Italian Umbrella Stands

Pluvium umbrella stand by Giancarlo Piretti for Anonima Castelli, circa 1970. Hinged plastic rings on the stand open individually to accommodate...

Umbrella Stand, 1950s, Italy Original condition

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Rare Ettore Sottsass anodized aluminum umbrella stand made in Italy 1950s. Signed under the base.

Rainbowl is a simple and ironic solution for everyday matter. “There are many ways an object can make you smile. Familiarity, surprise, beauty, satisfaction, pride, simplicity, humo...

Umbrella stand by Piero Fornasetti themed with bottles on a typical italian wine barrel, in silkscreened sheet metal from the 1950s. Good condition...

Fantastic midcentury umbrella stand in smoked green glass and chrome. This piece was designed in Italy during the 1970s after Willy Rizzo. This item has gorgeous yet simple straight lines, with a clear inspiration from rationalist Willy Rizzo's design. The piece has an amazing blend of materials, smoked glass and chrome, and colours, smoked green. An incredible piece that will complete a mid-century entrance hall or living room. Born in Naples, Willy Rizzo started his career as a photographer in Paris very early inthe 40s. Great photographer of personalities, fashion and greatreports, he has exhibited all over the world: at Galerie Agathe Gaillard in Paris,at Galerie Bukamura in Tokyo, at Maison de la Photographie in Moscow, atMallett gallery in New York and London, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco, or evenat the MUBE in São Paulo. In 1968, he moved to Rome and began his workdesigner for his personal needs because, according to him, "Scandinavian furniturewere neither comfortable enough nor luxurious enough. " When asked, he creates hisworkshops in 1970 and launched its points of sale worldwide."Imagination and strong modern style" are the words that define his style. Today his Elliptical marble table is exhibited at MoMA in New York. Willy Rizzo married Dominique Rizzo in 1979. They have three children, Willy Jr, Camilla and Gloria. In 2009, they opened the Willy Rizzo Design and Photography Studio at 12 rue de Verneuil...

"Who Are You" is an umbrella stand that plays with geometries formed by overlapping an angled cube with a parallelogram. The sculptural object, which func...

Hang up is a series of double coat hooks to fix to the wall either individually or in line. The hooks are made of transparent, semi-transparent or pai...

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...

Blue and white, purple and iron red foliate umbrella stand. Antique painted Italian majolica umbrella stand with scrolling vines in blue and te...

Umbrella stand with prints of 1950s country English life with leather parts

Sicilia 56 is a cylinder with a hexagonal base and the function of umbrella stand. The structure is made of polished stainless steel. Bruno Munari was one of the most important It...

Rare umbrella stand mod. C9 in glazed ceramic design by Antonia Campi for Società Ceramica Italiana Lavenia, Italy. This sculptural model features a double relief decoration: a styl...

Humphrey basic is a series of coat stands. The minimalism of the powder-coated steel base and the lightness of the plastic hooks make this practical object particularly elegant and f...

Bincan appendiabiti is part of the Bincan collection, which is characterized by its extreme minimalism. The collection was designed for the work place and can be adapted to any envir...

Angelo Mangiarotti purple umbrella stand, 1970s.

Round umbrella Italian stand from the 1950s in hard brass with studs.

Umbrella stand in 10 mm-thick curved glass with black metal base.    

Stilnovo umbrella stand, Italy, 1955 Nicely sized artisan 24" high vessel for umbrellas or other things that come to mind. It's made from steel and iron and marked at the bottom. Th...

Bincan portaombrelli is part of the Bincan collection, which was designed for the work place and can be adapted to any environment whether internal or external, public or private. Th...

Elegant 1950s umbrella stand made from one piece solid carrara marble with a a copper insert to collect water. This umbrella stand is really heavy and stands stable on the floor.

Humphrey basic portaombrelli is a series of coat and umbrella stands. The powder-coated steel stem of the coat stand is inserted into the ring that serves to contain the umbrellas an...

Kerguelen is a re-edition of the multifunctional totem that in one minimal tubular shape includes a range of different storage spaces that can be used in a variety of ways. The simpl...

This stunning modernist large scale vase/ umbrella stand was handblown in Murano, Italy- the island off the coast of Venice renowned for centuries for its superlative glass productio...

Bincan portaombrelli is part of the Bincan collection, which was designed for the work place and can be adapted to any environment whether internal or external, public or private. Th...

Round gold Italian umbrella stand 1970 solid brass hammered.

This umbrella stand was manufactured by Rinnovel in 1955, in Italy, and it is marked on the bottom. It is made in anodized aluminum and is in good / fair original condition: it rema...

Clustered tube aluminum umbrella stand.

Rare umbrella stand by Piero Fornasetti (1913-1988), Italian designer known for his whimsical trompe l'oeil works on metal. This is an early example, circa 1950s-1960s.

Very rare and beautiful 1940s umbrella stand by Fontana Arte, with a brass frame and four sheet of glass etched with a delicate umbrellas engraved on the glass. A gilded metal base...

Umbrella stand by Fontana Arte Italy, 1930-1940. Green crystal Enameled metal and brass details Excellent condition, crystal in perfect condition.

Industrial umbrella Stand of circa 1960 Italian in galvanized gray metal spiral.

Elegant and refined umbrella holder crystal art 1950s, Italian design, made of brass that has been polished, and a thick glass plate with umbrella holes, unique design and very parti...

Umbrella and coat stand in one.

Piero Fornasetti Enameled metal wine and alcohol themed Umbrella stand

Very rare and exquisite umbrella stand, 1950s. Metal and brass, the base is 1 inch thick glass and 10 inch diameter. Width at the top is 11 inches. Total height is 22 inches.

Vintage lucite mirror and umbrella stand by Reneglas, Cesena Italy