Gabriella Crespi Furniture
Italian, 1922-2017
Bronze discs that open up like clamshells for storage and fold back in to become side tables. Sleek cubes barely suspended off the ground that transform into full-size dining tables. Clean-lined boxes that contain multilevel shelving. Looking at the work of Italian designer Gabriella Crespi, born in 1922 and who still produced furniture in her Milan studio until her death in 2017, it’s hard to believe that many of these highly functional pieces — modernist Rubik’s Cubes of materials, colors and ergonomics — were created decades ago.
Among her best-known creations, the bronze Ellisse table, 1976, and her bronze-and-lacquer Yang-Yin bar, 1979, encapsulate a designer who had a strong dualism in her vision, mixing humble and precious materials, for instance, or creating geometric shapes that were softened by sensual surfaces.
Crespi began studying architecture in 1944 at the Politecnico, in Milan, where she was among just a handful of women, and became profoundly influenced by the work of Charles-Édouard "Le Corbusier" Jeanneret and Frank Lloyd Wright. After getting married and having children, she launched her own collections, from jewelry to furniture, and soon gained a loyal following, with design houses such as Maison Dior snapping pieces up for their own lines.
She began work on her most iconic collection, Plurimi, in the late 1960s, and the series — including her Dama table, which plays on the themes of volume, light and adaptability that Crespi has explored throughout her career — flourished through the 1970s and early ’80s. Then there is her famed Z desk, from a mid-1970s series, which manages to be both stylish and humorous, looking like it’s ready to leap off the floor at any moment. Well-born and beautiful, Crespi garnered attention among the jet set. She was a muse to Valentino, and her pieces appeared in the homes of Princess Grace of Monaco, the Shah of Iran and Greek shipping magnate George Livanos.
In 1987, with her children now adults, the designer surprised everyone when she moved to the foot of the Indian Himalayas to study with the guru Sri Muniraj. This turned into a 20-year self-imposed exile that, if anything, made her pieces even more sought-after by collectors.
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Creator: Gabriella Crespi
Gabriella Crespi Pheasant Silvered Bronze, Glass, Signed
By Gabriella Crespi
Located in New York, NY
Gabriella Crespi Pheasant, silvered bronze, glass, signed. Small scale realistic, elegant, and magical silvered bronze pheasant fitted with a hand-blown glass egg...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gabriella Crespi Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Customizable Gubi Bohemian 72 Lounge Chair Designed by Gabriella Crespi
By Gubi, Gabriella Crespi
Located in New York, NY
Comprising a lounge chair, three-seater sofa, ottoman and floor lamp – all crafted from rattan – the Bohemian 72 Collection embodies Crespi’s ca...
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2010s Danish Gabriella Crespi Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Rattan
Gabriella Crespi's Set of Silvered Brass and Glass Goblets
By Gabriella Crespi
Located in Piacenza, Italy
Gabriella Crespi
Beautiful set of six silvered brass and glass goblets
The items are signed on base. Italy, 1970s.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gabriella Crespi Furniture
Materials
Brass
Gabriella Crespi Brass Cork Vase Holder 1960 Italy
By Gabriella Crespi
Located in Milano, IT
Gabriella Crespi brass cork vase holder 1960 Italy.
Category
1960s Italian Other Vintage Gabriella Crespi Furniture
Materials
Brass
Rare Signed Gabriella Crespi Gold Cigarette / Pill Box Desk, 1970s, Italy
By Gabriella Crespi
Located in Vis, NL
Rare signed Gabriella Crespi gold brass cigarette, pill box for a stylish desk.
1970s, made in Italy.
This piece is new, unused, in excellent, nearly new condition.
Comes ...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gabriella Crespi Furniture
Materials
Brass
Windproof Ashtray by Gabriella Crespi, 1970s
By Gabriella Crespi
Located in Roma, RM
Windproof Ashtray made in nickel-plated brass with signature on the bottom.
Design and Production: Gabriella Crespi
Date of creation: 1973.
Posted i...
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1970s Italian Vintage Gabriella Crespi Furniture
Materials
Brass
70's Decorative Box for Fiches by Gabriella Crespi
By Gabriella Crespi
Located in Roma, RM
Fiches box by Gabriella Crespi 1970 made of brass. Internal wood lining.
Design and Production: Gabriella Crespi
Date of creation: 1968. Posted in the Gabriella Crespi Archive at N...
