Giotto Stoppino Set of Six White Alessia Chairs by Driade 1970s Italy

A very rare set of six dining chairs entirely made in curved wood, this set was designed by the Italian artist Sineo Gemignani and manufactured in Ital...

A round-shape dining table with a steel base and glass on top, designed by Giotto Stoppino, Italian Manufacture, 1970s. Giotto Stoppino has been one of the architects that inspired ...

From 1963 to 1966 the architects Afra and Tobia Scarpa collaborated with the Italian company Cassina, designing a series of furniture characterized by the use of solid wood, the stud...

Set of four Leggera dining chairs with structure in black lacquered wood and seat in padded blue leatherette, designed by Gio Ponti and manufactured by Cassina in 1951. Leggera is a...

Set of six Dialogo chairs with structure in black lacquered wood, seat and back in leather and metal details. Designed by Tobia & Afra Scarpa and produced by B&B Italia in 1970s Th...

Set of four dining chairs with a frame in black lacquered metal and seat in curved plywood, attributed to Carlo Ratti and produced by Società Compensati Curvati in the 1950s. In Italy, at the beginning of the XX century, industries of curved solid wood arose under license of Michael Thonet, and through the International Exhibitions the processing of curved wood became more and more widespread. The Expo of the first decade was also attended by the wood manufacturers of Monza, while in 1905 Otto Helzer, in Switzerland, patented wooden structures in curved laminated, whose strength was equivalent to those in steel. The Ratti brothers of Monza took their cue from the solid wood laminate to create furniture that, instead of wooden elements, used sheets of wood. The brothers Ratti, Carlo and Mario, also began to follow the young artistic avant-gardes (cubism, futurism and abstractionism). The mastery of wooden sculpture influenced Carlo in the design and realization of furniture of fine neo-plastic artistic workmanship and decò, receiving honors from the Prince of Piedmont Umberto di Savoia. In 1919, in Milan, the first Lombard Exhibition of Decorative Arts was set up (later to become the Triennale) and the Ratti brothers exhibited their furniture in solid wood but also in curved panel with a new system of curvature, the one in Telo. The canvas system was developed by the Ratti brothers with the help of a friend, Cesare Cantù. They developed an elastomer bag in which the mould was inserted with the panel to be bent and, closing it with clamps, the air inside was removed, thus making the panel adhere to the mould. Carlo and Mario found in the Telo system a means by which they could make objects and furniture in the three spatial directions with large surface curvatures, without limits of thickness and minimum radii of curvature. In 1921 in Stuttgart the first Salone del Mobile was inaugurated and the Fratelli Ratti of Monza made itself known internationally by presenting solid wood furniture and also furniture in load-bearing plywood, flanked by furniture with framed and interchangeable covers. The Expo became meeting places to verify and present the novelties in the furniture and industrialization sector and, with the development of Industrial Design, the first architects joined in the design of the furniture industries. The Ratti Brothers, in the various international and national exhibitions, also presented incredible objects in their realization with the system in Telo. After 1930 Carlo and Mario produced many containers for radio and folding chairs for cinema but in 1939 they divided and in Monza Mario remained who, with his sons Antonio and Angela, formed the Società Compensati Curvi...

Mid-Century Modern Italian set of Giotto Stoppino chairs with chrome structure and original fabric apholstery in brick-colored. If needed the chairs available are 5 pieces. The fab...

A set of 4 Italian Cobra chairs designed by Giotto Stoppino in the 1970s. These cantilevered chairs feature curved, tubular chrome frames, which extend seamlessly from the base to th...

Black Cobra chairs is an original set of chairs realized in the 1970s by Giotto Stoppino (Milan, 1926). Chromed tubular steel structure and black leather This 'Cobra' chair was...

Set of 8 Black Cobra Chairs is a set of chairs realized in the 1970s by Giotto Stoppino (Milan, 1926). Chromed tubular steel structure and light blue fabric. This 'Cobra' chair was...

Set of 4 Black Cobra Chairs by Giotto Stoppino, Italy 1970s. Chromed tubular steel structure and black leather. 78x49x46 cm. Kg. 30 (set) Good conditions. Giotto Stopp...

Set of 8 Green Cobra Chairs is a set of chairs realized in the 1970s by Giotto Stoppino ( Milan, 1926 ) . Chromed tubular steel structure and light blue fabric. This ' Cobra ' chai...