Studio BBPR 'Attribution' Coat Rack, Metal, Italy, 1950s

A metal coat rack with a walnut shelf, attributed to Studio BBPR, Italy, 1950s.  

A bamboo and rattan coat rack design attributed to Franco Albini, Italy, 1950s.

A brass and black-lacquered metal coat rack designed and produced in Italy, 1950s.

A pair of wood and white fabric lounge chairs; design and production attributed to Studio BBPR, Italy, 1950s.

A Space Age design with the coat hanger by Studio BBPR. Graduates of the Milan Polytechnic, the four designers in their early work followed the themes of Italian Rationalism of the 1930s, although they were not an integral part of the main 'Group 7' Movement and MIAR, they collaborated on some projects with Figini and Pollini; these compositional canons can be clearly read in an exemplary building such as the colonia elioterapica in Legnano (1938), where they also realised popular housing units, the so-called Le Grazie working-class neighbourhood (1940-1942). They distinguished themselves for various town-planning schemes, the Pavia Master Plan (1932), the Tourism Plan for the Island of Elba (1939), and above all for the most important and far-reaching, the Valle d'Aosta Master Plan (1936-1937). During this period they took an active part in the controversy that arose between rationalists and traditionalists and at first, like others, felt they could support the clash for freedom of expression and the triumph of modern architecture within fascism, but after the introduction of the racial laws of 1938 that also affected one of their collaborators, the BBPR architects...

Set of two "Erato" coat racks by Lodovico Barbariano di Belgiojoso, Enrico Peressutti e Ernesto N. Rogers for Artemide. Beautiful details on both top and bottom.

Italian modern round metal floor coat rack Melpomene by BBPR for Artemide, 1970s Floor coat hanger mod. Melpomene with a round base. The structure is in metal with a dark silver fini...

Mid Century Modern vintage coat rack or hat rack from brass and white metal 1950s Italy. A wonderful and elegant wall mounted coat rack or hat rack from white lacquered perforated me...