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1960s Italian Vintage Gabriella Crespi Furniture
Materials
Brass
Gabriella Crespi Wood and Brass Box, 1970s
By Gabriella Crespi
Located in San Diego, CA
Wood and brass box by Gabriella Crespi. Signed, Italy, 1970s.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gabriella Crespi Furniture
Materials
Brass
Gabriella Crespi Lucite and Chrome Decorative Box, Italy 1970s
By Gabriella Crespi
Located in Rome, IT
Rare box in lucite and chrome in the shape of a rhombus signed by the Italian designer Gabriella Crespi as shown in photos. Made in Italy in the 1970s.
Conditions are good consid...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gabriella Crespi Furniture
Materials
Metal, Chrome
20th Century Gabriella Crespi Decorative Box in Brass and Plexiglass '70s
By Gabriella Crespi
Located in Turin, Turin
Decorative box designed in '70 by Gabriella Crespi. The box is in plexiglass and brass, on the brass is present the signature of the author.
Good condition, patina of time. Perfect ...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gabriella Crespi Furniture
Materials
Brass
Gabriella Crespi Box / Signed
By Gabriella Crespi
Located in Munich, DE
Rare signed piece by Gabriella Crespi.
Category
1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Gabriella Crespi Furniture
Materials
Metal
Gabriella Crespi Rare Due Rane Frogs Pair of Animali Table Lamps, 1970s
By Gabriella Crespi
Located in Miami, FL
A super rare pair of large sculpture lamps by Gabriella Crespi. "Due Rane" belongs to the Animali Serie and were created with the ancient lost wax technique in 1973, (same year as "C...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Gabriella Crespi Furniture
Materials
Brass
Gabriella Crespi Wood and Brass Parrot Box, Italy 1970s
By Gabriella Crespi
Located in Milan, IT
Exceptional Gabriella Crespi 'Parrot' box.
Wood and brass.
Signed Gabriella Crespi.
Category
1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Gabriella Crespi Furniture
Materials
Brass
Gabriella Crespi Fungo Table Lamps, Double Signatures on Pair
By Gabriella Crespi
Located in East Hampton, NY
These are the largest Fungo lamps by Gabriella Crespi in brass base with white acrylic domed shades. They are double signed at the base and on the top of th...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gabriella Crespi Furniture
Materials
Brass
Gabriella Crespi Pot Brass Plexiglass Wood, Italy
By Gabriella Crespi
Located in Milano, IT
Gabriella Crespi pot brass plexiglass wood, Italy.
Category
1960s Italian Other Vintage Gabriella Crespi Furniture
Materials
Brass
Gabriella Crespi Set of 8 Sedia 73 Gray Leather Chairs
By Gabriella Crespi
Located in Miami, FL
A set of 8 chairs by Gabriella Crespi. The design is quite striking in its perfect simplicity, clean modern lines with the polished metal contrasting with the organic beauty of the leather. When folded we realize that we have been deceived by the apparent simplicity of the design as the unexpected way the leather seats are held in place is revealed.
These chairs were designed by Gabriella Crespi in several versions. First introduced in 1973 with the Puzzle dining table...
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1980s Italian Vintage Gabriella Crespi Furniture
Materials
Metal
20th Century Gabriella Crespi Metal Letter Opener in Shape of Seahorse '70s
By Gabriella Crespi
Located in Turin, Turin
Very peculiar letter opener designed by Gabriella Crespi in '70s. The letter opener has a very beautiful handle in shape of seahorse, the object is in metal. There is the signature o...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gabriella Crespi Furniture
Materials
Metal
Gabriella Crespi, Very Large "Fungo" Table Lamp, Brass, Acrylic, Italy, 1970s
By Gabriella Crespi
Located in High Point, NC
A very large "Fungo" table lamp. Designed and produced by Gabriella Crespi, Italy 1970s.
In cast brass and acrylic. Features double signatures, one to lampshade and one to the base.
Other designers of the period include Maria Pergay, Ettore Sottsass, Les Lalannes...
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1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Gabriella Crespi Furniture
Materials
Brass
Gabriella Crespi Steel and Copper Charger
By Gabriella Crespi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Large charger or tray is in beautiful original condition. Stamped "Gabriella Crespi Breva".
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Gabriella Crespi Furniture
Materials
Copper
Brass and Cork Decorative Box by Gabriella Crespi, circa 1970, Italy
By Gabriella Crespi
Located in Girona, Spain
Brass and cork decorative box by Gabriella Crespi
Brass and cork.
