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Vintage Italian Brass Bed Structure by Osvaldo Borsani and Arnaldo Pomodoro
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About the Item
Osvaldo Borsani and Arnaldo Pomodoro are two famous and well respected exponents of Italian creativity, Both active in the second half of the 20th century. The first was an architect and furniture designer - especially known for his founding role in Tecno, and as author of iconic pieces such as the P40 and Canada lounge chairs; the latter is instead one of the most influential modern artists in Italy, active mainly as a sculptor but also as an engraver, painter and decorator.
It is little known, however, that at some point in the 1960s they joined forces to create a series of beds produced in very limited series that brought together Borsani's sleek and contemporary lines with Pomodoro's materic and personal approach to sculpture. The headpieces of each bed are cast in solid brass after original drawings of the artist, and show his unmistakable touch consisting of corrugated and very "tactile" brass elements.
The present bed is part of that collection, and has been preserved in very good conditions, and even though the main structure shows signs of the time (the faded paint visible in pictures) the buyer can request for the frame to be repainted in a color of his choice before shipping.
Please note that the measurements refer to the inner space - where the mattress goes.
- Creator:Osvaldo Borsani (Designer),Arnaldo Pomodoro (Sculptor)
- Dimensions:Height: 47.25 in (120 cm)Width: 69.3 in (176 cm)Depth: 74.81 in (190 cm)
- Style:Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
- Materials and Techniques:
- Place of Origin:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:circa 1960
- Condition:Refinished. Wear consistent with age and use. Minor fading. If the buyer wants, the frame of the bed can be repainted in the original white color or in a different color of choice.
- Seller Location:Milano, IT
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU7782237948662
Osvaldo Borsani
With his stylish and technically innovative furniture, Osvaldo Borsani helped change the face of Italian design in the 1950s and ’60s. His sofas and chairs, featuring deeply upholstered seating and adjustable position settings, have an aura of optimism and efficiency that still seems fresh and lively today.
Born in the commune of Varedo in northern Italy’s Lombardy region, Borsani studied at the Brera Academy in Milan — the same school attended by such luminaries as designer Piero Fornasetti and artist Lucio Fontana — as well as the Polytechnic University of Milan. Borsani first worked for his father’s furniture-making firm, Arredamenti Borsani, an atelier influenced by the more expressive and curvaceous wing of Art Deco design.
By 1953, when, along with his twin brother, Fulgenzio — the pair also created this visionary mid-century villa — Borsani opened the furniture company Tecno, his design sensibilities had evolved toward furnishings with strong, simple forms enhanced by mechanical innovations, as with the P40 adjustable armchair. Borsani would be the firm’s lead designer for 30 years, while fostering work by Vico Magistretti, Carlo De Carli, Robin Day and others.
Similar to Gio Ponti in the earliest years of his career, Borsani first created designs marked by lush and buoyant lines: tables with voluptuous curved legs, sofas with undulating backrests.
But Borsani’s best-known and most novel pieces date from Tecno’s initial furniture lines: the adjustable D70 sofa, which folds open to make a daybed, and the P40 recliner. The latter — now included in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the Victoria & Albert Museum — is an articulated lounger with a back, seat and leg rest that can be moved into 486 different positions. Not only is it extremely comfortable, it is also enduringly chic.
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