Gino Colombini for Kartell Black and Chrome Umbrella Stand, Italy, 1970s
View Similar Items
Gino Colombini for Kartell Black and Chrome Umbrella Stand, Italy, 1970s
About the Item
- Creator:Gino Colombini (Designer),Kartell (Maker)
- Dimensions:Height: 23.63 in (60 cm)Diameter: 9.85 in (25 cm)
- Style:Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
- Materials and Techniques:
- Place of Origin:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:1970
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:Naples, IT
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU3221323635902
Kartell
The Italian design giant Kartell transformed plastic from the stuff of humble household goods into a staple of luxury design in the 1960s. Founded in Milan by Italian chemical engineer Giulio Castelli (1920–2006) and his wife Anna Ferrieri (1918–2006), Kartell began as an industrial design firm, producing useful items like ski racks for automobiles and laboratory equipment designed to replace breakable glass with sturdy plastic. Even as companies like Olivetti and Vespa were making Italian design popular in the 1950s, typewriters and scooters were relatively costly, and Castelli and Ferrieri wanted to provide Italian consumers with affordable, stylish goods.
They launched a housewares division of Kartell in 1953, making lighting fixtures and kitchen tools and accessories from colorful molded plastic. Consumers in the postwar era were initially skeptical of plastic goods, but their affordability and infinite range of styles and hues eventually won devotees. Tupperware parties in the United States made plastic storage containers ubiquitous in postwar homes, and Kartell’s ingenious designs for juicers, dustpans, and dish racks conquered Europe. Kartell designer Gino Colombini was responsible for many of these early products, and his design for the KS 1146 Bucket won the Compasso d’Oro prize in 1955.
Buoyed by its success in the home goods market, Kartell introduced its Habitat division in 1963. Designers Marco Zanuso and Richard Sapper created the K1340 (later called the K 4999) children’s chair that year, and families enjoyed their bright colors and light weight, which made them easy for kids to pick up and move. In 1965, Joe Colombo (1924–78) created one of Kartell’s few pieces of non-plastic furniture, the 4801 chair, which sits low to the ground and comprised of just three curved pieces of plywood. (In 2012, Kartell reissued the chair in plastic.) Colombo followed up on the success of the 4801 with the iconic 4867 Universal Chair in 1967, which, like Verner Panton’s S chair, is made from a single piece of plastic. The colorful, stackable injection-molded chair was an instant classic. That same year, Kartell introduced Colombo’s KD27 table lamp. Ferrierei’s cylindrical 4966 Componibili storage module debuted in 1969.
Kartell achieved international recognition for its innovative work in 1972, when a landmark exhibition curated by Emilio Ambasz called “Italy: The New Domestic Landscape” opened at New York’s Museum of Modern Art. That show introduced American audiences to the work of designers such as Gaetano Pesce; Ettore Sottsass, founder of the Memphis Group; and the firms Archizoom and Superstudio (both firms were among Italy's Radical design groups) — all of whom were using wit, humor and unorthodox materials to create a bracingly original interior aesthetic.
Castelli and Ferrieri sold Kartell to Claudio Luti, their son-in-law, in 1988, and since then, Luti has expanded the company’s roster of designers.
Kartell produced Ron Arad’s Bookworm wall shelf in 1994, and Philippe Starck’s La Marie chair in 1998. More recently, Kartell has collaborated with the Japanese collective Nendo, Spanish architect Patricia Urquiola and glass designer Tokujin Yoshioka, among many others. Kartell classics can be found in museums around the world, including MoMA, the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. In 1999, Claudio Luti established the Museo Kartell to tell the company’s story, through key objects from its innovative and colorful history.
Find vintage Kartell tables, seating, table lamps and other furniture on 1stDibs.
- Pierre Cardin Style Chrome Umbrella Stand, Italy 1970sLocated in Naples, ITChrome metal umbrella standCategory
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Umbrella Stands
MaterialsChrome
- Lorenzo Burchiellaro Umbrella Stand, Italy, 1970sBy Lorenzo BurchiellaroLocated in Naples, ITUmbrella stand in aluminum. Prod. Burchiellaro, Italy, 1970. A tall modernist sculptural vase by the artist Lorenzo Burchiellaro. Structured die-cast aluminum with wave pattern detail.Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Umbrella Stands
MaterialsAluminum
- Bamboo, Rattan and Brass Umbrella Stand, Italy 1970sLocated in Naples, ITGorgeous rattan and brass umbrella stand made in Italy in the 1970s. With its round shape and mid-century modern style, it is inspired by the designs of Gabriella Crespi and Vivai de...Category
Vintage 1970s European Mid-Century Modern Umbrella Stands
MaterialsBrass
- Celeste Gallinaro for Atelier Rasa Metal Umbrella Stand, Italy 1970sLocated in Naples, ITRare and sculptural silver-plated metal umbrella stand, embossed and chiselled with abstract motifs, designed by Celeste Gallinaro for Atelier Rasa des orfevres, Padua Italy 1970Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Umbrella Stands
MaterialsMetal
- Bamboo Magazine Stand, Italy, 1970sLocated in Naples, ITMid-Century Modern bamboo magazine stand, Italy, 1970s.Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and Stands
MaterialsBamboo, Rattan
- Emma Gismondi Schweinberger for Artemide Dedalo Umbrella Stand, Italy 1960sBy Artemide, Emma Gismondi SchweinbergerLocated in Naples, ITIconic space age umbrella stand 'Dedalo' designed by Emma Gismondi Schweinberger for Artemide Milano in the mid-1960s. It was made of the best resistant plastic material of its time....Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Umbrella Stands
MaterialsPlastic
- Gino Colombini for Kartell, Italy 1970s Space Age Umbrella StandBy Kartell, Gino ColombiniLocated in Delft, NLA Gino Colombini for Kartell, Italy 1970s Space Age umbrella Stand A beige plastic round Stand with a round loose silver metal ring...Category
20th Century Italian Umbrella Stands
MaterialsMetal
- Gino Colombini Midcentury Cream Plastic Italian Umbrella Stand for Kartell 1970sBy Kartell, Gino ColombiniLocated in Roma, ITIncredible Midcentury cream white plastic umbrella stand. This fantastic piece was designed by Gino Colombini for Kartell in Italy during the 1970s. This fantastic piece is number...Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Umbrella Stands
MaterialsMetal, Chrome
$352 Sale Price20% Off - Gino Colombini Midcentury Black Umbrella Stands or Ashtray for Kartell, 1970By Kartell, Gino ColombiniLocated in Roma, ITAmazing free standing ashtray or usable as an umbrella stand in mid-century black plastic with chromed metal rings. This fantastic piece was designed by Gino Colombini...Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Umbrella Stands
MaterialsMetal, Chrome
$404 Sale Price20% Off - Midcentury Brass and Chrome Umbrella Stand, Willy Rizzo, Italy, 1970sBy Willy RizzoLocated in Roma, ITSplendid square umbrella stand in brass and chrome. This stunning piece was designed in the Italy in the 70s in the style of Willy Rizzo. The umbrella stand consists of an elegant w...Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Umbrella Stands
MaterialsMetal, Brass, Chrome
- Umbrella Stand, Italy Around 1970sLocated in Wien, ATUmbrella stand Italy around 1970s Original condition.Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Umbrella Stands
MaterialsPlastic
- 1970s Umbrella StandLocated in Cathedral City, CAPottery with red and black painted glaze finish umbrella stand.Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Umbrella Stands
MaterialsPlaster, Pottery, Paint