Signed
circa 1970, Italy
Very good vintage condition.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gabriella Crespi Furniture
Materials
Brass
Gabriella Crespi Stainless Steel Photo Frame, Italy, 1960
By Gabriella Crespi
Located in Milano, IT
Gabriella Crespi stainless steel photo frame, Italy, 1960.
Category
1960s Italian Other Vintage Gabriella Crespi Furniture
Materials
Metal
Signed Gabriella Crespi Desk Accessories
By Gabriella Crespi
Located in Munich, DE
Signed Gabriella Crespi desk accessories, brass and acrylic.
Category
1960s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Gabriella Crespi Furniture
Materials
Acrylic
A 1970s Iconic Gabriella Crespi Modernist Metal and Glass Square Ashtray
By Gabriella Crespi
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A rare metal ashtray, also usable as a picture frame, signed by Gabriella Crespi, an illustrious Italian designer. The ashtray consists of a metal square and two glass plates. The tw...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Gabriella Crespi Furniture
Materials
Metal
Table Lamp by Gabriella Crespi, Italy , 1970's
By Gabriella Crespi
Located in New York, NY
Lucite pyramid mounted to an angled base of patinated brass. Signed on the base.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Gabriella Crespi Furniture
Materials
Brass
Rare Signed Gabriella Crespi Bird Pelican Sculpture, 1970s, Italy
By Gabriella Crespi
Located in Vis, NL
Rare Signed Gabriella Crespi Pelican sculpture.
1970s, made in Italy.
This piece is in near excellent condition.
An amazing and seldom piece.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gabriella Crespi Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Rare Signed Gabriella Crespi Wild Boar Sculpture, 1970s, Italy
By Gabriella Crespi
Located in Vis, NL
Rare Signed Gabriella Crespi wild boar with Murano blown glass detail sculpture.
1970s, made in Italy.
This piece is in near excellent condition.
An amazing and seldom pie...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gabriella Crespi Furniture
Materials
Silver Plate
Gabriella Crespi Centerpiece Bowl
By Gabriella Crespi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Polished steel and copper, stamped "Gabriella Crespi Breva".
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Gabriella Crespi Furniture
Materials
Copper
Rare Signed Gabriella Crespi Bird Silver Pelican Sculpture, 1970s, Italy
By Gabriella Crespi
Located in Vis, NL
Rare Signed Gabriella Crespi Pelican with Murano blown glass sculpture.
1970s, made in Italy.
This piece is in near excellent condition.
An amazing and seldom piece.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gabriella Crespi Furniture
Materials
Silver Plate
Gabriella Crespi Vintage Brass Nickel Plexiglass Table Lamp Fungo, 1970, Italy
By Gabriella Crespi
Located in Vienna, AT
Gabriella Crespi vintage brass nickel-plated white plexiglass table lamp Fungo, 1970, Italy.
Gabriella Crespi (17.2.1922-14.2 2017) was a famed fema...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Gabriella Crespi Furniture
Materials
Brass
Gabriella Crespi Table Lamp in Ceramic and Golden Brass, 1970s, Italy
By Gabriella Crespi
Located in Naples, IT
Ceramic lamp and golden brass by Gabriella Crespi, (engraved signature).
Italy, circa 1970.
Measures: Base 24 x 24 cm.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gabriella Crespi Furniture
Materials
Brass
Rare Gabriella Crespi Cork and Brass Notebook
By Gabriella Crespi
Located in Miami, FL
Spectacular find. A very rare intact journal by Gabriella Crespi. Very textural cork covers contrast with the polished brass trim. All the original cork pages are present and unused....
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Gabriella Crespi Furniture
Gabriella Crespi Golden Gold-Plated Wine Cups
By Gabriella Crespi
Located in Munich, DE
Gorgeous detailed gold-plated bronze wine cup sculptures by Gabriella Crespi from the 1970s. Signed on the bottom. This piece is in excellent condition.
Category
1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Gabriella Crespi Furniture
Materials
Gold Plate
Rare Signed Gabriella Crespi Ostrich Set of Two Sculpture, 1970s, Italy
By Gabriella Crespi
Located in Vis, NL
Rare signed Gabriella Crespi set of two ostrich birds with Murano blown glass sculpture.
1970s, made in Italy.
This piece is in near excellent condi...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gabriella Crespi Furniture
Materials
Silver Plate
Gabriella Crespi Half Moon Picture Frames Mirrors
By Gabriella Crespi
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A nice pair of brushed Steel picture frames (or mirrors)
Designed by Gabriella Crespi, engraved signature
Left and right.
