Gianfranco Fini Furniture

Minimalistic Regolo dining table designed by Gianfranco Fini and produced by Poltronova in Italy in 1975. The table made from solid pine wooden bars and panels. These elements are ex...

‘Programma’ light by Gianfranco Fini for New Lamp. Designed and manufactured in Italy, 1970. Constructed of polished stainless steel, with acrylic light box...

Mid-century large steel modulable wall light model ''Programma'' by Gianfranco Fini - Italy 1970s.

Fabulous and super rare pair of 'Regolo' solid pine wood lounge chairs with mohair upholstery complete with matching 'regolo' pine wood coffee table designed by GianFranco Fini for Poltronova, Italy in 1974. One of the chairs still retains it's original 'Poltronova' manufacturer's label. We acquired this pair of lounge chairs (along with a matching three seat 'regolo' sofa and the coffee table) from a private residence in Prato, Italy, they were bought new, as a set, in 1975 by the seller's father, we have a few photos of this set taken in situ before removal for provenance. Fini's 'Regolo' range of lounge chairs, sofas, coffee table and storage units are extremely rare and were handcrafted to order in solid Russian pine wood by Poltronova's artisans for a very short period and therefore very few were realized and are super rare today,, the lounge chairs are particularly rare. These are the first pair of Fini 'regolo' lounge chairs that we have managed to lay our hands on, in fact we have not seen any Fini lounge chairs on the market before, previously we had only ever seen them illustrated in old 1970s Poltronova adverts and in a feature article on the fabulous De Medici 'villa di Cerretino' published in the July 1978 issue of 'Casa Vogue' which illustrates two pairs of Fini 'regolo' lounge chairs and a matching four seat sofa amongst a plethora of 1960s contemporary art, see black and white photos, images 6 and 7.. Each chair features integral storage space for books, magazines and objects beneath each armrest. The upholstery on both chairs has been completely renovated including new foam throughout and are finished in superb high quality 'Musco' mohair fabric by 'De Ploeg' which is extremely hard wearing with a 200,000 Martindale rating. We have kept original photos of the chairs with their original cushions in place for provenance. Fini's 'regolo' coffee table, made from solid pinewood complete with the original glass top, has an elegant sculptural grid form reminding me of Sol Lewitt's artworks and especially the pine wood sculptures of Italian artist Mario Ceroli, with plenty of storage available for books, magazines, etc. Interestingly there is also a resemblance in structure and form to some of Donald Judd's wooden furniture designs of the 1980s. The influence of Mario Ceroli's pine wood sculptures can clearly be seen in the form of Fini's 'regolo' range. Fini and Ceroli were close friends and co-designed a joint collaborative installation exhibited at the 1975 Venice Biennale the year after the 'regolo' sofa was designed. Fini and Ceroli also collaborated together on various scenographic projects such as the theatre set for the production 'Norma' held ar the Scala theatre in Milan in 1972. Fini had earlier worked as both an artist and architect in Rome during the early 1960s-early 1970s period. In the early to mid-1960s he was mainly working as an artist in Rome where he held one man exhibitions at several of Romes most prestigious art galleries culminating in him exhibiting his steel 'L.E.A' sculpture (see image 19) at the Rome Biennale in 1968, the L.E.A was almost a precursor in form to his famous 'programma' stainless steel light sculpture designed for 'new lamp' in 1970. He is best known for his series of superlative hand crafted light sculptures that he designed for the Italian lighting company 'New lamp', showing influences such as the minimalist art of Max Bill and the Italian 'arte programmata' and kinetic art movements of the 1960s, Fini's lamps have become some of the most valuable and sought after Italian lighting of the entire mid century period . Please see IMAGE 20 which illustrates a few of Fini's other designs, the 'monade' chair , the 'Programma' light sculpture, the 'Quasar' light sculpture , the 'Interior' light sculpture and the 'Quanta' light sculpture' During the late 1960s Fini was part of the artists collective that centred around the community of Nancy Marotta's 'Mana art Market' gallery in Rome which was one of the first ventures to promote design art before the phrase was coined. Nancy, wife of famed Italian artist Gino Marotta, promoted designs mostly handcrafted as multiples, by her close artist friends among them Lucio Fontana, Paolo Scheggi...

Quasar lamp designed by Gianfranco Fini in 1969. The structure is in opalescent plexiglas. New Lamp Edition. Bibliography F. & N. Ferrari "Light - Lamp...

Fabulous and super rare pair of 'Regolo' sofas designed by GianFranco Fini for Poltronova,Italy in 1974. Both sofa frames are signed with 'Poltronova' labels. This pair of sofas come with fabulous provenance , they were originally owned by French actress ,Corinne Clery , best known as the Bond girl from the 'Moonraker 'movie,and were then acquired by Italian film producer Fernando Ghia (producer of the oscar nominated film 'The Mission' in 1986), when the actress left Rome. Fernando Ghia passed away in 2005 whereby the sofas were inherited by his brother Manlio Ghia. We have a hand signed letter of provenance from Manlio Ghia confirming this extremely interesting provenance which will be provided to the buyer. Fini's 'Regolo' sofas are extremely rare and were handcrafted to order in russian pine wood by Poltronova's artisans for a very short period and therefore very few were produced and so are super rare today, to find a pair of the larger, three seat sofas, is unbelievably rare. Each sofa features integral storage space for books ,magazines and objects beneath each armrest. The upholstery on both sofas have been completely renovated including new foam throughout and are finished in superb high quality 'Musco' mohair fabric by 'De Ploeg' which is extremely hard wearing with a 200,000 Martindale rating. We have kept original photos of the sofas with their original cushions in place ,the original foam had crumbled and slumped thereby losing their form. The influence of Mario Ceroli's pine wood sculptures can clearly be seen in the form of Fini's 'regolo' sofas. Fini and Ceroli were close friends and co-designed a joint collaborative installation exhibited at the 1975 Venice Biennale the year after the 'regolo' sofa was designed. Fini and Ceroli also collaborated together on various scenographic projects such as the theatre set for the production 'Norma' held ar the Scala theatre in Milan in 1972. Interestingly there is also a resemblance in structure and form to some of Donald Judds wooden furniture designs of the 1980s. Fini had earlier worked as both an artist and architect in Rome during the early 1960s to early 1970s period. In the early to mid 1960s he was mainly working as an artist in Rome where he held one man exhibitions at several of Romes most prestigious art galleries culminating in him exhibiting his steel 'L.E.A' sculpture at the Rome Biennale in 1968, the L.E.A was almost a precursor in form to his famous 'programma' stainless steel light sculpture designed for 'new lamp' in 1970. He is best known for his series of superlative hand crafted light sculptures that he designed for the italian lighting company 'New lamp', showing influences such as the minimalist art of Max Bill and the italian 'arte programmata' and kinetic art movements of the 1960s, Fini's lamps have become some of the most valuable and sought after italian lighting of the entire mid century period . Please see IMAGE 9 which illustrates a few of Fini's other designs, the 'monade' chair , the 'Programma' light sculpture, the 'Quasar' light sculpture , the 'Interior' light sculpture and the 'Quanta' light sculpture' During the late 1960s Fini was part of the artists collective that centred around the community of Nancy Marotta's 'Mana art Market' gallery in Rome which was one of the first ventures to promote design art before the phrase was coined. Nancy, wife of famed italian artist Gino Marotta ,promoted designs mostly hand crafted as multiples, by her close artist friends among them Lucio Fontana, Paolo Scheggi...