes and shapes. From scandal to success, this chest of drawers or coiffeuse was displayed with the rest of the collection of beds, tables, modular shelving units, in several movies of the early Seventies such as "L'Invasion" of Yves Allergret, with Michel Piccoli and Lisa Gastoni.
The piece comes with a certificate of provenance on original Sormani letterhead.
Please check also LU3681116076542 to have a matching ensemble
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood, Mirror
3 Pure New Wool 1970s Danish Rugs, Cream Hue, Eksport Hojer
By Hojer Eksport Wilton
Located in Arosio, IT
Pure new wool carpets with the famous technique created by Marguerite Rye.
Color: cream (Hojer's color number 6).
The rugs have been washed, but not whitened, thus they may show some...
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Vintage 1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Danish Axminster Rug by EGE Pure New Wool, Cream Background Dark Rim, 1980s
By Ege Axminster A/S
Located in Arosio, IT
Modern geometric carpet Omega in color-proof, moth proof wool, of the renowned Danish manufacturer Ege Rya.
Rigorous design, simple colors, big white center, lights up any contempo...
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Vintage 1980s Danish Mid-Century Modern Western European Rugs
Materials
Wool
1970s Two Coffee Tables Black Thermoformed Plastic Studio DA for Sormani Italy
By Studio DA, Sormani
Located in Arosio, IT
Set of two stacking coffee tables "CAMILLO" by Studio DA manufactured by Sormani, Arosio, Italy.
In the early 1970s, Sormani divided the production lines in four departments: Sormani...
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Plastic
1960s Claudio Salocchi Bar Unit, Aluminium, White Lacquer for Sormani, Italy
By Claudio Salocchi, Sormani
Located in Arosio, IT
The whole idea of the Ellisse collection was to use extruded aluminum as main feature: three extruded pieces to form a whole series of high class containers used as bar units, chests of drawers and tilt-door wall-mounted sideboards
This double sided bar...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Aluminum
Ewald Kroener 1970s Handwoven Woollen Yellow Tapestry Schloss Hackhausen Germany
By Ewald Kröner, Schloss Hackhausen
Located in Arosio, IT
Handwoven tapestry by famous artist Ewald Kroener, who set up a weaving facility in renowned Schloss Hackhausen, the perfect setting for his artwork.
This woollen handicraft is in a...
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Vintage 1970s German Mid-Century Modern Tapestries
Materials
Parchment Paper, Wool
1980s Bookshelf, Walnut and Black Satin Lacquer, Sormani, Italy
Located in Arosio, IT
In the early 1980s, Luigi Sormani envisaged what would become a hit of the 1990s, later adopted by Antonio Citterio with B&B Italia: a modular shelving that tipped the modularity fro...
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Minimalist Bookcases
Materials
Wood, Walnut
1970s Pewter Bowls and Vases by Gjlla Giani for Sormani Nucleo, Italy
By Sormani, Nucleo
Located in Arosio, IT
The Space Age had its own accessories: elements that looked like spaceships or radars. In the early Seventies, Gjlla Giani designed for Sormani Nucleo of Arosio, Italy, a vast series...
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Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Serving Bowls
Materials
Pewter
1970s Paperweight, Ashtray, Vide-Poche, "Nautico" by Cini&Nils, Italy
By Studio O.P.I., Mario Melocchi and Franco Bettonica, Cini & Nils
Located in Arosio, IT
Marco Melocchi and Franco Bettonica designed the Nautico ashtray paperweight vide-poche deskset in 1975. This design is still part of the MOMA collection. Two of these objects are in...
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Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Paperweights
Materials
Stainless Steel
1974 Ice Bucket Cini & Nils Studio O.P.I., White Acrylic, Italy
By Studio O.P.I., Cini & Nils, Mario Melocchi and Franco Bettonica
Located in Arosio, IT
Marco Melocchi and Franco Bettonica of O.P.I. Design, designed this extraordinary table sculpture in 1974. This is an original item from the early Seventies, bought as it came out on...
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Acrylic
Ice Bucket, 3 Ashtrays White Plastic, Steel, Cini & Nils OPI Studio Italy, 1970s
By Studio O.P.I., Cini & Nils, Mario Melocchi and Franco Bettonica
Located in Arosio, IT
MarCo Melocchi and Franco Bettonica of O.P.I. Design, designed these items in 1974 and 1975. These are original items, bought as they came out on the design scene.
One is the famous...
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Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Barware
Materials
Steel
1970s Table Accessories, Fruit Vase, Vide Poche Lorenzi Milano, Italy
Located in Arosio, IT
Giovanni Lorenzi, the most famous luxury accessories manufacturer in Italy opened his own shop in 1929 in Via Montenapoleone 9 in Milan, right in the ...
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Cut Glass
Italian Handcrafted Green Blanket Horse Throw Wool Leather Selleria Pariani 1980
Located in Arosio, IT
A piece of Italian history in your home:
Adolfo Pariani founded his business in 1903. They were the first Saddlery in the whole world that used a saddle tree that was flexible which meant it was elastic and shock-absorbing.
Since then Selleria Pariani supplied personalities of the 20th century, such as George Patton...
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Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Pillows and Throws
Materials
Wool, Leather
1979 Claudio Salocchi Two Low Cabinets in White Lacquer by Sormani, Italy
By Claudio Salocchi, Sormani
Located in Arosio, IT
Vivo Collection was designed by Claudio Salocchi for Sormani in the late Seventies. The aim was to set up an entire collection for the home (lounge, dining, sleeping room & amp.) with just a few wooden panels, suited for a highly productive industry. The collection was the first one of its kind in Italy, with a design that, once again, surpassed the traditional manufacturing methods.
The two small vintage cabinets...
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Wood
De Pas D'Urbino Lomazzi 1983 Dining Table Cream Lacquer Square Glass Top Sormani
By Gionathan de Pas & Donato D’Urbino & Paolo Lomazzi, Sormani
Located in Arosio, IT
Table with bevelled clear glass top in special square size cm 110 x 110, 12 mm thickness, base cm 69.5 x 69.5 x H 71.5
Total height 72 cm.
Sculptural zig-zag wooden base cm 69.5 x ...
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Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood
1972 Umbrella Stand in Blue Thermoformed Plastic by R. Lera for Sormani, Italy
By Roberto Lera, Sormani
Located in Arosio, IT
This colorful blueish umbrella stand belongs to the much vaster production of plastic furnishing items of Sormani.
Roberto Lera, an eclectic designer of the early Seventies from Turi...
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Umbrella Stands
Materials
Plastic
