Lucite Umbrella Stands

Marvelous umbrella stand in lavender colored lucite and chrome. This incredibly charming and unique piece was designed by Willy Rizzo and produced in Italy during the 1970s. In fant...

Stylish Mid-Century Modern umbrella stand in rattan, lucite and chrome, France, 1970s. Possibly supplied by Christian Dior Home. It is comprised of a sheet of lucite with embedded wo...

Sleek and functional; ingeniously beautiful Organic Modernism. From the creators of the iconic folding "Plia" Chair, we bring you the folding "Planta" coat & umbrella stand. Made in ...

Umbrella stand italy around 1950s Original condition The umbrella is not for sale ( it is only for the photoshooting )

Midcentury amazing umbrella stand in Lucite rattan and brass details in the style of Christian Dior Home. Made in Italy in the 1970s.

Mid-Century Lucite Umbrella stand with tortoise shell decoration and a brass rim. France circa 1960. H 48cm x W 19cm x D 19cm

Midcentury amazing umbrella stand in tortoiseshell Lucite effect and brass details in the style of Christian Dior Home. Made in Italy in the 1970s.

This beautiful stunning Fontana Arte / Charles Hollis Jones style umbrella stand / holder is made from a very high quality acrylic resin (Lucite is a brand - the material is Acrylic)...

This graceful umbrella stand was designed in the style of the Christian Dior Home Collection in the 1970s. The geometric shape boasts a gilded brass gallery and real rattan or wicker...

Gorgeous mid-century umbrella stand in ice effect lucite and chrome. This stylish piece was produced in Italy during the 1970s, clearly in the style of a Willy Rizzo design. In ama...

This very nice and unusual round umbrella stand is made of lucite and brass. This is a French work. Circa 1970

Midcentury hexagonal umbrella stands in ice and black Lucite. This stunning item was produced after Willy Rizzo, 1980s This piece has beautiful yet simple lines, with a clear inspiration from Willy Rizzo's design. The Lucite is designed in order to produce a "freezing" ice effect. An incredible object that will enrich a mid-century entrance hall or corridor. Dimensions (cm): Width - 32 Depth - 28 Height - 52 Italian designer and photographer Willy Rizzo (1928-2013) first came to prominence in the 1960s as both a chronicler of and participant in La Dolce Vita, the glamorous, jet set lifestyle enjoyed by many international celebrities and socialites in the postwar era. While photography was Rizzo's first love, in the 1970s he developed a passion for interiors and launched a second successful career as a luxury furniture designer. Rizzo was born in Naples in 1928 but moved to France at an early age. After expressing an interest in photography at the age of 12, Rizzo's mother gifted him an Agfa Box camera; soon he was shooting portraits of his classmates at Paris's Istituto Statale Italiano Leonardo Da Vinci. In the 1940s, Rizzo began his career as a photojournalist, working for several French publications, including Ciné Mondial, Point de Vue, and Image du Monde. In the aftermath of the Second World War, Rizzo notably covered the Nuremberg Trials and traveled to Tunisia for Point de Vue to photograph the conflict in North Africa, which was later published in Life Magazine. As his reputation grew, he was hired by France Dimanche to take portraits of the rich and famous at flashy events like the Cannes Film Festival. Rizzo's charm won the trust of royalty, dignitaries, and movie stars, which allowing him to capture these public figures in unusually candid moments. Hoping to advance his career even further, Rizzo traveled to New York with Black Star Agency in 1947 to photograph American starlets. When he returned to Paris two years later, he was invited to join Jean Prouvost’s newest publication in color, Paris Match, as head photographer—a position that he held for 20 years and, along the way, sparked a new culture of celebrity photographers who were as intriguing and fashionable as their subjects. In 1959, he became the artistic director of Marie Claire and collaborated with other fashion magazines, such as Vogue. Over the course of his career, Rizzo photographed dozens of stars, including Brigitte Bardot, Maria Callas, Salvador Dalí, Marlene Dietrich, Jane Fonda, Gene Kelly, and Gregory Peck, as well as striking up close friendships with famous personalities like Coco Chanel, Christian Dior, and Jack Nicholson. In 1962, Rizzo famously captured some of the last moments of Marilyn Monroe’s life on film before she tragically committed suicide a few weeks later. In 1968, Rizzo married Italian actress Elsa Martinelli, and the pair relocated to Rome. It was here that Rizzo began his work in furniture design, starting with his newly-leased, run-down Roman apartment. Just for personal use (at first), Rizzo created a series one-of-a-kind pieces inspired by modernist icons, such as Mies van der Rohe and Le Corbusier. But as his glitterati friends—Rodolfo Parisi, Gigli Rizzi, Franco Rapetti, Salvador Dalí, Brigitte Bardot, and the like—became admirers of his work, Rizzo was flooded with design commissions. Rizzo went on to furnish apartments for Italian aristocracy in the Palazzo Borghese and Palazzo Ruspoli that same year and quickly earned an international reputation as a designer to the rich and famous. In response to ever-growing demand, he launched his own Tivoli-based company dedicated to contemporary furniture design handmade in lux materials such as wood, marble, stainless steel, brass, and wild boar. Over time, his team of eight grew to 150, and he was able to open shops in France and throughout Europe, as well as in New York, Miami, and Los Angeles. With an emphasis on clean lines and geometric forms, Rizzo's tables, chairs, and accessories combined contemporary shapes with traditional materials—in contrast to many of his contemporaries, like Ettore Sottsass and Vico Magistretti, who were popularizing plastic, foam, and other synthetics in furniture production. Among Rizzo's most successful designs are many low, box-like tables in granite, metal, glass, or burled wood, often embellished with brass or chrome accents or built-in liquor cabinets or trays. Two examples of his most celebrated designs include the Alveo Coffee Table (1970s) for Mario Sabot and the circular Yin Yang Coffee Table...

Plexiglass Umbrella stand Charles Hollis Jones with brass accents, 1970 Plexiglas umbrella stand with brass knobs. Design by Charles Holli...