20th Century, Vanity Dressing Table Attributed to Luigi Caccia Dominioni, 60s

Founded in 1947 by Luigi Caccia Dominioni, Ignazio Gardella, and Corrado Corradi Dell'Acqua, the Italian brand Azucena has always stood out for its collections that combine formal el...

Luigi Caccia Dominioni was born in the Lombard capital in 1913. Much of his education takes place at the Jesuits, and then he enrolls in the Faculty of Architecture, at the Politecni...

Founded in 1947 by Luigi Caccia Dominioni, Ignazio Gardella, and Corrado Corradi Dell'Acqua, the Italian brand Azucena has always stood out for its collections that combine formal elegance, understated luxury, pure aesthetics, and craftsmanship. The brand, which the architects call Azucena after the name of the gypsy from the theatrical opera Il Trovatore, is created both to collect some of their furniture designs for use in furnishing the buildings they designed and, conversely, to be able to produce individually some furniture that is part of furniture series they designed. Here the famous Floor Lamp model LTE5 so called "Imbuto": the name of this lamp also very clearly explains the inspiration from which the shape originated: a funnel. However, in this object of the funnel only the name remains. The lampshade is a metal cone that extends toward each other thanks to a thin stem from which a wide halo of light comes out. Originally the design also had another name, namely "flûte." This shows that Luigi Caccia Dominioni's ideas came from simple objects but also from rarer instruments. The humble funnel meets the sophisticated flûte, an instrument that collects and guides water alongside another that holds wine and champagne, one functional and one exceptional, one made of plastic or metal and one of crystal: this was Caccia Dominioni's world, in which the exceptionality of everyday life and the most special moments coexisted. With its essentiality and functionality, the Imbuto lamp...

Franco Albini (1905-1977) lived in Milan where he stuied Architecture at the Politecnico. He started his career at Gio Ponti's studio, with whom he collaborated before getting in tou...

Gio Ponti, in the case of the project for the Hotel Parco dei Principi in Rome, confronted himself with a pre existing, unfinished building consisting of two above-ground and two und...

Born in Peru to an Italian family, the award-winning Tito Agnoli (Lima, 1931 - Milan, 2012) is a particularly prolific designer in the period between the 1950s and the 1970s, with pi...

Rare walnut wood nightstand (MB1 model), designed by the Italian architect Luigi Caccia Dominioni for the Azucena company. Like other works by the famous author, these bedside table...

Stunning pair of single beds model Francesco Giuseppe with tinted iron structure designed by Luigi Caccia Dominioni for Azucena, original structure in perfect vintage condition with ...

Splendid structure of a steel bed designed by Luigi Caccia Dominioni at the end of the 60s, for Vip's Residence, of fine Italian manufacture. The bed is a single bed and is composed...

A pair of black-lacquered metal coat racks attributed to Luigi Caccia Dominioni, Italy, 1940s.    

A pair of black-lacquered metal coat racks attributed to Luigi Caccia Dominioni, Italy, 1940s.  

Italian, modern double bed, model Tris, made of gray metal and wooden finials, designed by Luigi Caccia Dominioni for Azucena c. 1970. Double bed model Tris, with gray metal frame, w...