Price is for the pair
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Gabriella Crespi Furniture
Materials
Steel
Gabriella Crespi Pair of Pitchers, Italy, 1970s
By Gabriella Crespi
Located in Milan, IT
A superb pair of Gabriella Crespi 1970s pitchers.
Both pieces are signed.
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Gabriella Crespi Furniture
Materials
Metal
Set of Three Vases by Gabriella Crespi, 1970s
By Gabriella Crespi
Located in New York, NY
GABRIELLA CRESPI ( 1922-2017 )
Set of three modernist bud vases
Silvered brass and glass,
Signed on base . Italy, 1970s
Dimensions: 7 H x 2.5 Diameter
Priced and sold as a set.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gabriella Crespi Furniture
Materials
Brass
Gabriella Crespi Signed Wall Appliques, Pair
By Gabriella Crespi
Located in East Hampton, NY
Rare pair of original ribbed acrylic and brass trim frame large wall sconces; These wall lights are designed by Gabriella Crespi in the 1970s, and they are signed to brass frame.
Category
1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Gabriella Crespi Furniture
Materials
Brass
Signed Rare Gabriella Crespi "Antivento" Ashtray Chrome Brass Bowl, Italy, 1970
By Gabriella Crespi
Located in Nierstein am Rhein, DE
A rare authentic " Antivento " ashtray or bowl with lid in chromed brass designed and produced by Gabriella Crespi, Milan, Italy around 1973-74. Underside of ashtray impressed with f...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gabriella Crespi Furniture
Materials
Brass, Chrome
Gabriella Crespi Brass Picture Frame, Signed
By Gabriella Crespi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Small, handsome brass frame from the illustrious Italian designer. Signed.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Gabriella Crespi Furniture
Materials
Brass
1970s by Gabriella Crespi Italian Design Hollywood Regency "Boar" Lighter
By Gabriella Crespi
Located in Brescia, IT
"Boar" Lighter
Gabriella Crespi
Italy, 1970s
Silver metal.
Perfect working order
"Grabriella Crespi" signed.
Category
1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Gabriella Crespi Furniture
Materials
Metal
Signed Gabriella Crespi Rattan Collapsible Tray Tables, Pair
By Gabriella Crespi
Located in East Hampton, NY
Collapsible side tables in wicker and rattan, designed by Gabriella Crespi in 1970s and sold exclusively through her boutiques. Crespi stopped designing after ten years of a successf...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gabriella Crespi Furniture
Materials
Brass
Steel and Leather Box by Gabriella Crespi
By Gabriella Crespi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Chic leather box with steel accents. Top slides to reveal interior. Signed.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Gabriella Crespi Furniture
Materials
Steel
Gabriella Crespi Cork and Brass Decorative Box, Italy 1970s
By Gabriella Crespi
Located in Naples, IT
Rectangular decorative box by Gabriella Crespi from the 'cork' series with divided interior, brass borders finish the box. Brass engraved signature,...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gabriella Crespi Furniture
Materials
Brass
Gabriella Crespi Pheasant Sculpture, Italy, 1970
By Gabriella Crespi
Located in Naples, IT
Rare pheasant sculpture signed Gabriella Crespi with a murano glass egg, made in Italy, in the 1970s.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gabriella Crespi Furniture
Materials
Silver Plate
"Fungo" Table Lamp by Gabriella Crespi
By Gabriella Crespi
Located in San Francisco, CA
A brass and plexiglass "fungo" table lamp by Gabriella Crespi.
Signed.
Original European wiring. Some oxidization to the brass base, mast...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Gabriella Crespi Furniture
Materials
Brass
Gabriella Crespi Rectangular Red Picture Frame Photo in Lucite, Italy, 1970s
By Gabriella Crespi
Located in Rome, IT
Rectangular red picture frame signed by the Italian designer Gabriella Crespi (original plate shown in photos) made of Lucite, 1970s.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gabriella Crespi Furniture
Materials
Plastic, Acrylic, Lucite, Plexiglass, Glass
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Gabriella Crespi furniture are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of metal and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Gabriella Crespi furniture, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. We have 94 vintage editions of these items in-stock, while there is 9 modern edition to choose from as well. Many of the original furniture by Gabriella Crespi were created in the mid-century modern style in europe during the 20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider furniture by Lorenzo Burchiellaro, Arte Vetraria Muranese (AVEM), and Bruno Gambone. Prices for Gabriella Crespi furniture can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $425 and can go as high as $78,000, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $3,800.
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